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📄 Schedule of Talks of Swami Sarvapriyananda (Australia Tour: 14–30 August 2026)

Swami Sarvapriyananda's visit to Sydney – August 21-23, 2026


We are delighted to invite you to a series of events organised in August 2026 during the visit of Swami Sarvapriyananda, a monk of the Ramakrishna Order and the minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of New York, where he teaches nondual Vedanta with a focus on direct inquiry into consciousness and selfhood. He has spoken at TEDx, Google Talks and leading universities worldwide, including Harvard.

Please note, in addition to the programs in Sydney, Swami Sarvapriyananda ji will also be visiting the Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. There will be talks at Perth, Adelaide and Canberra. In Melbourne and Brisbane, there will be retreats in addition to talks. Please contact the respective Vedanta centres in case you would like any additional information.

1. Lecture by Swami Sarvapriyananda: "Belonging in a Divided World - A Vedantic Perspective on Identity, Self, and Home"
(Sun Aug 23, 5 pm at Sir Ian Turbott Hall, Western Sydney University, Parramatta South Campus)
In a time of searching conversations about identity, migration, culture and belonging — including here in Australia — many are asking deeper questions: Who am I? Where do I truly belong? What unites us beneath our differences?
Drawing from the non-dual wisdom of Advaita Vedanta, Swami Sarvapriyananda explores a vision of the Self that transcends labels while honouring diversity. Beneath nationality, race, religion, and ideology, Vedanta points to a deeper identity — one that is universal, inclusive, and inwardly free. This lecture invites students and the wider Sydney community to reflect on belonging at its deepest level — not merely as social acceptance, but as insight into who we truly are. “Perhaps the deepest belonging is not something we achieve — but something we discover.”
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Registration is available for the above event. The other two events are full.


Quote for the day

The nature of the brute is to remain where he is, of a human being to seek good and to avoid evil, and of God to neither seek nor avoid but just to be eternally blissful. Let us be Gods, let us make our hearts like an ocean, to go beyond all the trifles of the world and see it only as a picture. We can then enjoy it without being in any way affected by it.
Swami Vivekananda

Upcoming Events

Spiritual Retreat with Swami Sarvapriyananda

Date: 21st Aug 2026, Friday
Fri, 21 Aug – Sun, 23 Aug (9 am) at Baden-Powell Activity Centre, Pennant Hills. Tickets for this event are officially sold out.

Swami Sarvapriyanandaji's Talk at the Centre

Date: 23rd Aug 2026, Sunday
Swami Sarvapriyananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order and the minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of New York, where he teaches nondual Vedanta with a focus on direct inquiry into consciousness and self-hood. Tickets for this event are officially sold out.

Talk at the Western Sydney University

Date: 23rd Aug 2026, Sunday
Swami Sarvapriyananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order and the minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of New York, where he teaches nondual Vedanta with a focus on direct inquiry into consciousness and self-hood. Tickets for this event can be booked at: https://www.trybooking.com/DLDZD

Sri Krishna Janmashtami

Date: 4th Sep 2026, Friday
Celebration of Birth Anniversary of Sri Krishna
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