About Pratibha Goswami
Pratibha Goswami dedicated her entire life in the service of God and Saints. She is born and brought up in the Sri Vrindaban in a highly Brahmin family descending from Sri Jaidev Goswami who composed the first »Shringaar kaavya« – Gita Govinda. It is the very famous first classical poetry about Radha-Krishna’s love.
Pratibha Goswami is well versed in the rasik sampradaya of Brij Dham. She is the disciple of Jagadguru Sri Kripalu ji Maharaj who is the fifth original jagadguru of the world. She has been practicing spirituality from her childhood in the presence of her Grandfather Sri Yamuna Ballabh Goswami who was a great rasik saint of his time. In the presence of her parents, Dr. B. N. Goswami and Mrs. Shashi Goswami, she is learning how to develop Bhakti Yoga. She has written many articles about spirituality. She is doing intense meditation and writing articles occasionally for devotion to Sri Guru and Sri Vrindavan.
Apart from her academics she is well versed in the classics of Brij poetry like »Prem Ras Madira, Radha Ras Sudhanidhi, Hit Chaurasi, Kelimal, Mahavani, Bhaktimal« etc.
She is well versed in all aspects of Bhakti yoga especially in the divine love of Sri Radha-Krishna that grows in the kunj of Sri Vrindavan.
Pratibha translated from Brajbasa into English:
• Hit Harivansh, Hit Chaurasi, Tattva Viveka Edition, Bensheim 2010
Contact: vcmpratibha@gmail.com (Abre numa nova janela)
About Ram das (Ronald Engert)
Born 1961. 1982–88 studied German, Romance languages and literature and philosophy, 1994–96 indology and religious studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/M. 1994 co-founder of the magazine Tattva Viveka, 1996–2024 publisher and editor-in-chief. 2015–23 studied Cultural Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin. 2023 Master's degree on the subject of “Mysticism of Language”. He lives in Berlin (Germany) and is retired since 2025.
He is the author of:
• Natural Bhakti. Bhakti without fear – the lost science of attraction (rati) (Abre numa nova janela), Institut zur Erforschung der Sanskrit-Schriften (INES), Bensheim 2007 (2nd edition)
• Gut, dass es mich gibt. (Abre numa nova janela) Tagebuch einer Genesung, Tattva Viveka Edition, Berlin 2012
• Der absolute Ort. Philosophie des Subjekts (Abre numa nova janela), Band 1+2, Tattva Viveka Edition, Berlin 2014 and 2015
• Bhakti-Website: www.gopi.de (Abre numa nova janela)
• Blog: www.ronaldengert.com (Abre numa nova janela)
• Magazine: www.tattva.de (Abre numa nova janela) (German) / www.tattva.org (Abre numa nova janela) (English)
Contact: ram@gopi.de (Abre numa nova janela)