SRI SWAMI VISHWANANDA - MASTER, SATGURU & PREMAVATAR

Swami Vishwananda is a spiritual Master, born in 1978, into a Hindu family on the island of Mauritius. From early childhood, he showed a great interest in religious traditions and spirituality. Since his early years, he has lived in the conscious presence of God and the Saints. His unique personality soon began to attract many people who would come to him looking for his advice and blessings. After finishing his schooling he began to completely follow his vocation as a spiritual teacher and he accepted invitations to Africa, Europe and other parts of the world.

Swami Vishwananda embraces all religions and cultures. A special love binds him to Jesus Christ and His message, which is imbued with unconditional love and acceptance. Swami Vishwananda’s natural ease in connecting elements from western tradition with Hindu spirituality, gives people access to a very personal experience with the Divine, regardless of culture, gender or age. "We are all brothers and sisters and come from the same God. Our true identity, hidden behind our emotions and thoughts of daily life, is our soul, our own true Self. To achieve outer unity with all our brothers and sisters, we have to achieve unity within, between body, mind and soul. We have to accept and love ourselves the way we are now, with our physical body, emotions and thoughts and at the same time strive for the Soul. Mankind needs to remember that all people come from the same source and all will go back to the same source."

In 2000/2001, Swami Vishwananda set up, in his home country Mauritius, a Chapel for the Holy Mother adjacent to a Temple dedicated to the Indian Saint Sri Shirdi Sai Baba. Since then, other spiritual centres across the globe have developed.

Central to the work of Swami Vishwananda, is providing and teaching various spiritual techniques and practises which help to cultivate Bhakti within the spiritual aspirant. Such practises include Darshan (blessing), regular prayer, ceremonies such as Yagna and abishekam, meditation, singing, and Yoga practises as well as Mudras and Mantras.

Often Swami Vishwananda points out that one needs a lot of patience and perseverance on the spiritual path and that no quick results are to be expected – the same for daily life. He does not wish people to be dependant on him; rather He wants them to trust God and the Guru (teacher) within their own Self. "We should always use our common sense. It is of no use to take off and 'fly around', we have to stay grounded and also do our work on this earth. We have to proceed patiently and with respect to the Divine and to ourselves.”