About The Auther- His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami was born in Britain in 1957 and joined ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) in London in 1975. Later that year, he was formally accepted as a disciple of His Divine Grace A.?C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup?da, the founder-?c?rya of ISKCON, and renamed Il?pati D?sa. From 1977 to 1979, Il?pati D?sa was based in India, mostly traveling in West Bengal distributing ?r?la Prabhup?da�s books. He spent the following ten years helping to pioneer ISKCON�s preaching in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. In 1989 he was granted the order of sanny?sa, receiving the name Bhakti Vik?sa Swami, and again made his base in India. Since then he has preached K???a 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 Vik?sa Swami writes extensively on K???a conscious topics. His books have been translated into over twenty languages, with one and a half million in print. He is also involved in developing several gurukulas and also Vedic rural projects based on simple living and high thinking.