Swami Sarvapriyananda
Key-note Speaker
Swami Sarvapriyananda has been the Minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of New York since January 2017. He became a monk of the Ramakrishna Order in 1994 and received sannyasa (final monastic vows) in 2004. He served as an acharya (teacher) of the monastic probationers’ training center at Belur Math, India. He also served in various capacities in different educational institutes of the Ramakrishna Mission in India and as the Assistant Minister of the Vedanta Society of Southern California. During 2019-2020 he was a Nagral Fellow at the Harvard Divinity School.
Swami Sarvapriyananda is a well-known speaker on Vedanta and his talks are extremely popular globally via the internet. He has been a speaker on various prestigious forums such as TEDx, SAND, Google Talk etc. He has also been invited to speak at several universities across the world, including Harvard University. The swami has engaged in dialogue with many eminent thinkers such as Deepak Chopra, Rupert Spira, Rick Archer, David Chalmers, Bernardo Karstrup and Sam Harris.
He has played a prominent role in organizing and participating in various interfaith panels and seminars, including speaking at the World Parliament of Religions in Toronto in 2018, and at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Workshop
Main Afternoon Workshop | 14:30 – 16:30 (Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday)*
* – The schedule is subject to change during the event. A more precise timetable will be provided closer to the date.
Language
The Way of Yoga Vedanta – Cultivate Inner Stillness and Generate Nondual Insight
This short series of classes is a deep dive into the yogic way of meditation which seeks spiritual illumination through inner stillness, as well as the Vedantic way of self-realization through experiential inquiry. We will use two texts – the Bhagavad Gita (chapter six verses 33 – 35) and a text by Adi Shankaracharya, Aparoshanubhuti (verses 100-144). The goal is to deepen our meditative practice and gain insight into the real nondual nature of the self.
Texts – Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 (verses 33-35), Aparokshanubhuti (verses 100-144)
Format – 4 lectures, each 1 hour talk, 1/2 hour guided meditation, 1/2 hour Q/A
Lecture 1 – Abhyasa and Vairagya (based on the Gita Chapter 6 verses 33-35)
Lecture 2 – The Way of Yoga-Vedanta 1 (based on the Aparokshanubhuti verses 100-144)
Lecture 3 – The Way of Yoga-Vedanta 2 (based on the Aparokshanubhuti verses 100-144)
Lecture 4 – The Way of Yoga-Vedanta 3 (based on the Aparokshanubhuti verses 100-144)
