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University College London
Dialogue · 9 July 2026 · IANS
Dialogue
“There Is No Driver”: Acharya Prashant and UCL Neuroscientist Steve Fleming Examine the Nature of the Self
A public dialogue on metacognition, consciousness, and self-knowledge that concluded the UK tour
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St Giles in the Fields
Public Session · 8 July 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Public Session
The Gita Under a Church Roof: Acharya Prashant Conducts Bhagavad Gita Session at St Giles-in-the-Fields, London
A session on Chapter 3 of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita ran close to three hours at a central London church where a place of worship has stood since 1101
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Watkins Books
Address · 8 July 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Address
Acharya Prashant Signs Books at Watkins, London's Oldest Philosophy Bookshop
Watkins Magazine recently placed Him in the Top 20 of its Most Spiritually Influential People list.
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Dialogue with Rupert Spira
Dialogue · 7 July 2026 · IANS
Dialogue
In London Dialogue, Acharya Prashant and Rupert Spira Turn Non-Duality Toward the One Who Suffers
Two teachers who approached the same question from opposite ends: what a person actually is beneath the story they have been told about themselves.
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Queen Mary University of London
Dialogue · 7 July 2026 · IANS
Dialogue
At Queen Mary University of London, Acharya Prashant and Prof. Lars Chittka Discuss Ego and the Roots of the Ecological Crisis
A wide-ranging conversation that moved from the inner life of bees to the human ego and the origins of the climate crisis.
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Dialogue with Dr Melanie Joy
Dialogue · 6 July 2026 · IANS
Dialogue
In London, Acharya Prashant in Dialogue with Psychologist Dr Melanie Joy: “Animals Do Not Need Our Active Love, Only to Be Left in Peace”
A two-part dialogue with the Harvard-educated psychologist who coined the term “carnism,” including an interview for an international documentary.
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PETA · Dialogue with Mimi Bekhechi
Dialogue · 3 July 2026 · IANS
Dialogue
Acharya Prashant in Dialogue with PETA Foundation President Mimi Bekhechi: “One Who Is Violent Towards Animals Will Be Violent Towards All”
A fireside conversation on the philosophical foundations of animal consciousness, veganism, and non-violence.
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Dialogue with Dr Rupert Sheldrake
Dialogue · 2 July 2026 · IANS
Dialogue
Acharya Prashant in Dialogue with Eminent British Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake on Consciousness and the Limits of Science
A nearly two-hour conversation across the nature of consciousness, the limits of scientism, the structure of the ego, and the meaning of prayer.
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Public Session
Public Session · 29 June 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Public Session
A Public Session on the Gita: Shraddha and Asuya
Under a twice-changed venue and time, a hall filled to capacity, many settling on the floor.
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London School of Economics
Dialogue · 26 June 2026 · IANS
Dialogue
At the LSE, Acharya Prashant and Prof. Jonathan Birch Discuss the Frontiers of Sentience
A packed theatre for a dialogue on animal consciousness and the environment — insights from science and Vedanta.
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Public Session · Climate Action Week
Public Session · 25 June 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Public Session
During London Climate Action Week, a Public Session on the Avadhuta Gita
In a week ordinarily given over to policy debate, an unfamiliar diagnosis of the climate crisis.
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London Climate Action Week
Dialogue · 25 June 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Dialogue
With Gautier Houel: Can Inner Transformation Still Save the Planet?
A fireside conversation with a former climate diplomat, organised around a single, urgent question.
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Delhi Airport Welcome
Address · 14 June 2026 · IANS
Address
Acharya Prashant Returns to a Large Public Welcome at Delhi Airport
At the close of the first leg of the tour, a crowd gathered with chants of “Welcome Home” and the Tricolour.
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House of Lords, UK Parliament
Address · 12 June 2026 · IANS
Address
Acharya Prashant Declares in the British Parliament: “India’s Real Identity Is Self-Knowledge, Not Culture or Cuisine”
Chief Guest on the theme “Indian Roots, Global Wings,” delivering the message of Vedanta in a global context to British policymakers and parliamentarians.
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University of Oxford
Institutional Talks · 8 June 2026 · IANS
Institutional Talks
A Century and a Half On, the Ishavasya Upanishad Returns to Oxford — This Time in Acharya Prashant’s Voice
In the building where economics is taught, a detailed session on the second verse of the Isha Upanishad, returning to its living meaning the text Max Muller first carried West in 1879.
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‘Sant Sarita’ Session
Public Session · 7 June 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Public Session
‘Sant Sarita’: Spirituality as Shedding, Not Adding
Working in the register of the sant tradition, a claim that inverts the common picture of spiritual life.
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Public Session
Public Session · 4 June 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Public Session
“Learn and Live”: A Public Session on the Bhagavad Gita
Built around a single verse of the seventh chapter, opening outward into the fundamental questions of how a life is to be lived.
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PETA Podcast
Podcast · 3 June 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Podcast
A Podcast with PETA’s Poorva Joshipura: Cruelty as Symptom, Not Policy Failure
An extended conversation across the climate crisis, animal rights, consumerism and human consciousness.
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UK–India Youth Leadership Conclave
Dialogue · 1 June 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Dialogue
At the Youth Leadership Conclave, a Dialogue with Lord Krish Raval on Leadership and the Self
Convened by NISAU, an extended exchange on leadership, education, technology and self-awareness before an audience largely of young people.
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Public Session
Public Session · 31 May 2026 · PrashantAdvait Foundation
Public Session
Acharya Prashant Opens His London Engagements with a Public Session on the Avadhuta Gita
His first public address in the city drew a large in-person audience and more than a lakh viewers online.
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Cambridge Union
Institutional Talks · 30 May 2026 · IANS
Institutional Talks
“Inwardly, We Are Still Cavemen”: Acharya Prashant Brings India’s Contemplative Tradition to Cambridge
The sole philosopher on the programme at the Cambridge India Business Dialogue argued that the disorder of modern civilisation is a symptom of an inner life never seriously examined.
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