Thoughts on ISKCON's future, The Monk's Podcast 193 with Govardhana Prabhu
Channel: Chaitanya Charan
Date: 06/04/2022

Summary 1:15:02
Govardhana Dasa was born in Durban, South Africa, and first met the devotees in 1982. Although attracted by their harinamas, he was reluctant to take a copy of The Science of Self-Realization from them, but after reading the first sixty pages, he instantly became a vegetarian and started chanting Hare Krishna. Saved by Srila Prabhupada’s books, Govardhana Dasa remains connected to them to this day: he began by distributing them and now serves as a trustee of BBT Africa and as a global BBT trustee. Serving as the chairman of the BTG board, he is also responsible for Back to Godhead magazine. And as an active ISKCON member, he has served as co-temple president, regional secretary and national secretary. He also served as a global duty officer with a focus on ISKCON’s economy. He was initiated in 1994 by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami.

In his youth, Govardhana Dasa wasn’t allowed to join the temple, so he practiced Krishna consciousness at home while pursuing his university studies. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Commerce, a master’s and a doctoral degree in Business Administration, and has subsequently held positions ranging from business manager to director of several South African government and private companies.

Keenly interested in ISKCON’s governance and financial sustainability, Govardhana Dasa makes good use of his secular expertise in finance and economics by strengthening and enhancing the operational efficiency of the Global Property Office to which he was recently appointed. Furthermore, as an academic teacher, he is affiliated with the Alfred Ford School of Management (MBA program) in Radhadesh, Belgium.

During the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the GBC body in Sridham Mayapur, Govardhana Dasa was unanimously appointed as a Governing Body Commissioner.

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 4000 inspirational daily meditations on the Bhagavad-gita (available at www.gitadaily.com),  he is the author of 25 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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