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meet Jonas masetti, an acharya of Vedanta

and Bhagwat Geeta from Brazil who Pm modi

talked about in his ‘mann ki Baat’ program

Jonas masetti, also known as Vishwanath, teaches indian philosophy to thousands of Brazilians.

he is the head of the Vishva Vidyalaya institute in rio de Janeiro, Brazil. he has dedicated his

life to spreading the message of Vedas around Brazil and across the world.

The distinguished Vedic expert appears on “In Conversation” show of Radio Zindagi on Sunday, December 6

Our Bureau through people today. “It is not

SAO PAULO something that is in the books
and you hear about. People
ddressing the nation still live this tradition today, it
in his monthly radio is within the habits and culture
Aprogramme ‘Mann Ki ”, he said.
Baat’, Prime Minister Narendra The Vedas are very vast and
Modi highlighted the work and contain various subjects, such
accomplishments of Jonas Ma- as astrology, mantras, tantra,
setti, a Brazilian man who has yoga, aiurveda. “Asanas, the
been giving lessons on Vedanta postures of Yoga, for example,
and the Bhagavad Gita in Rio come from this same culture
de Janeiro. Speaking about the called Vedic, from this same
impact of Indian culture and group called Vedas. The same
scripture on people across the tradition that points to astrol-
world, PM Modi said, “Some ogy, also points to physical ex-
people came to India in search Prime minister modi spoke about the Acharya on his program on Nov 29 ercises that lead to emotional
of them and stayed here for release, to the health of the
life. While some returned to that helps people to find peace mantras. body, to a more balanced life ”,
their countries as cultural am- and inner balance independent Opening the lecture, Amit he said.
bassadors of India.” of the outside world. Vishva Mishra, Indian consul-general Ayurveda, he continued,
Vidya means “universal knowl- in São Paulo, explained that which means “knowledge of
“i got to know about the edge”, that is, it is aimed at all this was the first time that the life”, is the part of the Vedas
that deals with ancient medi-
people of any religion, age, cul- consulate and the CCSV held
work of Jonas masetti, who is ture and nationality. a joint event with the school of cine. “It is a job of harmonizing
He has been giving lectures Professor Jonas Masetti. Mish-
also known as ‘Vishvanath’. on Vedanta for quite some ra said he visited the institute what you eat, what you do, your
daily life, even the way you talk
Jonas gives lessons on time. Some time ago, in the last year. “There are three very and behave with other people

Vedanta and gita in Brazil,” middle of quarantine, he cov- important components of the to promote health,” he said.
ered a range of topics extensive study of Indian culture here In the Vedas, the professor
he went on to explain. in an online lecture “The Tra- in Brazil: Yoga, Aiurveda and explained, there is a call for
ditional Teaching of Vedanta in Vedanta. In the Vedanta field, personal evolution, for awak-
Masetti runs the Vishva Modern Times, promoted by Professor Masetti is doing a ening, for overcoming suffer-
Vidya Institute of Vedanta, the Consulate General of India wonderful job in spreading ing. “If we start to analyze the
where Sanskrit, Mantras and in São Paulo and by the Cultur- this philosophy in Brazil, ”said origin, the cause of our suffer-
Vedic Culture are taught, lo- al Center Swami Vivekananda Amit Mishra. ing in our daily lives, we will re-
cated in Petrópolis, Rio de Ja- (CCSV). Masetti started the chat by alize that this suffering always
neiro. Vedanta, as explained He spoke about the causes explaining that the Vedic tradi- goes through a structure of
by Masetti, who studied the of suffering, the importance tion is all based on the Vedas, self-condemnation. This suf-
subject for four years in India of knowing, understanding the ancient texts from India that fering is coming not because
- is the ancient knowledge that role of our mind, the Indian bring together a set of knowl- of the action outside. It arises
comes from that country and traditions of Ayurveda, yoga, edge that has been preserved Continued at next page... >>

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