About: 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.[2] 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. #inspiringscience Join this channel to get access to perks:
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