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His Holiness Sivarama Swami is a senior monk and spiritual teacher
of the devotional path ( Bhakti yoga ), a 5000 year old spiritual
tradition emerging from ancient India. He is the author of over 15
books which elucidate the teachings of Bhakti further and is the
inspirer behind the world-renowned Krishna Valley community in
Hungary; a self-sustained eco-village founded on the principles of
' simple living & high thinking '. Born Peter Letai, to an
upper-class Jewish family in Budapest in 1949, his family emigrated
to Canada during the failed Hungarian revolution. Despite attaining
an Engineering degree with colourful prospects of a successful
career, providence changed when he came in touch with the five
thousand year old text, Bhagavad-Gita As it is, an ancient manual
enlisting practical answers to the universal questions of life. In
1973, Sivarama Swami found and accepted his guru A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON ). Committing himself to the basic
practises of the Bhagavad-Gita, Sivarama Swami renounced his former
material ambitions with a dedicated venture for conscious living.
He moved into the society’s temple in Montreal, shaved his head,
adorned the robes of monk and accepted the sacred relationship of
initiation (diksha), the eternal bond between student and teacher.
His guru, Bhaktivedanta Swami, within 12 years had inspired a
worldwide generation of young people to give up their polluting
habits and transformed them into resolute spiritual practitioners.
He saw the urgent need for the teachings of the Bhagavad- Gita and
analogous spiritual texts to be spread far and wide to flood the
world with fulfilment and inner-happiness. It was in 1979 that
Sivarama Swami officiated his decision of becoming a renunciate and
accepted the name Sivarama Swami, now a travelling monk with no
personal motivation other than to aid his guru’s mission to see the
world a better place. Sivarama Swami has had a colourful life
taking him through all continents of the world with particular
responsibilities for managing projects in the U.K., Hungary, Turkey
& Romania. Today Sivarama Swami travels regularly between the
East and West, inspiring thousands in their spiritual practices and
sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. Most of his time is spent in
Hungary where he resides within the spiritual haven, Krishna
Valley. He has directed a wealth of social welfare projects, opened
schools, eco-friendly farm communities, temples and facilitated the
expansion of the Food for Life charity, an organisation dedicated
to providing free vegetarian meals for those in need. In
recognition of Sivarama Swami’s meritorious activities, he was
presented with the second highest award of the state, the Gold
Cross of Merit highlighting his charitable, humanitarian and
value-creating initiatives. Despite living a life of excitement and
spontaneity, Sivarama Swami remains a simple yet self-satisfied
person; happiest in moments of meditation and teaching.
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