Bhakti Tirtha Swami

by Michael African Visions

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Bhakti Tirtha Swami

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Michael African Visions

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Painting - Digitally Edited Oil Painting

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A tribute to a great personality that inspired me and who's teachings live on in his books, his impact in this world and in his disciples who are still with us to continue his message.

Bhakti-tirtha Swami (1950–2005), one of my dearest friends and mentors, was a person of singular determination, a courageous and bold preacher of Krishna consciousness. He had a passion for Srila Prabhupada’s mission that took him around the world, particularly to Eastern Europe, behind the Iron Curtain, where he surpassed all others in distributing his spiritual master’s books, often risking his own life, and to Africa, where kings and queens acknowledged him as a chief and recognized him as a spiritual leader. He was esteemed in Prabhupada’s own institution as well. In ISKCON he was a respected sannyasi, a monk in the renounced order of life, and a guru, with disciples of his own. He was the world’s first Afro-American Vaishnava spiritual master, and he published many books, too, explaining how to apply Krishna consciousness in the modern world.

http://www.krishna.com/rain-mercy-exemplary-life-bhakti-tirtha-swami

Pained with water based oil paints on canvas board. 2017 In progress

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April 20th, 2017

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