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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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