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About Bhakti Vikäsa Swami
The author was born in Britain in 1957, and joined iskcon in London in
1975. Later that year he was formally accepted as a disciple of His Divine
Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda, the founder-äcärya of
iskcon, and renamed Iläpati Däsa.
From 1977 to 1979 Iläpati Däsa was based in India, mainly distributing Çréla
Prabhupäda’s books throughout West Bengal. In the following ten years,
he helped pioneer iskcon activities in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar,
and Thailand.
In 1989 the author accepted the order of sannyäsa, receiving the name
Bhakti Vikäsa Swami, and again made his base in India. Since then he has
been preaching Kåñëa consciousness mostly throughout the subcontinent—
lecturing in English, Hindi, and Bengali—and also for a few months each
year in other parts of the world. His television lectures in Hindi have
reached millions worldwide.
Bhakti Vikäsa Swami writes extensively on Kåñëa consciousness themes.
His books have been translated into over twenty languages, with over a
million in print.
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