Devamrita Swami was born on
October 16, 1950 in New York City. At the age of seventeen, he
received a scholarship to Yale University and graduated in 1972.
Upon graduation Devamrita Swami began to study the literary works
of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In 1974, Devamrita
Swami became an initiated student of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada. He accepted the renounced order of sanyasa in 1982. In
2002, he accepted the post as initiating spiritual master.Since
1977, he has traveled worldwide, presenting the philosophy of
Krishna Consciousness. Currently he is based in Australia and New
Zealand, and frequently travels to India and the Orient on
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