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Swami B.V. Tripurari has spent over 30 years as a Hindu monastic. Awarded the sannyasa order in 1975, Swami Tripurari has studied under several spiritual masters in the Gaudiya lineage, notably AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja. Noted as the 'Thomas Merton of the modern bhakti tradition,' Swami Tripurari has authored a number of ground-breaking works .

His books include Aesthetic Vedanta: The Sacred Path of Passionate Love, Rasa: Love Relationships in Transcendence, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Ignorance, Tattva- sandarbha: Sacred India's Philosophy of Ecstasy, Joy of Self, and Sri Guru Parampara.

His latest work, Bhagavad-gita:Its Feeling and Philosophy was published in fall of 2001. When not travelling and teaching, Swami lives and writes at Audarya, a hermitage in Northern California.

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