Influence without Affluence - A talk by Radhanath Swami

As detailed in his autobiography “The Journey Home” – which is available on Amazon.com - , Radhanath Swami was born to a Jewish family in suburban Chicago and in 1970 at the age of only nineteen left his home in America seeking adventure and spiritual knowledge. After trekking and hitchhiking across Europe for several months he reached his long hoped for destination: India. Convinced from his world travels that the fundamental problems of society are simply caused by basic human frailties irrespective of race, nationality, sex or economic status, he decided to dedicate his life to the exploration of solutions to the world’s problems through advancement of human consciousness.

The results? With no bank account nor a single penny to his name, Radhanath Swami, together with his highly-energetic team of professionals, has built a visionary hospital in Mumbai that provides low-cost and free holistic healthcare, a midday meal program that feeds 200,000 meals a day for students, an eco-village, an orphanage for underprivileged children, a children's school that provides holistic education in a loving and fun atmosphere, free eye camps that have removed cataract for 33,000 patients to date, and an hospice for terminally ill patients.

In this speech Radhanath Swami will share insights from his 22 years of experience working with thousands of engineering graduates and medical professionals to build such large-scale community projects solely based on the merits of his authenticity and integrity.