बलदेव दास
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Monk, Research Scholar, Translator, Musician, Writer |
| Location | Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Introduction | I started studying Indian philosophy at the age of fifteen. In 2001, I was the first Westerner ever admitted to the undergraduate program in the Sanskrit Faculty of Benares Hindu University. In 2006, I concluded my post-graduation and was awarded a golden medal for academic excellence. In 2009, I defended a PhD thesis on Gaudiya Vedanta according to Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Govinda-bhasya, covering the singularities that made it a distinct work from the point of view of epistemology, ontology, metaphysics, theology and ethics. Meanwhile I also taught Sanskrit grammar and philosophy in the same Faculty. Nowadays I am working on the “Vidyabhusana Project”, which aims to prepare critical editions and English translations of the complete works of Baladeva Vidyabhusana. |
| Interests | Krishna, Sastra, Veda, sruti, smrti, bhakti-yoga, philosophy, Vedanta, sad-darsana, nyaya, logic, religion, theology,Indology, Gaudiya Vaisnavism,acintya-bheda-abheda, visista-advaita, dvaitavada, Sanskrit, Prabhupada, Baladeva Vidyabhusana, Jiva Gosvami, Madhva, Ramanuja, Tulasi devi, Vrndavana, Linguistics, Etymology, Hermeneutics, Exegetics, Greek philosophy, classical music,(European, Baroque, and, Romantism,) violin, classical literature, (both Western and Indian), poetry, (with metre, please),aesthetics, pedagogy, psychology,(non-Freudian), astanga-yoga,(with all the yamas and nyamas), maha-prasada, tirtha-yatra |
| Favorite movies | I have too many good books to read instead of watching movies. |
| Favorite music | J.S.Bach, A.Vivaldi, P.Sarasate, W.A.Mozart, F.Kreisler, L.Beethoven, J.Brahms, P.Tchaikowsky,H.Wieniawski, H.Vieuxtemps, C.Saint-Saens,F.Mendelsohn, H.Villa-Lobos, J.Sibelius, E.Lalo, M.Bruch, G.Tartini, N.Paganini,P.Locatelli |
| Favorite books | Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad Gita, Caitanya Caritamrta, Vedanta Sutra, Govinda Bhasya, Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Sat-sandarbhas, Bhavartha-dipika, Gita Bhusana, Panca-tantra, Hitopadesa, In my teens I was very found of, Herman Hesse, Goethe, Plato, Humanism, Zen, Tao Te Ching, I Ching, Dhammapada, |