Swami Atmeshananda
Swami Atmeshananda is the current President and Resident monk-in-charge of Vedanta Centre Brisbane, a position he has been serving since 2001. He is also the President of Vedanta Centres in Australia.
He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1978 and received monastic training at its Headquarters at Belur Math in India. Swami Atmeshananda received initiation from Swami Vireswarananda, a disciple of the Holy Mother.
Swami Atmeshananda has served in various capacities with the motto of ‘Service to beings is service to God’. Swami Atmeshananda served in the Ramakrishna Mission Singapore for several years before coming to Australia in March 2001.
Swami Atmeshananda regularly conducts classes on Vedanta including Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads and Brahma Sutras. He is an exponent of religious harmony and unity of existence and regularly speaks at public events in Brisbane.