The talk of Peaceful Diet, Peaceful Life explores the role of food and its impact on our consciousness, our activities and the society itself.
As the world today grapples with stress, violence, climate change and food shortages, Sivarama Swami presents a different perspective on these issues and how they may be linked with our lifestyle. Every civilization has placed a lot of emphasis on dietary practices, why did they do that? Why is Veganism on the rise? Is there a higher purpose to all of this?
Come and explore all these topics with Sivarama Swami and follow it up with a delicious lunch with the monk.
Speaker's Bio
His Holiness Sivarama Swami is a senior monk and spiritual teacher of the Bhakti yoga. He is the author of over 15 books which elucidate the teachings of Bhakti further and is the inspirer behind the world-renowned Krishna Valley community in Hungary; a self-sustained eco-village founded on the principles of ‘simple living & high thinking’.
Born Peter Letai, in a wealthy Jewish family in Budapest in 1949, his family emigrated to Canada during the failed Hungarian revolution. Despite attaining an Engineering degree with colourful prospects of a successful career, providence changed when he came in touch the Bhagavad-Gita As it is.
In 1973, Sivarama Swami found and accepted his guru A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Committing himself to the basic practises of the Bhagavad-Gita, Sivarama Swami renounced his former material ambitions with a dedicated venture for conscious living. He moved into the society’s temple in Montreal, shaved his head, adorned the robes of monk and accepted the sacred relationship of initiation (diksha), the eternal bond between student and teacher.
Sivarama Swami has had a colourful life taking him through all continents of the world with particular responsibilities for managing projects in the U.K., Hungary, Turkey & Romania. Today Sivarama Swami travels regularly between the East and West, inspiring thousands in their spiritual practices and sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. Most of his time is spent in Hungary where he resides within the spiritual haven, Krishna Valley.
