Indian Business and Professional Women (www.ibpw.net) invites you to attend a mentally stimulating seminar by Swami Chidananda on Stress Reduction using Ancient Wisdom and Ethics in Profession and Business; held at India Community Center.

The discussion will be related to being at peace with ourselves professionally and emotionally. Swami Chidananda is from the Krishnamurthy Foundation of Varanasi, India and was formerly the head of the Chinmaya Mission, San Jose.

Limited seating is available, so please respond by November 14th, 2007 to ensure admittance.

Speaker: Swami Chidananda
Topic: Stress Reduction using Ancient Wisdom and Ethics in Profession and Business

Date: Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Time: 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm

Place: India Community Center(ICC)
525 Los Coches Street
Milpitas, CA 95035

For directions, please visit www.indiacc.org
Cost: IBPW and ICC Members: Free; Non-Members: $5.00
For RSVP or any questions, email us at info@ibpw.net

Swami Chidananda Bio:

Swami Chidananda has been a speaker, writer and spiritual teacher for over twenty years. He lives in the ancient holy city of Varanasi, India since the year 2003. The world-renowned teacher Swami Chinmayananda inspired him in the early eighties to take up a detailed study of the Vedanta (Upanishads). The master initiated him into sannyâsa (life of a monk) in 1992 and gave him his present name. He served the Chinmaya Mission in its various spiritual, cultural and educational projects for sixteen years (1986 – 2002). Between 1993 and 1998, he was here with us in the Bay Area and a large number of people were touched by his teachings.

He taught spiritual subjects at various Indian cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Kochi. He taught two intensive residential courses at Mumbai, of the duration of two years each, and many students who received training in these are now monks and spiritual guides. He was the president of the research center – Chinmaya International Foundation – in Kochi for two years.

In Benares, he lives in the campus of the beautiful, sprawling campus of the Krishnamurti Foundation India (KFI) on the banks of Gang â. He is the Joint Secretary of the Rajghat Executive Committee in Varanasi that runs educational and rural service activities. Serving as the Director of KFI Rural Centre, he oversees education and health projects for the benefit of poor villagers in the neighborhood.

Formerly he received M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras (1982) and served both industry and academics for brief periods of time. Born in 1957 in South India, he is fluent in three languages namely English, Kannada and Hindi. He loves Sanskrit too, which he enjoys teaching occasionally.

He carries on his pursuit of truth and continues to share his observations with interested audiences through speeches and writings. He has spoken extensively at academic and corporate environments. He has authored several books, of which The Equanimous Mind is the latest publication. His speeches are available through CDs. The Fowai Forum, based in Mumbai, has him as its chief resource person. The Forum publishes most of his works.

He gives talks and conducts seminar sessions on a number of spiritual and management topics. Given below are a few of his areas of interest:

Mature Living:
1) Act, Do not React
2) Moderation, the Best Policy
3) Meditative Mind
4) Living with No Regrets
5) Truth is God

Total Well-being:
1) Building Inner Strength – Physical, Emotional and Intellectual
2) Objectivity – Keeping out Storms
3) Healthy Emotions – Fuel for Efficiency
4) Building Inner Security – Reducing the Cause of Fear – I, me and mine
5) Group Dynamics – Balancing Empowerment and Control

MUSINGS ON HIGHER LIVING: Topics for a Better Quality of Life
1) Mind Management
2) Balancing Head and Heart
3) Body, A Precious Gift
4) Changing Negative Emotions to Positive Energy
5) Time Management
6) Science and Spirituality
7) Love – The True Fulfillment of Life
8) Self-knowledge and Self-development
9) Holistic Development
10) Finding Peace in a Hurried World
11) Understanding and Overcoming Fear
12) Turning Proficiency into Efficiency
13) EQ - A Tool for Personal Effectiveness
14) Stress Reduction using Ancient Wisdom

Contact Address:
Swami Chidananda
The Krishnamurti Foundation India
Rajghat Fort, Varanasi 221 001 India
Phone: 91 542 243 1422
Website: www.fowai.org
Email: chidananda@hotmail.com