Gauranga dasa (RNS)

Gauranga dasa is a vice-president and senior brahmachari monk of the Radha Gopinath temple run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in, Mumbai, India. As a senior disciple of Radhanath Swami he regularly hosts a television show called Aatma and gives lectures on the Bhagavad Gita on Star Plus, broadcasted to millions of viewers worldwide. He is known for his popular public talks regarding Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy and formal temple lectures.

Services

As part of a rehabilitation programme at Yerawada Prison House in Pune, he was invited to give a lecture on the Bhagavad Gita. Some of the prisoners have been inspired to translate the Gita into braille for the benefit of the blind. He has also regularly helped students in their spiritual practice by performing deity installation ceremonies at their Student Hostels. At a 1998 Chowpatty yoga retreat, he also gave two lectures entitled 'Does celibacy make sense?'

See also

• Hare Krishna
• Bhakti Yoga
• Vaishnavism