<div>Hi, Hare Krishna! My name is Uttamaśloka das. I’m a student monk, practicing Bhakti Yoga, and I’m raising money to go to India this year!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The purpose of my trip is 4 fold.
</div>
<div>Firstly, I want to go on pilgrimage with my guru (spiritual teacher, pictured middle in the photo. I’m on the left!) to visit sacred places and learn from him.
</div>
<div>Secondly, I want to visit a holy village called Vrindaban as a personal pilgrimage.
</div>
<div>Thirdly, I want to participate in a systematic study program called Bhakti Sastri, and obtain a Bhakti Sastri degree from the Mayapur Institute.
</div>
<div>My fourth reason is overlapping, I want to photograph my travels to share with those who aren’t able to travel, to fulfill my monastic duties of studying, traveling, and visiting sacred and holy places. Another duty of someone in my monastic order is to beg for what I need, and that’s where this GoFundMe comes in!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>My travels will approximately be as follows.
</div>
<ul>
<li>Travel from Chicago to Delhi, then to Haridwar, Rishikesh, and Badrinath in the first part of September. While there I will go on guided tours of various temples, and other sacred places with my Guru and other pilgrims.
</li>
<li>In the last part of September, travel from Haridwar to Vrindaban. I will travel with a small group of friends, and together we will visit many more places of pilgrimage such as Vrindaban town, Govardhan, Barsana, Gokula, and other holy sites.
</li>
<li>In the first part of October, I will travel from Vrindaban (via Delhi) to Kolkata, and from Kolkata to Mayapur. In Mayapur, I will take the Bhakti Sastri course and attain the related degree. While there I will also travel to sacred sites in my free time. The Bhakti Sastri course lasts till February, when I will return to my home-base of Chicago.
</li>
<li>Throughout my journey, I will study sacred scriptures, learn and discuss spiritual topics, and take photographs of all the wonderful places I travel to.
</li>
</ul>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>As a full time renounced monk, I have no regular income source. My days are instead devoted to spiritual practice, missionary work, study and teaching and sharing what has been shared with me. Due to this renounced lifestyle, all of my travels and activities rely on the mercy shown to me by kind people like yourself. When you donate to me, however, you are not just giving and supporting a spiritual seeker and ascetic, you also gain spiritual benefit.
</div>
<div>In the Srimad Bhagavatam, the benefits of giving in charity are elaborated as such; “Money given in charity to a suitable person is guaranteed bank balance in the next life. Such charity is recommended to be given to a brāhmaṇa. If the money is given in charity to a non-brāhmaṇa (without brahminical qualification) the money is returned in the next life in the same proportion. If it is given in charity to a half-educated brāhmaṇa, even then the money is returned double. If the money is given in charity to a learned and fully qualified brāhmaṇa, the money is returned a hundred and a thousand times.” Though I am a simple monk, with no brahminical qualities, the latter purpose of my travels, namely the Bhakti Sastri degree, is a marked step towards brahminical qualification. This will only be possible though with your loving and charitable contribution. Please give what you can, and know that every penny given will be used wisely, in service of Krishna, the Supreme Personaly of Godhead.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>From the bottom of my stone-like heart, I sincerely thank you.
</div>
<div>Your Insignificant Servant,
</div>
<div>Uttamaśloka Das brahmachari
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/78064521_1718903082103294_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>

Anonymous

Thomas Smith

Venkat Peddireddy

Sumit Sharma

NEHA Maheshwari

Mohan Indukuri

Megha Patel

Sean Murphy

Rebecca Rose

Tharmenthiran Balasubramaniam

Shri Dhanpaul

Ashutosh Kumar

Nicole Bailey

Chirag Patel

Shail Varma

Help Uttamaśloka get to India!

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Just $310$ to go! Make an impact.

Help Uttamaśloka get to India!

Just $310 to go!
Make an impact.