Бхакти Вигьяна Госвами - 2. Зависть и любовь

Bhakti Vijnana Goswami (Vadim Tuneev) was born on August 30, 1956, in Tashkent. He spent his childhood and youth in his hometown, growing up in a family of scientists. In 1973, he graduated from high school with honors and entered the Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, after which he continued his studies at the Institute of Molecular Biology of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1978, he first met a Krishna devotee with the spiritual name Japa das, who lived with him in the Moscow State University dormitory. As a result of his interaction with Japa das, Vadim became a vegetarian, read the Bhagavad-gita for the first time, and began chanting the Hare Krishna mantra on beads, as well as attending meetings of Moscow devotees held in apartments. From 1988 to 1995, he worked at the Swedish branch of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust publishing house. In 1995, Bhakti Vijnana Goswami returned to Russia and became the head of the Center of Societies for Krishna Consciousness in Russia (TSOKR). Soon, thanks to his lectures and seminars, he became one of the most renowned preachers in Russia and the former Soviet Union. In August 2001, he received monastic sannyasi status (renounced order) from Srila Prabhupada's disciple Radhanath Swami. In 2005, Bhakti Vijnana Goswami received the right to accept disciples and became the first ISKCON initiating guru in Russia. He enjoys poetry, music, philosophy, and history. He is fluent in English and is seriously studying Sanskrit, Bengali, and Hindi. Author of "Sharanagati," a collection of poetry translated from Bengali. A fan of hatha yoga as an effective healing system for all ages.