B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami:

He borns in an educators family, in october 12th of 1953 in Osterkappeln-Germany. Guru Maharaj called in this way by his disciples, is writer, poet, publicist, lecturer, educator, philosopher, and architect of temples.

He is disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Guru Maharaj ia a renouncer in the Vaishnava Order of India, Spiritual Master Acarya, founder of his own spiritual mission. He has hundreds of disciples in more than 20 countries aroun the world.

His preparation: Since of an early age, he manifested his indignation with the unjustices of human beings.
When he was 12 years old, he joined to the socialist youth. At the same time, he felt atraction to India and the monastic life.
When he was 14 years, he began the study of the Vedas (parallel to the study of Carl Marx and the other western philosophers).

He started to write for magazines and edited his first book of poetry. He published his own first magazine in which he discussed the values of the materialist society, as a result of this publication, he was dismissed from the boarding school in which he studied, and he had to finish his studies in another school.
He was a great admirer of Che Guevara, and the straight for a better world.
He was disappointed because of the superficiality of the political movements and he found the clearness in the oriental mystic.
In that moment, he began his practice of yoga and his meditations, then he experimented calls from his spiritual master and the Mahamantra Hare Krishna, it motivated him to dedicate more in the trascendental research.

He came in the life of a yoga ashrama in Germany when he was 17 years old. The yogui of India, who leadered this ashrama, disappointed him, and he decided to dedicate all his energy in the search for a real spiritual master.

His Spiritual Master: Quickly, his prayers and meditations were listened to, and he received the opportunity to connect to his spiritual master, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
He started a deep study about the teachings of his master and the practicings of Bhakti Yoga. At the same time, he receives the name of Alanath Das Brahmachary when he was iniciated in Paris in 1972. Henceforth, his life has been very dinamic.

He supported his master in the distribution of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu message, as in Europe as in America.
When he was 24 years, he received the sacred order of sannyas renunciation. His name of Sannyasi is Swami Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti.

His service to Srila Prabhupada: About his service to his master, he opened several places of preaching such as: Berlin, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, U.S.A, Brazil, and many different latinamerican countries.
He supervised the publications of his master in many languages. He traveled around the world several times diffusing the trascendental knowledge of the Vedas.

After his spiritual master, Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada left this world, he followed the instructions given by his Guru about deepen his studies with a beloved spiritual brother of his master, Srila B.R. Sridhara Maharaj in India.

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