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Murali Mohan Maharaj, our founder acharya, has been preaching the message of Krishna Consciousness throughout the world for more than 40 years. He is an author of more than 45 books, vast array of mind-blowing paintings and a spiritual teacher, true guru leading his disciples by example.

Murali Mohan’s colorful and inspiring paintings do not leave hearts of the people untouched, opening to them the windows to the spiritual world. Leading a life of a renounced monk, he spends all his income on serving Krishna. He owns nothing and does not depend on anything. Living only by preaching of the holy names, he devoted himself entirely to the Lotus feet of our Lord. Relentlessly leading an army of devotees, he brings them home to God.

Man.

Millions of lives, the soul travels from one planet to another, from one form to another, until it encounters a sadh guru, receives the seed of bhakti (bhakti-lata-bija) and the chance to return to Krishna. Murali Mohan Das pays deferential bows to his diksha guru Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaj, the entire guru-varga (the previous Acharyas of Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya), as well as all Vaishnavas sincerely devoted to Krishna, who inspire us to pure devotional service.

Guru.

Preacher, writer, artist – he made a lasting impression on millions of people with whom he met on his life path. He spoke to everyone about Krishna and inspired thousands to devotional service. Many academics, scholars and powerful people became interested in Vedic philosophy through the persuasive preaching of Murali Mohan Maharaj.

According to a rough estimate, he preached in one hundred cities of the vast Soviet empire. He printed and distributed the first books of Srila Prabhupada back in times of socialism stagnation, when such distribution did not bring any income, on the contrary – it was punishable as an ideological crime, along with espionage and involvement with the CIA.

He was fearless and fully devoted to Krishna, and Krishna protected Mama Thakur. By the special mercy of Krishna, the mercy of Srila Prabhupada.

He made a painting for the wall of the Hare Krishna Temple in Brooklyn: the panel “Sankirtana Leela”. In the spring of 1994, his first exhibition was held in New York. In 1995, he painted several monumental panels for the ISKCON temple in Chicago. In 1997, he registered “Sankirtana Corporation” which is an educational organization dedicated to spreading Lord Chaitanya’s teaching throughout the world.