Ronald was born on a small island in the South Pacific nation of Fiji. He was ten years old when his parents immigrated to Sacramento, California, in 1996. Before moving to the United States, he attended an English-speaking school in Fiji, where he was exposed to various Christian teachings. As a child, he read books from the Abrahamic faith, particularly the Jehovah's Witness publication My Book of Bible Stories. During his school years in Fiji, Christian preachers from different denominations frequently visited, further shaping his early religious understanding.

After arriving in the United States, Ronald adapted to a new standard of living and environment. His life continued to evolve throughout high school, but it was during his college years that his spiritual journey truly began. While in college, he discovered Bhagavad-gita As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. This encounter sparked a sincere search for meaning and inspired him to explore various spiritual traditions and philosophical systems of thought. 

Ultimately, Ronald found that A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's teachings provided the most authentic and practical understanding of the ultimate purpose of life.

Seeking to deepen his connection to these teachings, Ronald traveled to meet with prominent leaders within the Krishna Consciousness movement. Despite his profound respect for the philosophy, he grew dissatisfied with the dogmatic understanding and institutional illusions prevalent among its modern followers.

Srila Prabhupada states: 

Krishna Consciousness Movement is for training men to be independently thoughtful and competent in all types of departments of knowledge and action, not for making bureaucracy. Once there is bureaucracy the whole thing will be spoiled. There must be always individual striving and work and responsibility, competitive spirit, not that one shall dominate and distribute benefits to the others and they do nothing but beg from you and you provide. No. Never mind there may be botheration to register each centre, take tax certificate each, become separate corporations in each state. That will train men how to do these things, and they shall develop reliability and responsibility, that is the point. 

Crucially, it was through the precise personal instruction, guidance, and support of his mentors that he came to realize the founder-Ācārya's directive to expand the movement into "every town and village," while remaining independent of what he regarded as the post–Śrīla Prabhupāda changes, including the unauthorized book changes and the many controversies that followed Śrīla Prabhupāda's passing. These developments marked a departure from the original movement established by Śrīla Prabhupāda. 

Having understood and realized these things, he sought to correct these changes at the local level but found it impossible, as an entire corrupt culture had been built around the illusion that had developed following Śrīla Prabhupāda's samādhi.

Being instructed by his mentors on the most successful approach, Ronald was guided and blessed with the understanding to return to the original instructions of the founder-Ācārya, his authentic unchanged books, and the system of Ācārya succession based on the ācāryavān puruṣo veda (Sanskrit: आचार्यवान् पुरुषो वेद). By the divine blessings of his guru and Śrīla Prabhupāda, Ronald founded this school in September 2024. 

His mission is to revive the mood that was present when the founder-Ācārya was physically present, as well as to impart such an understanding and model that anyone can do as he is doing, while simultaneously providing an environment where students can peacefully live and study the pure teachings of Śrīla Prabhupāda, free from institutional dogma and unauthorized changes. Through this distilled process, understanding and knowledge manifest, ultimately leading to realization. Aspirants are then empowered to develop a similar level of full dedication and surrender to the Ācārya’s mission—ultimately fulfilling the grand vision of Lord Chaitanya for the Golden Age of Kali-yuga.

Would you like to help or assist? 

You can find out more by visiting his YouTube channels and seeing for yourself:

The Vedic Student: youtube.com/@thevedicstudent

ISKCON History: youtube.com/@iskconhistory

Facebook: facebook.com/hksoroville