Guidance or Independence: How to make responsible decisions, The Monk's Podcast 69, Braja Bihari P
Channel: Chaitanya Charan
Date: 06/09/2020

Vraj Vihari dasa joined ISKCON in 1977 as a student. He was a brahmacari for 12 years. In 1989 he married Ananda Vrindavanesvari Devi and moved to Vrindavan where he served for 21 years as Director of the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education. In 2002 he started ISKCONResolve and has been the co-Director since its inception. He holds a Post Graduate degree in Conflict Resolution and he worked for three years on a project of the Supreme Court of India wherein he trained Judges and Senior Advocates in mediation and conflict resolution. He presently lives in Washington DC where he teaches Bhakti Sastri and Bhakti Vaibhava, continues to run ISKCONResolve and works for the United States Government.

Chaitanya Charan Das is a monk, spiritual mentor and author.

Building on his engineering degree from the Government College of Engineering, Pune, he has studied extensively the philosophical and sociological ramifications of modern science. Complementing his scientific education is his keen spiritual sensitivity honed by systematic and sympathetic study of the bhakti tradition for over two decades. He has been an invited speaker at several international conferences on the interface of science and spirituality, including the World Peace Conference 2006 and World Peace Congress 2008 organized by UNESCO.  Based in India, he has given talks at colleges and companies all over the world from Australia to America.  His writings appear regularly in several Indian newspapers including the reputed Speaking Tree column in The Times of India. Apart from 300 analytical articles (available at www.thespiritualscientist.com) and 1600 inspirational daily meditations on the Bhagavad-gita (available at www.gitadaily.com),  he is the author of 20 books on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Science and spirituality, socio-cultural analysis of religion, and the ancient texts of India, especially the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavad-gita

He is a member of ISKCON’s leading intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, which offers scriptural advice to the GBC (Governing Body Commissioner). He is an associate editor of Back to Godhead, ISKCON’s global magazine. His writings in English have been translated into several foreign languages including German, Chinese and Romanian and several Indian languages including Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Hindi and Marathi.

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