Hinduism: Details about 'Satyaraja Dasa'
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Satyaraja Dasa (1955- ), born Steven J. Rosen, is an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies. He is also an associate editor of "Back to Godhead," the magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement. He is the author of twenty books on Vaishnavism and related subjects, including "Vaishnavi: Women and the Worship of Krishna" (1996); "Gita on the Green: The Mystical Tradition Behind Bagger Vance" (2000); "Holy War: Violence and the Bhagavad Gita" (2002); "The Hidden Glory of India" (2002); "From Nothingness to Personhood: A Collection of Essays on Buddhism From a Vaishnava Perspective" (2003); and the "Hinduism" volume of Greenwood Press's Introduction to the World's Major Religions series (2006). He has a strong view on vegetarianism and has written "Diet for Transcendence: Vegetarianism and the World Religions" (1997, previously published as "Food for the Spirit") and "Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights" (2004), wherein he systematically explains the practice of vegetarianism in various religious groups, such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism, with special attention to the traditions of India.
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