Bhaktisiddhanta saraswati thakur biography examples

The other day—it was more like two weeks ago—I purchased the new three-volume set of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava from an ISKCON sankirtan devotee named Hari das, who traveled all the way to Tangkak to make the sale. He was in a hurry, and it was all we could do to prevail on him to take a bite of maha-prasada samosa before he got into his van and went on his way.

And no sooner did he leave than I brought the books upstairs, sat down and opened them up.

The author, Bhakti Vikasa Swami, is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, initiated in London (he is British) in the year 1975 with the name Ilapati das. In 1989 he took sannyasa, and since then has been known as Bhakti Vikasa Swami.

I met him in Bombay some years back, and in fact, he asked me how to contact Hansadutta, because he so appreciated Hansadutta’s book Hammer for Smashing Illusion that he wanted also to print it.

Since then, Maharaja has been busy writing his own books, and it is Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura – Biography - Blog - ISKCON ... WUFY