Marco Ferrini (Matsyavatara das) is the Founder and President of Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta and the Director of the Academy of Traditional Sciences of India. He is a counselor, a researcher and a spiritual guide. He is the author of essays and books inspired by the themes of this tradition, by Bhakti Yoga-Vedanta and by the ancient knowledge of the Vedas, antique wisdom texts recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage.
Through his books, courses, conferences and seminars he provides tools to rediscover ones inner resources and enhance them to favor significant personal and social growth.
Marco Ferrini was born in Ponsacco (Pisa) on February 20, 1945. He completed extensive studies in various artistic disciplines, with particular interest in the history of art. He achieved the Diploma of the Education Course, at the time called Art Institute of Florence, and studied with one of the largest international antique dealers and connoisseurs of pictorial art at the time, who was particularly expert in the Italian Renaissance and French Impressionism. In 1967 he started his own career as a interior designer, which led him to collaborate with a range of industry-leading companies both in Italy and abroad, a profession he held for over thirty years with marked success.
Through his books, courses, conferences and seminars he provides tools to rediscover ones inner resources and enhance them to favor significant personal and social growth.
Marco Ferrini was born in Ponsacco (Pisa) on February 20, 1945. He completed extensive studies in various artistic disciplines, with particular interest in the history of art. He achieved the Diploma of the Education Course, at the time called Art Institute of Florence, and studied with one of the largest international antique dealers and connoisseurs of pictorial art at the time, who was particularly expert in the Italian Renaissance and French Impressionism. In 1967 he started his own career as a interior designer, which led him to collaborate with a range of industry-leading companies both in Italy and abroad, a profession he held for over thirty years with marked success.
From a young age he begun to feeling the vocation to know the basics of life. To give substance to this vocation he undertook studies to explore the Hindu humanities and spiritual sciences.
In 1970 he begun to study Western and Oriental philosophy and psychology in Italy and abroad, with applications in the industrial, collective and individual fields. Married since 1976, he has three children. In 1976 Marco Ferrini travelled to Indi where he met a Vaishnava saint, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who became his spiritual master and main inspiration for further studies and researches.
After years of study of the sacred texts and performing spiritual practice, through many trips and stays in the holy places of India, in the summer of 1995 Marco Ferrini founded the Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta, a recognized non-profit cultural association, with the purpose of integrating philosophical and spiritual traditions of the East and the West.
Marco Ferrini contributes in various ways to the spreading of traditional Indian sciences through works of social solidarity and volunteering, animated by religious sentiment, making generous donations and by giving up substantial resources to make them available to this cause.
In 1970 he begun to study Western and Oriental philosophy and psychology in Italy and abroad, with applications in the industrial, collective and individual fields. Married since 1976, he has three children. In 1976 Marco Ferrini travelled to Indi where he met a Vaishnava saint, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who became his spiritual master and main inspiration for further studies and researches.
After years of study of the sacred texts and performing spiritual practice, through many trips and stays in the holy places of India, in the summer of 1995 Marco Ferrini founded the Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta, a recognized non-profit cultural association, with the purpose of integrating philosophical and spiritual traditions of the East and the West.
Marco Ferrini contributes in various ways to the spreading of traditional Indian sciences through works of social solidarity and volunteering, animated by religious sentiment, making generous donations and by giving up substantial resources to make them available to this cause.
In 2000 he completed his studies in psychology and obtained a Master degree and specializations through American universities. Also in 2000 he founded the Academy of Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta and established courses in Traditional Indian Sciences: Psychology and spirituality of yoga, health science or Ayurveda, sociology, pedagogy, philosophy, art and architecture. By offering teachings of universal wisdom and spirituality on the science of the being, these training programs are of help in resolving existential problems and problems within families, professional and other sectors of society fields.
Consegna a Marco Ferrini del titolo Honoris Causa di Ph.D. Doctor in Philosophy da parte del Presidente dell'India e del Rettore della Dev Sanskriti University. Haridwar, India, 9 dicembre 2012
Conferenza presso Università di Bologna, Aula Magna della Facoltà di Giurisprudenza. Anno 2012.
Tema: “Capire la Morte per Capire la Vita”.
Evento presso il Salone del Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze. Anno 2009.
Tema:“Dialogo tra Divina Commedia e Bhagavad-gita”.
Partecipazione al Congresso Internazionale “Life and Its Origins”,
presso la Protomoteca del Campidoglio a Roma. Anno 2004
Seminario Educazione Continua in Medicina, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna. Anno 2004.
Tema: “Psicologia dell'Assistenza ai Malati Terminali e ai loro Familiari”
Tema: “Psicologia dell'Assistenza ai Malati Terminali e ai loro Familiari”
Conferenza presso Università degli Studi di Bologna, Aula Magna Ciamician. Anno 2009.
Tema: “Psicologia del Ciclo della Vita”
Anno 2012, Marco Ferrini con il Corpus Accademico della DSVV
Tema:“Il Viaggio di Dante e la Bhagavad-gita”.
Evento a Napoli presso il Parco Letterario della Tomba di Virgilio. Anno 2011
Marzo 2014 presso l'Aula Magna dell'Università di Bari, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, Corso in “Armonia Relazionale: Trasformare la Crisi in Opportunità”
