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Шри Чайтанья-чаритамрита, написанная Шрилой Кришнадасом Кавираджей Госвами, является главным трудом, повествующим о жизни Шри Кришны Чайтаньи Махапрабху, великого святого и религиозного реформатора XVI века. Около пятисот лет назад Чайтанья Махапрабху положил начало мощному социальному и религиозному движению в Индии. Его учение, лежащее в основе этого движении, прямо или косвенно повлияло на все возникшие после этого школы философской и религиозной мысли не только в Индии, но и за ее пределами. Распространение этого учения за пределами Индии в значительной степени является заслугой Шри Шримад А. Ч. Бхактиведанты Свами Прабхупады, переводчика и комментатора данного труда, основателя Международного общества сознания Кришны.
В то время, когда люди Запада устремили всю свою энергию на изучение окружающего мира и в поисках новых земель отправилис ь в кругосветные путешествия, на Востоке Шри Кришна Чайтанья начал революцию в сердце человека. В то время, когда на Западе совершались великие научные и географические открытия, Он совершил переворот в духовной науке, открыв людям доступ к глубинному пониманию своей духовной природы.
Автор этого монументального труда, Кришнадас Кавираджа Госвами, родился в начале шестнадцатого столетия. Он был учеником Рагхунатхи даса Госвами, одного из ближайших последователей Господа Чайтаньи в Пури. Рагхунатха дас Госвами, знаменитый святой и подвижник, слушал рассказы о событиях жизни Махапрабху от их очевидца, Сварупы Дамодары Госвами.
Как уже говорилось, английский перевод этого труда и комментарии к нему написаны Шри Шримад А. Ч. Бхактиведантой Свами Прабхупадой, одним из величайших философов и духовных деятелей современности. Он принадлежит к школе последователей Шри Чайтаньи и является первым из Его последователей, кто начал систематически переводить основные труды этой школы на английский язык. Его блестящее владение бенгали и санскритом и великолепное понимание учения Шри Кришны Чайтаньи придают его английским переводам авторитетность и глубину. Простота и ясность, с которыми он излагает сложнейшие философские концепции, позволяют даже читателю, абсолютно незнакомому с индийской религиозной традицией, понять и по достоинству оценить этот монументальный труд.
Мы надеемся, что и читатели русского перевода оценят неповторимую поэтичность и философскую глубину этой удивительной книги, а также редкостную красоту и гармоничность личности Шри Чайтаньи Махапрабху.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda appeared in this world in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his spiritual master, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī, in Calcutta in 1922. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, a prominent religious scholar and the founder of sixty-four Gauḍīya Maṭhas (Vedic institutes), liked this educated young man and convinced him to de dicate his life to teaching Vedic knowledge. Śrīla Prabhupāda became his student and, in 1933, his formally initiated disciple.
At their first meeting, in 1922, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī requested Śrīla Prabhupāda to broadcast Vedic knowledge in English. In the years that followed, Śrīla Prabhupāda wrote a commentary on the /"Bhagavad-gītā"/, assisted the Gauḍīya Maṭha in its work and, in 1944, started /"Back to Godhead"/, an English fortnightly magazine. Singlehandedly, Śrīla Prabhupāda edited it, typed the manuscripts, checked the galley proofs, and even distributed the individual copies. The magazine is now being continued by his disciples.
In 1950 Śrīla Prabhupāda retired from married life, adopting the /vānaprastha/ (retired) order to devote more time to his studies and writing. He traveled to the holy city of Vṛndāvana, where he lived in humble circumstances in the historic temple of Rādhā-Dāmodara. There he engaged for several years in deep study and writing. He accepted the renounced order of life (/sannyāsa/) in 1959. At Rādhā-Dāmodara, Śrīla Prabhupāda began work on his life's masterpiece: a multivolume commentated translation of the eighteen-thousand-verse /"Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"/ (/"Bhāgavata Purāṇa"/). He also wrote /"Easy Journey to Other Planets"/.
After publishing three volumes of the /"Bhāgavatam"/, Śrīla Prabhupāda came to the United States, in September 1965, to fulfill the mission of his spiritual master. Subsequently, His Divine Grace wrote more than fifty volumes of authoritative commentated translations and summary studies of the philosophical and religious classics of India.
When he first arrived by freighter in New York City, Śrīla Prabhupāda was practically penniless. Only after almost a year of great difficulty did he establish the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in July of 1966. Before he passed away on November 14, 1977, he had guided the Society and seen it grow to a worldwide confederation of more than one hundred /āśramas/, schools, temples, institutes, and farm communities. New centers continue to open worldwide.
In 1972 His Divine Grace introduced the Vedic system of primary and secondary education in the West by founding the /gurukula/ school in Dallas, Texas. Since then his disciples have established similar schools throughout the United States and the rest of the world.
Śrīla Prabhupāda also inspired the construction of several large international cultural centers in India. At Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, in West Bengal, devotees are building a spiritual city centered on a magnificent temple - an ambitious project for which construction will extend over many years to come. In Vṛndāvana are the Krishna-Balaram Temple and International Guesthouse, /gurukula/ school, and Śrīla Prabhupāda Memorial and Museum. There are also major temples and cultural centers in Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Siliguri, and Ujjain. Other centers are planned in many important locations on the Indian subcontinent and around the world.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's most significant contribution, however, is his books. Highly respected by scholars for their authority, depth, and clarity, they are used as textbooks in numerous college courses. His writings have been translated into over eighty languages. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, established in 1972 to publish the works of His Divine Grace, has thus become the world's largest publisher of books in the field of Indian religion and philosophy.
In just twelve years, despite his advanced age, Śrīla Prabhupāda circled the globe fourteen times on lecture tours that took him to six continents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, Śrīla Prabhupāda continued to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature, and culture.
Murāri Krishna Dāsa joined ISKCON in 1989 and in September 1991 was initiated by His Holiness Nirañjana Swami. That same year he began working in the marketing department of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust in Moscow. From 1992 through 1996 he produced the radio show Confidential Knowledge - broadcast throughout Russia - and later developed specific radio shows for Moscow and its surrounding regions. He then became a member of the famous Moscow Radio Krishnaloka team and traveled with his spiritual master as his secretary and interpreter.
He has performed a variety of other services: as chairman of ISKCON Moscow’s communications department, coordinating Food-for-Life in the CIS countries, himself helping to distribute sanctified food (/prasāda/) in hotspots like Chechnya and Abkhazia.
He has also worked with the Russian pop star, Linda. His work on the radio made him interested in narrating audiobooks with musical accompaniment.
In subsequent years he recorded Purṇacandra Goswami’s /“Gītāmṛta”/, stories about Kṛṣṇa for children, /“Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead”/, /“Bhagavad-gītā As It Is”/, and /“Śrīla Prabhupāda-līlāmṛta”/, among others, all of which are now available to the Russian-speaking public.
In 2003 Murāri Krishna moved from Moscow to Seoul, South Korea, where he spent ten years working with various orchestras and ensembles. He is currently traveling with Indradyumna Swami’s worldwide Laxmi-Nṛsiṁha tour. He is currently narrating the Russian translation of /“Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta”/. He completed the /“Ādi-līlā”/ of this work in time for Lord Caitanya's appearance day in 2022.