BHAKTIMARGA SWAMI, born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, is also known as THE WALKING MONK for having trekked FOUR TIMES across Canada.  Keeping with the spirit of pilgrimage, he also crossed the USA, Israel, Ireland, Guyana, Trinidad, Mauritius, and the Fiji Islands.  Documentation of his Canadian walks is found in two films:  The Longest Road, by the National Film Board of Canada, and Walking: The Lessons of the Road, by Michael Oesch.   As a youth, Swami was a student of fine arts, but took to the life of a Hare Krishna monk at age 20 in 1973.  Although pursuing monastic ways, he maintains artistic expression through several mediums. As a playwright he produces and directs avant-garde productions based on themes from the Vedic epics of India.  Wherever he travels, he engages talented local youth as the productions' actors, dancers, choreographers, and technical crews.   During the pandemic, live theatre wasn't an option, so Bhaktimarga Swami took to creating two short films – Grandsire and The Embassy. The Embassy garnered the_______ award. In 2022 Swami released his highly-anticipated first publication, The Saffron Path: Trekking the Globe with The Walking Monk, detailing his adventures and insights as an international marathon walker.  Future publications are set in motion, including a collection of original poems. The Walking Monk is also an instructor of bhakti yoga, a leader of musical mantra meditation called kirtan, and a speaker on the science of the self based on the ancient teachings of the Gita.