{"id":36,"date":"2017-01-17T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T12:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogadellestelle.com\/chi-sono\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:11:41","slug":"who-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yogadellestelle.com\/en\/chi-sono\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are they. Prema Kumar das"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My name is Pierpaolo Marras<\/strong>, also known as Prema Kum\u0101ra d\u0101sa<\/strong>, a name received from my teacher in the Bhakti Ved\u0101nta tradition. But you can simply call me Prema<\/strong>.<\/p>

My life intertwines two worlds: the rigor of the science and engineering<\/strong> and the timeless depth of the Vedic philosophy<\/strong>.<\/p>

From this meeting was born Yoga delle Stelle<\/strong>, a project that combines the Yoga<\/strong> and theVedic Astrology (Jyoti\u1e63a)<\/strong> as tools for awareness, transformation and inner growth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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My story begins as a child, when I used to take apart my toy robots to figure out how they worked, while my mother put me to sleep with tales of Christian saints. Even then I was experiencing deep and guided dreams, which I still remember with clarity.<\/p>

In elementary school I started the Judo<\/strong>, which introduced me to Japanese philosophy-a passion I cultivated until I was 18.
In middle school I became a tireless reader of Japanese novels and comics, driven by a desire to understand the world and human emotions. I sought answers in philosophy and psychology.<\/p>

That's why I chose the Classical High School<\/strong>, but what I found there was more history of ideas than essential answers. So I changed direction: perhaps science could offer me concrete truths. I chose theEngineering<\/strong>, moving from philosophical abstraction to technical pragmatics.<\/p>

All'University of Bologna<\/strong> I experienced intense years: numbers, circuits, algorithms, new friendships and challenges as an out-of-state student.
Yet a bigger question was growing inside me: What is the deep meaning of life?<\/em><\/p>

At the age of 23, I took up Judo and prayer again. I approached the Reiki<\/strong>, at Japanese, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism<\/strong>, seeking new ways.
Until, one Christmas in Sardinia, I found in my father's bookcase two volumes of the Caitanya Carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em>, left years earlier by mysterious \"men dressed in white.\"<\/p>

Reading those pages was like an inner call: the life and teachings of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu<\/strong> have opened to me the doors of the Bhakti Ved\u0101nta<\/strong>.<\/p>

Shortly thereafter, during the Master's Degree in Engineering<\/strong>, I met Bhakti Yoga. It was a bright turning point because it gave me the joy of being able to meet my spiritual master, Radhanath Swami<\/strong>, who travels all over the world and has been guiding me on the path ever since.<\/p>

From there my research exploded: Indo-Vedic philosophy, meditation, Yoga... until I came to the<\/span>Vedic Astrology (Jyoti\u1e63a)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>

For more than ten years I worked as a telecommunications engineer in research and development<\/strong>, while in parallel I studied astrology, offered counseling and taught: philosophy of yoga in the Teacher Training<\/strong>, meditation classes and personal growth paths.<\/p>

After an initial training self-taught<\/strong> and various international studies, I became an official member of the CVA - Council of Vedic Astrology<\/strong>, the international association that certifies Jyoti\u1e63a.<\/p>

The real turning point, however, was the meeting with the traditional school of Pandit Sanjay Rath<\/strong>, heir to the Orissa tradition, who is descended from a direct pupil of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu<\/strong>.<\/p>

In this authentic line I received the title of Jyoti\u1e63a Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita (scholar in Vedic Astrology)\u00a0<\/strong>after nearly a decade of studying the B\u1e5bhat Par\u0101\u015bara Hor\u0101 \u015a\u0101stra<\/em>.<\/p>

Today I continue to train, and I am currently studying the secrets of the Jaimini S\u016btra<\/em> and the Mantra \u015a\u0101stra<\/em>, constantly deepening this infinite science.<\/p>

Over the years I have realized that my mission is also disseminate this knowledge<\/strong>.<\/p>

For a long time, those who wanted to become Vedic astrologers had to train only abroad and in English. With Yoga delle Stelle<\/strong>, I made it possible to study the Jyoti\u1e63a in Italian, contributing to the birth of a new generation of Vedic astrologers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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My educational background combines years of study academics<\/strong> e spiritual<\/strong>, in India and online, interweaving practice, philosophy and tradition.<\/p>

Yoga and Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>