Garuda Das has been a practicing Bhakta for nearly 50 years. He received both harināma and brahminical initiations from His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda. He was blessed by Śrīla Prabhupāda to enter the academic world, wherein he eventually received three master’s degrees and a doctorate (PhD) in comparative religion from Harvard…