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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 conscious
themes. His books have been translated into over twenty languages,
with over a million in print.
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