Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
After the death of his brother Aksobhya dasa in February 1979, he learned his system of indexing books and went to work for the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust charity in Los Angeles. dasa was based in Honolulu when he was killed February 22, 1979, an event that inspired Mausert to become a lifelong gun owner https://www.range365.com/video-shows-breadth-gun-ownership#page-2. At the BBT, Mausert wrote indexes for translations of the Isopansad, the Brahma Samhita, the Bhagavad Gita, volumes of the Bhagavatam, "Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita"'s biography and various other books. Mausert was given brahminical initiation in July 1980 by his spiritual master, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami. While in law school, he continued to edit indexes for the BBT.