A critical analysis presented by Devamrita Swami at ILS (ISKCON Leadership Sanga - 2014). Teacher and writer Devamrita Swami arranges nontraditional settings for Western audiences to approach bhakti (Krishna consciousness). Devamrita Swami was born on October 16, 1950 in New York City. At the age of seventeen, he received a scholarship to Yale University and graduated in 1972. Upon graduation Devamrita Swami began to study the literary works of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In 1974, Devamrita Swami became an initiated student of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He accepted the renounced order of sanyasa in 1982. In 2002, he accepted the post as initiating spiritual master.Since 1977, he has traveled worldwide, presenting the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness. Currently he is based in Australia and New Zealand, and frequently travels to India and the Orient on preaching missions. For more details on Devamrita Swami Maharaja Please Visit :- www.devaswami.com/ www.theloft.org.nz/ www.urbanyoga.com.au/ [For more videos - harekrishnatube.com]