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The Author

Born in Britain in 1957, the author joined ISKCON
(International Society for Krishna Consciousness) in
London in 1975 and was initiated that year, with the name
Ilāpati dāsa by the founder-ācārya, His Divine Grace A. C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.

From 1977 to 1979 Ilāpati dāsa was based in India, mostly
traveling in West Bengal distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s
books. He spent the following ten years helping to pioneer
ISKCON’s preaching in Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand,
and Malaysia.

In 1989 he was granted the order of sannyāsa, receiving
the name Bhakti Vikāsa Swami, and again made his base
in India. Since then he has preached Kṛṣṇa consciousness
throughout the subcontinent, lecturing in English, Hindi,
and Bengali. He also spends a few months each year
preaching in the West. His television lectures in Hindi
have reached millions worldwide.
Bhakti Vikāsa Swami writes extensively on Kṛṣṇa conscious
topics. His books have been translated into over twenty
languages, with more than one million in print.

Additionally, he is involved in developing several gurukulas
and also Vedic rural projects based on simple living and
high thinking.

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