Chaitanya Chandra Charan Das
Chaitanya Chandra Charan Das ( is a Russian Hindu Vaishnavite religious figure and preacher; guru and member of the Governing Council of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He grew up in the Far East of the USSR. In his school years he was fond of drawing. In 1978 he graduated from art school in Vladivostok. In 1982, in Leningrad, he first became acquainted with Hindu culture by reading the book "Beyond Time and Space" by ISKCON founder Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In November 1985, he met the Hare Krishnas and began to practice bhakti yoga. Later he began to actively preach and distribute Hare Krishna literature in the USSR. In 1988, he received spiritual initiation and Sanskrit name "Caitanya Chandra Das" from the spiritual leader of Soviet Hare Krishnas Harikesa Swami. After Harikesi Swami left ISKCON in 1998, he received spiritual initiation from Jayapataka Swami in 2004, who gave him the name Chaitanya Chandra Charan Das. He travels a lot, giving lectures on "Vedic philosophy and culture." He is the author of several books: "Karma. Reflections", "Reincarnation. Reflections", "Perfect social structure. Reflections", "Levels of consciousness. Reflections", "Spiritual family life", "Evolution of consciousness", "Illusion and reality", "Evolution of beauty". The books of Alexander Khakimov were the sales leaders at the Moscow Book Fair in 2016 — "Evolution of Consciousness", in 2017 — "Illusion and Reality", in 2018 — "Evolution of Beauty". His works "Illusion and Reality" in 2018 and "Evolution of Consciousness" in 2019 were awarded the Grand Prix of the Prize "For Goodness in Art" in the All-Russian competition "For the Good of the World", which marks the best works of literature and art of a humanistic orientation. Чайтанья Чандра Чаран Дас. Духовная семейная жизнь. — Киев: Veda Press, 2002. — 67 с. Чайтанья Чандра Чаран Дас. Карма. Размышления. — Алматы: Институт ведической культуры, 2004. — 110 с. Чайтанья Чандра Чаран Дас. Карма. Размышления. — 2-е изд. — Алматы: Институт ведической культуры, 2007.
