Krishna Dharma (born 1955 in London) is a British Hindu scholar and author.[1][2]
Krishna Dharma is "the author of the world's most popular editions of India's great epics": the Ramayana: India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love, and Wisdom (1998) and the Mahabharata: The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time (1999).[1][3] He is also a contributor to the press and a regular radio broadcaster.[1]
Krishna Dharma was born as Kenneth Anderson in 1955 in London.[4] In his youth he served as a merchant navy officer.[3] In 1979 he joined ISKCON and converted to the monotheistic Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.[4] Since the beginning of the 80's, he has offered seminars and lectures on the Vedas and associated disciplines.[1] In 1986 he established the first ISKCON temple in Manchester, England, and served there as a temple president until 2001.[1] In 1989 he started in Manchester a "Hare Krishna Food for Life" programme, which has become the largest free food distribution effort in the city.[5] He is married to Cintamani devi dasi and has two children, Madhava, and Radhika.[5] He currently lives with his family in Hertfordshire.[1]
In 1999 Krishna Dharma published the first edition of his adaptation of the Mahabharata. British author and journalist James Meek wrote in his review in The Guardian: "With its intense love scenes, jewelled palaces, vast battles, superheroes, magical weapons and warring families, the novelised version resembles a 20th century saga-cum-soap opera, a marriage of Barbara Taylor Bradford and Arthur Hailey. Salman Rushdie was threatened with murder for it. William Tyndale was strangled and burned for it. Altering, challenging or even translating sacred texts can be dangerous. But a British Hindu priest expects only praise, high sales and converts from an epic effort of literary digestion launched next week: the 100,000-verse Mahabharata, turned by him into a 1,000-page blockbuster novel".[3]
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Bibliography
Krishna Dharma's works are published by the Torchlight Publications company and by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
- Krishna Dharma (1999), Mahabharata: The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time, Torchlight Publishing, ISBN 1887089179, <http://books.google.com/books?id=u0q-KwAACAAJ>
- Krishna Dharma (2001), Mahabharata: The Condensed Version of the World's Greatest Epic, Torchlight Publishing, ISBN 188708925X, <http://books.google.com/books?id=YynDOwAACAAJ>
- Krishna Dharma (2004), Ramayana: India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love, and Wisdom, Torchlight Publishing, ISBN 1887089063, <http://books.google.com/books?id=_KyrAQAACAAJ>
- Krishna Dharma (2004), Panchatantra: "five Wise Lessons" : a Vivid Retelling of India's Most Famous Collection of Fables (illustrated ed.), Torchlight Publishing, ISBN 1887089454, <http://books.google.com/books?id=jOCOPQAACAAJ>
- Krishna Dharma (2004), Beauty, Power and Grace: The Many Faces Of The Goddess (illustrated ed.), Mandala Publishing, ISBN 1886069891, <http://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Power-Grace-Faces-Goddess/dp/1932771158>
- Krishna Dharma; Vipin Aery & Rasamandala Das (2008), "Hinduism:the tradition speaks for itself", Caring for Hindu Patients (illustrated, revised ed.), Radcliffe Publishing, 5-23, <http://books.google.com/books?id=sKeRPxhs7ugC&pg=PA5>
- Krishna Dharma (2007), "Spiritual solutions to material problems: ISKCON and the Modern World", The Hare Krishna movement: forty years of chant and change (illustrated ed.), I.B. Tauris, 121-133, <http://books.google.com/books?id=l4cE-nzXLx8C&pg=PA121>
- Krishna Dharma (February 6, 1999), "Let's all just karma down", The Guardian, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/1999/feb/06/facetofaith.religion>
- Krishna Dharma (September 29, 2001), "The new war on ignorance", The Guardian, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/sep/29/afghanistan.terrorism6>
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f Dwyer & Cole 2007, p. 269
- ^ Nair 1999
- ^ a b c Meek 1999
- ^ a b Krishna Dharma dasa Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
- ^ a b Krishna Dharma dasa ISKCON Communications Journal
References
- Dwyer, Graham & Richard J. Cole (2007), The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and Change, I.B.Tauris, ISBN 1845114078, <http://books.google.com/books?id=l4cE-nzXLx8C>
- Bryant, Edwin & Maria Ekstrand (2004), The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023112256X, <http://books.google.com/books?id=mBMxPdgrBhoC>
- Rosen, Steven J. (1996), Vaiṣṇavī: women and the worship of Krishna, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, ISBN 812081438X, <http://books.google.com/books?id=KWQqAAAAYAAJ>
- Meek, James (August 12, 1999), "Novel slant on spreading the word", The Guardian, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/aug/12/religion.uk>
- Manson, Louise (August 19, 1999), "Health: Things to make you go `Om'", The Independent, <http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/health-things-to-make-you-go-om-1113585.html>
- Nair, Mahesh (October 11, 1999), "Twice Born: Retelling the Mahabharata, potboiler style", India Today, <http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/19991011/books2.html>
- Kirn, Maggie (April 01, 2000), "Madonna's Holy Grail", W, <http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27751694_ITM>
- Menon, Ramesh (2004), The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN 0865476950, <http://books.google.com/books?id=OcZpUf8tcwEC>
- "Treat Hindu patients according to their values: UK guide", The Indian Express, December 9, 2008, <http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Treat-Hindu-patients-according-to-their-values-UK-guide/396291/>
External links
- Personal site of Krishna Dharma
- UK ISKCON Devotees: Krishna Dharma Dasa
- Krishna Dharma dasa
- Krishna Dharma dasa
- Articles on Dandavats.com
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