NDSU is set to host a community event featuring Swami Sarvapriyananda, a noted Hindu philosopher and orator, Saturday, April 23, at 4:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union’s Oceti Sakowin Ballroom. He is scheduled to present “Vedanta: The Way of Knowledge,” followed by a guided meditation session.

Swami Sarvapriyananda is a popular speaker with some YouTube videos having more than four million views. He has given presentations at such prestigious forums as TEDx, SAND and Google Talk.

He was a Nagral fellow at the Harvard Divinity School in 2019-2020. In addition, he has organized and participated in numerous interfaith panels and seminars, including speaking at the World Parliament of Religions in Toronto in 2018 and at the United Nations headquarters.

“Swami Sarvapriyananda is one of the most brilliant Hindu philosophers,” said event organizer Indranil SenGupta, associate professor of mathematics and graduate recruitment chair. “The swami has engaged in dialogues with eminent thinkers like Deepak Chopra, Rupert Spira and Rick Archer.”

The event is organized and sponsored by Vedanta Study Circle of North Dakota, Association of Students from India and Indo-American Association of the Great Plains.

The presentation is open to the public.

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