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About The

Author

Bhakti Tirtha Swami was born John E. Favors in a pious,

God-fearing family. As a child evangelist, he appeared

regularly on television, and as a young man, he was a leader

in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s civil rights movement. At Princ-eton University, he became president of the student council

and also served as chairman of the Third World Coalition.

Although his main degree is in psychology, he has received

accolades in many other fields, including politics, African

studies, and international law.

Bhakti Tirtha Swami’s books are used as reference texts

in universities and leadership organizations throughout

the world. Many of his books have been printed in English,German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Macedonian, Croa-

tian, Russian, Hebrew, Slovenian, Balinese, and Italian.

His Holiness has served as Assistant Coordinator for

penal reform programs in the State of New Jersey, Office

of the Public Defender, and as a director of several drug

abuse clinics in the United States. In addition, he has been

a special consultant for Educational Testing Services in the

U.S.A. and has managed campaigns for politicians. Bhakti

Tirtha Swami gained international recognition as a repre-

sentative of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, particularly for

his outstanding work with scholars in the former communist

countries of Eastern Europe.



Bhakti Tirtha Swami directly oversaw projects in the

United States (particularly Washington D.C., Potomac, Mary-land, Detroit, Pennsylvania, West Virginia), West Africa,

South Africa, Switzerland, France, Croatia, and Bosnia. He

also served as the director of the American Federation of

Vaisnava Colleges and Schools.

In the United States, Bhakti Tirtha Swami was the founder

and director of the Institute for Applied Spiritual Technology,

director of the International Committee for Urban Spiritual

Development, and one of the international coordinators

of the Seventh Pan African Congress. Reflecting his wide

range of interests, he was also a member of the Institute

for Noetic Sciences, the Center for Defense Information, the

United Nations Association for America, the National Peace

Institute Foundation, the World Future Society, and the

Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders.

A specialist in international relations and conflict resolu-tion, Bhakti Tirtha Swami constantly traveled around the

world and had become a spiritual consultant to many high-

ranking members of the United Nations, to various celebri-

ties, and to several chiefs, kings, and high court justices. In

1990 His Holiness was coronated as a high chief in Warri,

Nigeria in recognition for his outstanding work in Africa and

the world. In recent years, he met several times with then-

President Nelson Mandela of South Africa to share visionsand strategies for world peace.

In addition to encouraging self-sufficiency through the

development of schools, clinics, farm projects, and cottage

industries, Bhakti Tirtha Swami conducted seminars and

workshops on principle-centered leadership, spiritual

development, interpersonal relationships, stress and time

management, and other pertinent topics. He was also

widely acknowledged as a viable participant in the resolu-

tion of global conflict.

On August 5, 2004, Bhakti Tirtha Swami was diagnosed

with melanoma cancer in his left foot. Although he made



every effort to treat his condition, the cancer continued to

spread, leading His Holiness’ to teach the most importantlesson—how to die. During the time after his diagnosis, he

gave numerous lectures on the topic and completed a book

of meditations, The Beggar IV: Die Before Dying, also dedi-

cated to this same topic. Almost a year later, on June 27,

2005, His Holiness departed from this world, surrounded by

loving friends, relatives, and disciples.

Although His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami has seem-

ingly gone, he actually left behind him a powerful legacy

that will continue to live on through his students and

well-wishers, and especially through his books. Numerous

lectures, seminars, and workshops wait in the archives for

Hari-Nama Press to transcribe and to then publish in future

books. B.T. Swami’s teachings will undoubtedly continue

through these unique books and through the lives of those

who imbibe his message.

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