Navina Nirada Das is a Spiritual Entrepreneur. He traveled the globe more
than a dozen times as ISKCON’s Book Distribution Minister. He built and
directs Vaishnava Academy in Mayapur. Originally from Switzerland, he
currently oversees a spiritual center in the heart of San Francisco. He
delivers seminars on outreach and leadership and guides individuals through his personal experience from nearly four decades of practice.
Dr. Krishna Abhishek Ghosh is a professor of Hinduism and World Religions at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, and an Affiliate Professor at the Global Center for Advanced Studies, New York, USA. His interdisciplinary research and teaching interests include the history of religions, Indian philosophy and aesthetics (rasa), postcolonial and critical theories, and South Asian Studies. His current research projects revolve around the intellectual history of kirtan with a special focus on Bengal. This focus has developed from his doctoral work on the Hindu thinker Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda, for which he received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2014. He also taught ‘Asian Classics’ at UChicago’s Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies, for which he received the Dean’s Award in 2013. The Vaiṣṇava roots of his family and Bengal culture hold a special place in his heart and form a significant part of his scholarly activity. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses such as ‘Gandhi and His Critics,’ ‘Hinduism 101: Cows, Caste, and The Kamasutra?,’ ‘An Introduction to Religious Studies’ and ‘World’s Religions’ and supervises Ph.D. students in his areas of expertise.
Deva Madhava Das, director of the Harmony Collective in Ypsilanti, Michigan
https://theharmonycollective.org
His Holiness Bhanu Swami maharaja was born in Canada on the 26th December 1948 to the most fortunate Japanese parents. HH Bhanu Swami Maharaja is one of the senior disciples of His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, founder acharya of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He holds a BA Degree in Oriental fine arts history from the University of British Colombia. He joined the Hare Krishna movement in India in 1970. Initiated in 1971 by Srila Prabhupada, he took sannyasa vows in 1984. Bhanu Swami was personally instructed in the art of Deity worship by Srila Prabhupada, and within ISKCON he has become an authority on the topic. He is a great inspiration for many devotees around the world and he preaches Krishna consciousness in Japan, Malaysia, Russia and India.
JOSHUA M. GREENE is a popular lecturer on Holocaust history and the spiritual quest, and a brilliant, entertaining communicator. A former instructor at Hofstra and Fordham Universities, Greene is recipient of numerous awards for his historical biographies and documentary films. https://joshuamgreene.info/about/
JOSHUA M. GREENE
The host for Gita Wisdom is Joshua M. Greene. In 1970, at age twenty, he was initiated as Yogesvara dasa by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In 1982, after living thirteen years in ashrams of India and Europe, Yogesvara returned to New York and started a career in film, producing children’s programs for The Disney Channel and PBS. In 1995, he became Director of Programming for Cablevision, the nation’s sixth largest cable television provider. From 1999 to 2002 he served as Senior Vice President at Ruder Finn, an international communications firm, where he advised faith communities on their role in peacekeeping initiatives. In 2012, he retired after ten years as religious studies instructor at Hofstra University. He is the author of several books on Holocaust history and the lives of contemporary spiritual figures.
https://gitawisdom.org/about/about-st…
