HG Parama Sundara Das

Parama Sundara Das connected with ISKCON in 2008 after he joined the Bhaktivedanta Gurukula and International School (BGIS) situated in the holy land of Vrindavan. Having completed his education at BGIS, he was initiated by His Holiness Lokanath Swami Maharaj at the age of 17. He had the great good fortune of learning the spiritual culture and vedic scriptures from an early age. Under the instruction of his spiritual master, he studied Srila Jiva Gosvami’s Sri Harinamamrita Vyakaranam and the other Vaishnava scriptures for more than 4 years in Vrindavan. A Sanskrit scholar with expertise in Harinamamrita Vyakaranam, he teaches Sanskrit grammar and Sanskrit commentaries on Bhakti Shastras to devotees from around the world. He completed the Bhakti Shastri course in 2014 from the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in the Sanskrit language. He serves in various capacities; editor, compiler, and proof-reader in his spiritual master’s book projects; translating the Acarya’s’ works into Hindi and has also published translations of commentaries on Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Siksastakam in a book form.