Philosopher Acharya Prashant and Professor Jonathan Birch held a public dialogue on animal consciousness and the environment at the London School of Economics on Friday evening. A packed Hong Kong Theatre broke into sustained applause as the session got underway. Titled "Animal Consciousness and the Environment: Insights from Science and Vedanta," the dialogue drew students, researchers, faculty and members of the public.
On Friday evening, the Hong Kong Theatre at the London School of Economics hosted a public dialogue between philosopher Acharya Prashant and Professor Jonathan Birch on animal consciousness and the environment. As the session began, the packed auditorium erupted in sustained applause. Titled “Animal Consciousness and the Environment: Perspectives from Science and Vedanta,” the dialogue drew a large audience of students, researchers, academics, and members of the public. Professor Birch is the Director of the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the London School of Economics.
"The Acharya Prashant app is now at 5 million downloads on Google Play with a 5.0-star rating on nearly 40,000 reviews, in a category that is mostly about guided breathing and motivational audio. The app, built by the PrashantAdvait Foundation, is built instead around unscripted philosophical inquiry, and the milestone comes at the same time as another anniversary: it is exactly two years since the Foundation held the largest online examination ever on the Bhagavad Gita on June 24, 2024, which the India Book of Records recognised. "
A man tells Acharya Prashant about his problem, saying that his family often tells him, ‘We invested so much money in you; now pay it back with interest. The family says this quite openly.’ After hearing him, Acharya Prashant responds, ‘If relationships are being conducted in the language of business, then business runs on contracts. Tell them to first show you the contract.
Renowned philosopher and bestselling author Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after presenting eloquently on Indian philosophy, Vedanta and Upanishads at renowned global forums like Oxford University, Cambridge University and the UK Parliament. A large crowd gathered at Indira Gandhi International Airport to greet him with the tricolor, welcome messages, and congratulatory letters.
Renowned philosopher and bestselling author Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after presenting eloquently on Indian philosophy, Vedanta and Upanishads at renowned global forums like Oxford University, Cambridge University and the UK Parliament. A large crowd gathered at Indira Gandhi International Airport to greet him with the tricolor, welcome messages, and congratulatory letters.
Renowned philosopher and bestselling author Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after presenting eloquently on Indian philosophy, Vedanta and Upanishads at renowned global forums like Oxford University, Cambridge University and the UK Parliament. A large crowd gathered at Indira Gandhi International Airport to greet him with the tricolor, welcome messages, and congratulatory letters.
Renowned philosopher and bestselling author Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after presenting eloquently on Indian philosophy, Vedanta and Upanishads at renowned global forums like Oxford University, Cambridge University and the UK Parliament. A large crowd gathered at Indira Gandhi International Airport to greet him with the tricolor, welcome messages, and congratulatory letters.
Renowned philosopher and bestselling author Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after presenting eloquently on Indian philosophy, Vedanta and Upanishads at renowned global forums like Oxford University, Cambridge University and the UK Parliament. A large crowd gathered at Indira Gandhi International Airport to greet him with the tricolor, welcome messages, and congratulatory letters.
वैश्विक मंचों पर भारतीय ज्ञान की गूंज, आचार्य प्रशांत का दिल्ली में उत्साहपूर्ण स्वागत
Dainik Bhaskar
14 Jun '26
वैश्विक मंचों पर भारतीय ज्ञान की गूंज, आचार्य प्रशांत का दिल्ली में उत्साहपूर्ण स्वागत
ऑक्सफोर्ड और कैम्ब्रिज जैसे प्रतिष्ठित अंतरराष्ट्रीय मंचों पर भारतीय दर्शन को प्रभावशाली ढंग से प्रस्तुत करने के बाद आचार्य प्रशांत के स्वदेश लौटने पर दिल्ली में उनका भव्य स्वागत हुआ। उन्होंने भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा की प्रासंगिकता पर जोर देते हुए कहा कि वेदांत और उपनिषद केवल धार्मिक विचार नहीं, बल्कि मानव जीवन, समाज और प्रकृति के संतुलन का गहन विज्ञान हैं। आचार्य के अनुसार, आज के पर्यावरणीय, मानसिक और सामाजिक संकटों का समाधान केवल तकनीक से नहीं, बल्कि चेतना और जीवनशैली में मूलभूत परिवर्तन से संभव है।
Philosopher Acharya Prashant returned home on Sunday after putting Indian philosophy and Vedanta teachings at the centre of global discourse from the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge and the UK Parliament. Hundreds of disciples and listeners from across the country greeted him with placards in their hands at the Delhi airport. The placards had messages of appreciation of his reception as well as addresses at Oxford, Cambridge and the UK Parliament. The children ran to them waving the tricolour.
Philosopher Acharya Prashant returned home on Sunday after putting Indian philosophy and Vedanta teachings at the centre of global discourse from the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge and the UK Parliament. Hundreds of disciples and listeners from across the country greeted him with placards in their hands at the Delhi airport. The placards had messages of appreciation of his reception as well as addresses at Oxford, Cambridge and the UK Parliament. Children ran to him waving the tricolour.
Philosopher Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after a landmark leg of his
United Kingdom tour that took him to the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge and the UK Parliament, where he placed the teachings of Vedanta and Indian Philosophy at the centre of global discourse on some of the defining questions of our times.
Philosopher Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after a landmark leg of his United Kingdom tour that took him to the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge and the UK Parliament, where he placed the teachings of Vedanta and Indian Philosophy at the centre of global discourse on some of the defining questions of our times.
After placing Indian philosophy and Vedanta at the center of global discourse from the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge, and the UK Parliament, philosopher Acharya Prashant returned home on Sunday. Hundreds of students and listeners from across the country greeted him at the Delhi airport, holding placards in their hands. The placards bore messages of welcome and appreciation for his addresses at Oxford, Cambridge, and the UK Parliament. Children ran to him, waving the tricolor.
Nearly 145 years after Max Muller carried the Isha Upanishad to Oxford as a scholarly object, Acharya Prashant returned it to the same university as a living teaching — arguing, in the very building where economics and policy are taught, that no external solution can resolve humanity's crises without first examining the consuming ego that drives them.
Oxford, which brought the Ishavasya Upanishad to the West a century and a half ago, is now returning it to its vivid meaning by an Indian philosopher. Acharya Prashant argues that no external policy, from the climate crisis to the nuclear threat — will work as long as the consuming ego remains untested.
It was from Oxford that Professor Max Müller, in 1879, published the first English translation of the Ishavasya Upanishad through Oxford University Press in the inaugural volume of the Sacred Books of the East series, introducing this text to the Western world. Nearly a century and a half later, on that very soil, an Indian philosopher arrived to restore the same Upanishad to its original, living meaning.
In 1879, Professor Max Muller carried the Ishavasya Upanishad to the West, publishing its first English translation through Oxford University Press as the opening volume of the 'Sacred Books of the East'. Nearly a century and a half later, an Indian philosopher has arrived at the same university to return the text to its living meaning.
“Acharya Prashant described the fact that an Indian is teaching Vedanta at Oxford as a meaningful coincidence. He said that the knowledge of Vedanta has never been secret; anyone who wishes to learn it can do so, and eligibility is not determined by birth, caste, or social class, but by the qualifications described in the Sādhana Chatuṣṭaya (the fourfold spiritual disciplines), which are entirely based on individual qualities and preparedness. He added that in the Western tradition, this knowledge was once viewed from the outside as an object of study, whereas today the same knowledge is being presented from within its own living tradition.