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Travelling monk needs support for heart treatment

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His Holiness Sripad Bhakti Bhavana Vishnu Maharaja is currently a traveling
monk staying in Vermont based out of Karnataka, India.

He has been diagnosed with a rare and debilitating condition in his heart, causing
an irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath, and chronic fatigue. Along with this,
there are other serious health issues. The plan is to provide medical care to
Maharaja here in the US and help him travel back to India as soon as possible.
We want to raise money to support his healthcare expenses.

At the age of 77, he is currently being advised by the local medical community to
get a pacemaker installed immediately. It has also been suggested to explore
other treatment options. The sangha (community) is very small here, and without
insurance, we cannot catch up with the many treatment costs.

We are seeking your valuable donations to help cover these expenses. No
amount is too small or too big. Every dollar counts. Thank you for all your time
and contributions.

Brief Biography
In 1970 His Holiness B. B. Vishnu Maharaja graduated from Clarkson College of
Technology with a Master of Science degree in Physics. Leaving behind a
lucrative career in nuclear physics in 1975, Maharaja connected with his spiritual
master, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, in Los
Angeles and fully surrendered to his lotus feet.

After joining the Los Angeles temple, Sripad Vishnu Maharaja took particular
interest in Krishna's consciousness philosophy and carefully studied the books of
Srila Prabhupada, such as Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam. After a few
months, Sripad Vishnu Maharaja received harinama initiation from Srila
Prabhupada, at which time he became known as Bhavananda Raya Dasa
Brahmacari. Shortly after that, he was recommended for brahman initiation and
received the sacred thread.

Always desiring to please Srila Prabhupada as a fully surrendered soul, Sripad
Vishnu Maharaja engaged in performing sankirtana [book distribution] and soon
became a recognized preacher by the community of devotees.

In 1982 Sripad Vishnu Maharaja met His Holiness Swami B. G. Narasingha
Maharaja. The two of them began a unique preaching and book distribution
program called the Museum of Vedic Culture. For five straight years, Sripad
Vishnu Maharaja traveled the United States' length and breadth preaching at
cultural festivals and distributing books to the Indian Hindu community.
During this time, Sripad Vishnu Maharaja made many pilgrimages to India, where he visited all the holy places associated with Krishna and Chaitanya Lila.

Throughout his devotional career, Sripad Vishnu Maharaja has always
demonstrated the quality of guru-nistha, having firm faith in his spiritual master's
orders. He is also the author of several books on Indian spiritual culture and
numerous articles on the Vedic sciences.

https://gosai.com/writings/our-affectionate-guardians
https://gosai.com/writings/vedic-science-history
https://gosai.com/writings/science-of-the-sacred
https://gosai.com/writings/holy-faces-of-india
https://gosai.com/writings/kumbha-mela-the-worlds-largest-act-of-faith

Humility and affection for the Vaishnavas are the effulgent qualities of Sripad
Vishnu Maharaja's character, and thus, he is always very dear to the devotees.
Sripad Vishnu Maharaja continues to serve the lotus feet of his divine masters,
preaching, publishing and leading the devotees in a life of holy service to Sri Sri
Radha Govinda and Sriman Mahaprabhu.

For more information please go to :- https://gosai.com/writings/swami-vishnubiography
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