For several years in India, Mr. Wright studied Vaishnava culture, Sanskrit, Hindi, and Bengali under the guidance of Professor Ramakanta Chakravarti, Anantaram Sastri, Professor Tulsiram, Mahant Ballabh Lal Goswami, and others.

He became fluent in Persian while spending three years in Iran. There, he studied Islam, Sufism, and Zoroastrianism. He then expanded his knowledge of Islam during two years in Saudi Arabia.

He also worked for 25 years as an IT (Information Technology) consultant, retiring from IBM in 2005.

Since 2006, he has been researching, writing, and lecturing on the notion that essential aspects of Vaishnava culture provide solutions to environmental problems.