Vic DiCara has actively participated in Vedic culture since 1991. He began practicing Jyotish professionally and offering his services to the public in April of 2008. He recieved mantra-diksha into the Rupa Goswami sampradaya of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in 1993 – receiving the name “Vraja Kishor das” – and has since translated many works, authored dozens of others and has taught courses on many subjects of Rasa-Theology and Vedic Philosophy.