Devamrita Swami is an educator, author, and monk in the Krishna bhakti tradition. For over forty years, he has been traveling the world sharing the teachings and lifestyle of bhakti-yoga.
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“Is the problem a few apples in the barrel or is it the barrel? We need to understand the American paradox. Compared to your grandparents, you enjoy a level of opulence and convenience that your grandparents never did, and you’re a little less happy and more susceptible to social problems because of it,” Swami...
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“Is the problem a few apples in the barrel or is it the barrel? We need to understand the American paradox. Compared to your grandparents, you enjoy a level of opulence and convenience that your grandparents never did, and you’re a little less happy and more susceptible to social problems because of it,” Swami said.

"The solutions that I'm offering, what the Bhagavad Gita offers, cut across bodily designations and bodily labels. They are non-material solutions and therefore the solutions are not stymied by economic class, ethnicity and so forth," he said. "That's why I'm dedicated to broadcasting these solutions."
metro.us
"The solutions that I'm offering, what the Bhagavad Gita offers, cut across bodily designations and bodily labels. They are non-material solutions and therefore the solutions are not stymied by economic class, ethnicity and so forth," he said. "That's why I'm dedicated to broadcasting these solutions."

Devamrita Swami, an Ivy League-educated monk who circles the globe delivering talks, will lecture on how yoga principles apply to sustainability—and combating climate change.
penntoday.upenn.edu
Devamrita Swami, an Ivy League-educated monk who circles the globe delivering talks, will lecture on how yoga principles apply to sustainability—and combating climate change.

Interview
"If you are actually successful you should be dealing with the situation of why did the enjoyment come and go and just leaves you with the memories?"
temple-news.com
Interview Hear a bit about Devamrita Swami, the life of a world traveling teacher and monk, and the practise of Bhakti Yoga in this interview with Keith Reynolds on Morning Coffee from Radio Vision Network.

Interview
Hear a bit about Devamrita Swami, the life of a world traveling teacher and monk, and the practise of Bhakti Yoga in this interview with Keith Reynolds on Morning Coffee from Radio Vision Network.
youtube.com
Interview Hear a bit about Devamrita Swami, the life of a world traveling teacher and monk, and the practise of Bhakti Yoga in this interview with Keith Reynolds on Morning Coffee from Radio Vision Network.

Book Review
"Happiness is no laughing matter." Relationships, society, and the political economy should at all somehow generate enduring chunks of it.
goodreads.com
Book Review "Happiness is no laughing matter." Relationships, society, and the political economy should at all somehow generate enduring chunks of it.

May 19, 2011
"A dynamic, exciting and fun filled yoga festival with two extraordinary monks in downtown Toronto. A must have for Yoga enthusiasts, environmentalists and vegan lovers."
1888pressrelease.com
May 19, 2011
"A dynamic, exciting and fun filled yoga festival with two extraordinary monks in downtown Toronto. A must have for Yoga enthusiasts, environmentalists and vegan lovers."


October 28, 2009
A grand opening event is planned on November 10 to launch its annual Yoga Lifestyle festival, InSpirit, featuring Devamrita Swami – A Monk of 40 years, Yale graduate and author of several books.
kakonged.com
October 28, 2009
A grand opening event is planned on November 10 to launch its annual Yoga Lifestyle festival, InSpirit, featuring Devamrita Swami – A Monk of 40 years, Yale graduate and author of several books.


March 29, 2017
The atmosphere was abuzz with people talking to each other. Light refreshments of Snacks and drinks were being served on few tables, and there are people everywhere.
ausram.blogspot.com.au
March 29, 2017
The atmosphere was abuzz with people talking to each other. Light refreshments of Snacks and drinks were being served on few tables, and there are people everywhere.


March 24, 2017
Swami speaks in a modern day accent native to that of a man born and bred in New York with the intellectuality of a scholar, the presence of a professor, and the timing of a comedian.
hubpages.com
March 24, 2017
Swami speaks in a modern day accent native to that of a man born and bred in New York with the intellectuality of a scholar, the presence of a professor, and the timing of a comedian.


August 25, 2016
Mantra Lounge wants to help you free your mind. The new mediation studio nestled along Girard Avenue is dedicated to live music mantra, which — through a session of collective call and response-style music — aims to decrease stress and anxiety in one’s life.
spiritnews.org
August 25, 2016
Mantra Lounge wants to help you free your mind. The new mediation studio nestled along Girard Avenue is dedicated to live music mantra, which — through a session of collective call and response-style music — aims to decrease stress and anxiety in one’s life.


October 13, 2015
The rhythm of percussion filled the room as the crowd echoed the call and response cry of the ancient Maha Mantra, led by world-famous monk Devamrita Swami.
temple-news.com
October 13, 2015
The rhythm of percussion filled the room as the crowd echoed the call and response cry of the ancient Maha Mantra, led by world-famous monk Devamrita Swami.


October 1, 2015
Ever felt your mind simultaneously drive you in multiple directions ? A behind the scenes preview can reveal a twisted combination of simultaneous desires and anxieties that pervade the mind.
sustainability.temple.edu
October 1, 2015
Ever felt your mind simultaneously drive you in multiple directions ? A behind the scenes preview can reveal a twisted combination of simultaneous desires and anxieties that pervade the mind.


April 4, 2017
It is with Krishna consciousness that Swami feels people can rise above basic desires and develop the mindfulness necessary to see oneself in relation to all living entities.
wcuquad.com
April 4, 2017
It is with Krishna consciousness that Swami feels people can rise above basic desires and develop the mindfulness necessary to see oneself in relation to all living entities.


April 10, 2017
The event had an amazing turnout and had to be moved to a larger lecture hall. We are extremely grateful to To Write Love on Her Arms and Devamrita Swami and his team for this great event. His message moved many students that were in attendance”
wcuquad.com
April 10, 2017
The event had an amazing turnout and had to be moved to a larger lecture hall. We are extremely grateful to To Write Love on Her Arms and Devamrita Swami and his team for this great event. His message moved many students that were in attendance”


July 4, 2017
“I was looking for the solution to all human problems,” Swami said. “And after four years of studying , I realized there’s no material solution to human material problems, so I began to look on another level.”
thedp.com
July 4, 2017
“I was looking for the solution to all human problems,” Swami said. “And after four years of studying [at Yale], I realized there’s no material solution to human material problems, so I began to look on another level.”


July 13, 2017
"The purpose of the urban-rural farm connection is to demonstrate sustainable living and spiritual thinking," said traveling monk Devamrita Swami. "We strongly advocate the combination of both."
Metro.us
July 13, 2017
"The purpose of the urban-rural farm connection is to demonstrate sustainable living and spiritual thinking," said traveling monk Devamrita Swami. "We strongly advocate the combination of both."
In the News


“Is the problem a few apples in the barrel or is it the barrel? We need to understand the American paradox. Compared to your grandparents, you enjoy a level of opulence and convenience that your grandparents never did, and you’re a little less happy and more susceptible to social problems because of it,” Swami...
collegian.psu.edu
“Is the problem a few apples in the barrel or is it the barrel? We need to understand the American paradox. Compared to your grandparents, you enjoy a level of opulence and convenience that your grandparents never did, and you’re a little less happy and more susceptible to social problems because of it,” Swami said.

"The solutions that I'm offering, what the Bhagavad Gita offers, cut across bodily designations and bodily labels. They are non-material solutions and therefore the solutions are not stymied by economic class, ethnicity and so forth," he said. "That's why I'm dedicated to broadcasting these solutions."
metro.us
"The solutions that I'm offering, what the Bhagavad Gita offers, cut across bodily designations and bodily labels. They are non-material solutions and therefore the solutions are not stymied by economic class, ethnicity and so forth," he said. "That's why I'm dedicated to broadcasting these solutions."

Devamrita Swami, an Ivy League-educated monk who circles the globe delivering talks, will lecture on how yoga principles apply to sustainability—and combating climate change.
penntoday.upenn.edu
Devamrita Swami, an Ivy League-educated monk who circles the globe delivering talks, will lecture on how yoga principles apply to sustainability—and combating climate change.

Interview
"If you are actually successful you should be dealing with the situation of why did the enjoyment come and go and just leaves you with the memories?"
temple-news.com
Interview Hear a bit about Devamrita Swami, the life of a world traveling teacher and monk, and the practise of Bhakti Yoga in this interview with Keith Reynolds on Morning Coffee from Radio Vision Network.

Interview
Hear a bit about Devamrita Swami, the life of a world traveling teacher and monk, and the practise of Bhakti Yoga in this interview with Keith Reynolds on Morning Coffee from Radio Vision Network.
youtube.com
Interview Hear a bit about Devamrita Swami, the life of a world traveling teacher and monk, and the practise of Bhakti Yoga in this interview with Keith Reynolds on Morning Coffee from Radio Vision Network.

Book Review
"Happiness is no laughing matter." Relationships, society, and the political economy should at all somehow generate enduring chunks of it.
goodreads.com
Book Review "Happiness is no laughing matter." Relationships, society, and the political economy should at all somehow generate enduring chunks of it.

May 19, 2011
"A dynamic, exciting and fun filled yoga festival with two extraordinary monks in downtown Toronto. A must have for Yoga enthusiasts, environmentalists and vegan lovers."
1888pressrelease.com
May 19, 2011
"A dynamic, exciting and fun filled yoga festival with two extraordinary monks in downtown Toronto. A must have for Yoga enthusiasts, environmentalists and vegan lovers."


October 28, 2009
A grand opening event is planned on November 10 to launch its annual Yoga Lifestyle festival, InSpirit, featuring Devamrita Swami – A Monk of 40 years, Yale graduate and author of several books.
kakonged.com
October 28, 2009
A grand opening event is planned on November 10 to launch its annual Yoga Lifestyle festival, InSpirit, featuring Devamrita Swami – A Monk of 40 years, Yale graduate and author of several books.


March 29, 2017
The atmosphere was abuzz with people talking to each other. Light refreshments of Snacks and drinks were being served on few tables, and there are people everywhere.
ausram.blogspot.com.au
March 29, 2017
The atmosphere was abuzz with people talking to each other. Light refreshments of Snacks and drinks were being served on few tables, and there are people everywhere.


March 24, 2017
Swami speaks in a modern day accent native to that of a man born and bred in New York with the intellectuality of a scholar, the presence of a professor, and the timing of a comedian.
hubpages.com
March 24, 2017
Swami speaks in a modern day accent native to that of a man born and bred in New York with the intellectuality of a scholar, the presence of a professor, and the timing of a comedian.


August 25, 2016
Mantra Lounge wants to help you free your mind. The new mediation studio nestled along Girard Avenue is dedicated to live music mantra, which — through a session of collective call and response-style music — aims to decrease stress and anxiety in one’s life.
spiritnews.org
August 25, 2016
Mantra Lounge wants to help you free your mind. The new mediation studio nestled along Girard Avenue is dedicated to live music mantra, which — through a session of collective call and response-style music — aims to decrease stress and anxiety in one’s life.


October 13, 2015
The rhythm of percussion filled the room as the crowd echoed the call and response cry of the ancient Maha Mantra, led by world-famous monk Devamrita Swami.
temple-news.com
October 13, 2015
The rhythm of percussion filled the room as the crowd echoed the call and response cry of the ancient Maha Mantra, led by world-famous monk Devamrita Swami.


October 1, 2015
Ever felt your mind simultaneously drive you in multiple directions ? A behind the scenes preview can reveal a twisted combination of simultaneous desires and anxieties that pervade the mind.
sustainability.temple.edu
October 1, 2015
Ever felt your mind simultaneously drive you in multiple directions ? A behind the scenes preview can reveal a twisted combination of simultaneous desires and anxieties that pervade the mind.


April 4, 2017
It is with Krishna consciousness that Swami feels people can rise above basic desires and develop the mindfulness necessary to see oneself in relation to all living entities.
wcuquad.com
April 4, 2017
It is with Krishna consciousness that Swami feels people can rise above basic desires and develop the mindfulness necessary to see oneself in relation to all living entities.


April 10, 2017
The event had an amazing turnout and had to be moved to a larger lecture hall. We are extremely grateful to To Write Love on Her Arms and Devamrita Swami and his team for this great event. His message moved many students that were in attendance”
wcuquad.com
April 10, 2017
The event had an amazing turnout and had to be moved to a larger lecture hall. We are extremely grateful to To Write Love on Her Arms and Devamrita Swami and his team for this great event. His message moved many students that were in attendance”


July 4, 2017
“I was looking for the solution to all human problems,” Swami said. “And after four years of studying , I realized there’s no material solution to human material problems, so I began to look on another level.”
thedp.com
July 4, 2017
“I was looking for the solution to all human problems,” Swami said. “And after four years of studying [at Yale], I realized there’s no material solution to human material problems, so I began to look on another level.”


July 13, 2017
"The purpose of the urban-rural farm connection is to demonstrate sustainable living and spiritual thinking," said traveling monk Devamrita Swami. "We strongly advocate the combination of both."
Metro.us
July 13, 2017
"The purpose of the urban-rural farm connection is to demonstrate sustainable living and spiritual thinking," said traveling monk Devamrita Swami. "We strongly advocate the combination of both."
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