“Just as a father is always proud of his son’s education, similarly, Lord Krsna becomes very happy to see the living entities acquiring a sound spiritual education and thus making progress on the way back home, back to Godhead.”
Atul Krishna dasa
Atul Krishna dasa joined ISKCON’s Melbourne Mahaprabhu Mandir in 1985. A disciple of Prabhavisnu Swami, he served as a book distributer and fundraiser in Melbourne from 1986 to 1996. He joined the Bangladesh Yatra in 1996 and preached village to village for 3 years, during which he learnt fluent Bengali. Since 1999 he has been residing in Sri Dhama Mayapur. He has been teaching Bhakti-sastri in Mayapur for the last 8 years and has been involved in teacher training for the last 5 years. He conducts teacher training and Bhakti-sastri seminars throughout India, Asia and Australia. He is currently supervising Bhakti-sastri and Bhaktivaibhava courses in Mayapur.