

This gave me the opportunity to travel the world and learn many languages. I had a career in marketing and worked in a multinational company for many years.

I was brought up in a spiritual Iyengar home and thus Vaishnavism has been a part of my life for a long time. He is periodically interviewed on MATV and Zee TV in UK as well as BBC, Asian Network in U.K.Ĭan you describe your journey to becoming a Sanyasi who has dedicated his life to preaching the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy? Shrila Maharaj regularly preaches in Universities like Maryland University, George Washington University and University of Massachusetts in U.S.A as well as Cambridge University in U.K. Shrila Maharaja was invited to grace The World Parliament of Religions held in Cape Town, South Africa in 1999 with his presence. Shrila Maharaja became so absorbed with the Gaudiya Vaishnava Philosophy that he spent eight months of continuous and rigorous self-imposed exile to thoroughly understand, deliberate and assimilate the Gaudiya Vaishnava teachings. In the year 1990, Shrila Maharaja, a Naishthik Brahmachari, was granted the renounced order of life (Sannyasa) by his Spiritual Master, Shri B.S.

Bhakthivedanta Swami Prabhupada, which brought in him a radical and instant transformation. In the year 1987, Shrila Maharaja happened to chance across the book ‘Bhagavat Gita As it is’ published by the world renowned Gaudiya Vaishnava Acharya Shrila A.C. His expositions on the true purport of Bhagavat Gita and ability to present the Science of Self-Realization have always been received with admirable appreciation by audience wherever they were addressed throughout the globe. On the material platform, Shrila Maharaja started his career in Bangalore and because of his enterprising personality later acquired executive positions in internationally reputed Organizations in export marketing. He also became familiar with the concepts of monist philosophers like Shripad Shankaracharya, Ramkrishna, Vivekananda, Chinmayananda, Dr. He is conversant with the philosophical nuances of great Vaishnava Acharyas like Shri Ramanuja, Shri Nimbarka, Shri Vishnuswami and Shri Madhva. From the early childhood, he was introduced to fundamental spiritual concepts and received a trained exposure to various theological expositions of contemporary schools of thoughts as he gradually grew up. He was raised in the ambience of religious orthodoxy, doctrinal purity and blemishless Vaishnava etiquette. Shrila Bhakti Swarup Tirtha Maharaj is an Acharya who hails from TAMIL NADU.
