Countless Dilemmas, One Resolution - Vedanta Wisdom University

In the heart of bustling Mumbai, lives Taruna. She epitomizes the educated person of today, a successful corporate professional, a devoted parent, and a loving spouse. Yet, beneath the facade of her perfect life, a sense of unease has taken root.

Every day, as Taruna navigated the urban chaos, passing luxurious skyscrapers, she could not help but wonder if success and comfort came at a grave human cost. Stress, discord, lifestyle diseases, and general dissatisfaction. Both the individual and the world seemed burdened.

Taruna sensed the urgency of the situation, unable to ignore statistics and realities at individual and social levels. Climate change, social inequality, job losses, relationship problems, and suicides were reaching critical levels. While helping her children with their studies, it became clear to her that the existing education system had failed to address these pressing issues.

The sheer number of problems besetting human existence overwhelmed Taruna and she sought answers in the online Vedanta classes recommended by a friend. In the classes, she wondered how ancient India, as evidenced in the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, managed to be wealthy, peaceful, and scientifically as well as artistically developed for a thousand years. Could we learn something from our past?

Taruna finds her answer – Yes! – in the pristine philosophy of Vedanta. Vedanta education develops the Intellect, purifies the mind, and renders actions productive. These are crucial life skills, that develop holistic individuals which is the only comprehensive solution to the myriad problems plaguing the world.

So, when she stumbles upon the world's first Vedanta University, a proposed flagship project of the Vedanta Wisdom Trust, she is hopeful.

The University aims to become a global center of learning, disseminating Vedanta principles throughout the world - its ripple effect could touch countless lives—transcending borders and cultures.

It offers full-time residential degree courses and has short-term courses and fellowships. The full-time residential degree course is ideal as it provides foundational self-knowledge for a life of optimal decision-making – including the choice of career, to which students will then sincerely, valuably, contribute for life. They will not be job hunters but job creators – entrepreneurs, artists, counselors, politicians, writers, innovators- anything requiring original thinking.

Taruna takes her chance to make a difference, to align herself with a higher purpose. She becomes an advocate for the university and starts volunteering for the cause—spreading awareness among her friends and colleagues.

The proposed Vedanta Wisdom University can demonstrate what can be achieved when individuals come together with a shared purpose. With it, we can not only educate but also ignite a revolution of social consciousness that Taruna and countless others are determined to champion.

Now, as you read this story, we invite you to join Taruna and our growing community of change-makers who believe in the urgency of creating the world’s first Vedanta Wisdom University. Your support can help turn this vision into reality.

Together, we can! Join us on this transformative journey, and contribute towards the fulfillment of the goal of this University.