Dada Maheshvarananda, haifaffen Amurka, ɗan gwagwarmaya ne, marubuci, kuma ɗan zuhudu. Tun da 1978 ya koyar da tunani da yoga da kuma kula da ayyukan sabis na zamantakewa, a kudu maso gabashin Asiya, Turai da Kudancin Amirka. Ya ba da ɗaruruwan tarukan karawa juna sani da tarurrukan bita a duk faɗin duniya game da al'amuran zamantakewa da dabi'un ruhaniya. Sabon littafinsa, "Bayan Magana Jari Ce: Demokraɗiyya Tattalin Arziki a Aiki", ya haɗa da tattaunawarsa da Noam Chomsky. Prout yana tsaye ne ga Ka'idar Amfani da Ci gaba, cikakken tsarin zamantakewa da tattalin arziƙi bisa dogaro da kai na kowane yanki, ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwar, kiyaye muhalli da ɗabi'a da ruhi na duniya. A cikin Oktoba 2006 ya fara Prout Research Institute of Venezuela a Caracas, mai zaman kanta ba don riba tushe wanda manufa shi ne tada hankali, goyon bayan hadin gwiwa da kuma inganta tattalin arziki dimokuradiyya.