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Niranjana Swami was born on December 10, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. In 1972, his spiritual search took a turning point when he saw a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, on the counter of a bookshop in Washington DC. After completing his study of the "Gita", he continued his research of the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy by purchasing and reading several other Srila Prabhupada´

s books. During that time, he returned to Massachusetts, continued his work as a house builder, and simultaneously pursued further studies by regularly visiting the Boston ISKCON temple. By mid-1973, he accepted a monastic way of life and moved into the Boston temple. Later on, in the early spring of 1974, he accepted initiation from Srila Prabhupada. In 1986, at ISKCON's world headquarters in Sri Dhama Mayapura, West Bengal,

Niranjana Swami accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa. Since that time, wishing to satisfy his spiritual master, Niranjana Swami has been travelling extensively throughout North America, the former Soviet Union, and India, lecturing on the teachings found within the books of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.