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 began studying Indian philosophy at the age of fifteen. In 2001, I was admitted to the undergraduate program in the Sanskrit Faculty of Banaras Hindu University. Between 2004 and 2005, I translated all of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s purports to the Bhagavad-gita into Sanskrit. In 2006, I completed my postgraduate studies and was awarded a gold medal for academic excellence. In 2009, I defended my PhD dissertation on Gaudiya Vedanta as presented in Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Govinda-bhasya. The dissertation examined the distinctive features of this work from the perspectives of epistemology, ontology, metaphysics, theology, and ethics. During this period, I also taught Sanskrit grammar and philosophy in the same faculty. I am currently 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, |