Later Life
By the age of 70 Swami Bon had over one thousand initiated mostly Bengali and other Indian born disciples, out of which were 10 Tridandi Sannyasis (monks). In some East and West Bengali villages such as Vishnupur the entire populations, husbands, wives and children, were his disciples. Swami Bon lived in Vrindavana in his ashram, "Bhajan Kutir." He was active in attracting scholars and other people to Vraja Dham for theological studies, as well as creating a Post-Graduate College in Vrindavan, the Institute of Oriental Philosophy (Aff. University of Agra), where many local people received their education. He also founded the Sri Krishna Chaitainya Primary School in Nandagram in 1970, and he had ashrams in Vrindavan and Nandagram in Uttar Pradesh, and Kolkata in Bengal. He spent much of his time associating with his close friends and Godbrothers, such as "bhajananandi" Krishnadas Babaji, and Bhakti Shuddha Ashram. He was close with all his Godbrothers.
Swami Bon revealed his spiritual identity (svarupa siddhi) in his books, such as Vaikuntha Path Par" (Hindi & Bengali) in which his spiritual name is given as "Kunda Latika Manjari," with his eternal service always in Pratham yama nitya lila.
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