In 1976, at the age of 21, Yudhisthira Dasa moved into the Laguna Beach temple of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness. He thus began practicing Bhakti Yoga according to the teachings of the Jagat Guru, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada. Yudhisthira Dasa was initiated into the Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya in 1978. He has served most of his devotional career at San Diego temple. Yudhisthira began painting in 1996 after his wife, Radha Dasi, had a dream in which Yudhisthira Dasa was a well known painter. This dream inspired him to become an artist. Yudhisthira Dasa holds a Bachelor Degree in psychology but surprisingly has no formal training as an artist. In 2006, due to increasing sales of his paintings, Yudhisthira became a professional artist. His first painting of Srila Prabhupada was completed in 1999. In 2009, responding to the encouragement of many devotees, Yudhisthira Dasa became inspired to embrace the task of completing 108 paintings of Srila Prabhupada for the purpose of glorifying Srila Prabhupada and to inspire Srila Prabhupada's glorious followers. |