Staff Reporter –
If you are one of those who chase happiness, help is at hand.
A visiting spiritual leader will tell you that happiness should be the way of life, and not a goal. Invoking what is within you is easier than looking for it everywhere else, he says.
Swami Anubhavananda, popularly known as ‘The Happy Swami’ will deliver lectures on practical aspects of life at Fickling Convention Centre from March 31 to April 3, 2015.
The nightly talks in English on ‘Happiness is a way of life, not the Goal’ are open to all and will be held from 730 pm to 9 pm.
A disciple of the late Swami Chinmayananda, he has been a regular visitor to New Zealand for almost a decade and his discourses are always punctuated by humour and practical tips.
Rajendaran and Shanta Naidu of the New Zealand Vedanta Education Society Inc, which is organising the discourses, said that Swami Anubhavananda is man of high erudition, with relevance to the modern world.
“He is a visiting faculty member for teaching Management, Yoga and Vedanta at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (based in Pilani in the North Indian State of Rajasthan) and Kaivalyaham (Lonavala in Maharashtra). He was earlier the Acharya (Principal) of the Sandeepany Sadhanalaya (Powai). The Inter-Cultural Open University of the Netherlands honoured him with a Doctorate in 1999,” they said.
Swami Anubhavananda’s discourses on Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, Srimad Bhagavatam, Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Panchadasi, Ambrutanubhav and Tripura Rahasya have endeared him to his listeners all over the world.
“His sparkling series titled, ‘Mauj Me Raho’ and his camps for children, youth and adults have made him the most sought after speaker on Vedanta today,” they said.
