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APPENDIX 1
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupāda was born Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896 in Calcutta. In 1920 he finished his schooling, majoring in philosophy, English and economics at the University of Calcutta. Soon afterward, Abhay Charan De took up the duties of manager of a large chemical concern. Then in 1922, he met His Divine Grace Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāj, the founder of 64 Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Maṭhs in India, Berlin and London. His Divine Grace recently recalled the key to his approaching his spiritual master: "When I first started going to see my Guru Mahārāj, he said of me, 'This boy hears very nicely. He does not go away. So I shall make him a disciple.' That was my qualification, or whatever you may call it. I would simply