Satyaraja Dasa

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Satyaraja Dasa (born 1955), birth name Steven J. Rosen, is an initiated disciple of 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.^{[citation needed]}

Satyaraja Dasa is the author of 20 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 Black Lotus: The Spiritual Journey of an Urban Mystic (2007), which is the life story of Bhakti Tirtha Swami.^{[citation needed]}

Satyaraja Dasa 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.^{[citation needed]}

Several years ago he was called upon by Greenwood Press, a major academic publisher, to write the Hinduism volume for their "Introduction to the World's Major Religions" series. The book did so well that they further commissioned him to write Essential Hinduism, a more comprehensive treatment of the same subject, under the auspices of their prestigious parent company (Praeger), and the book is now receiving worldwide acclaim. Rosen's books have appeared in several languages, including Spanish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Chinese, and Russian.^{[citation needed]}

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