Know Thyself Meditation Centre - Vacoas-Phoenix

Rajendra Prasad Dassruth, also known as Swami Paramananda, was born at Souillac, Mauritius on 8 October 1959. He is the founder and Spiritual Master of Satyam Gyanam Anandam Society (SGAS), which is an NGO and a charitable organisation. An affiliate of this organisation has also been established in UK, bearing the name SGAS-UK Charity.
Swami Paramananda is an accomplished meditation master who currently imparts teachings to more than 1200 persons at the Prashant Ashram, Dubreuil and the Lao Tzu Meditation Centres at Beau-Climat, La Flora (Mauritius). He is well known for his great spiritual attainments and his ability to interpret complex spiritual truths in a simple and logical manner using a scientific approach. People of all walks of life and of any religious beliefs are welcome to  

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receive his teachings.
Besides giving regular meditation courses in Mauritius, Canada and in the United Kingdom, Swami Paramananda is also much solicited by various institutions to deliver sensitisation talks on various topics related to the well-being of people and the society. Deeply aware of the need to introduce a holistic approach in the important field of education, he has submitted proposals for educational reform to Ministry of Education and Human Resources of Mauritius. Currently, he is starting a Self-Education programme in some schools to empower students and teachers alike.
Swami Paramananda also participates in international conferences and often submits papers to overseas and international organisations such as UNESCO on subjects related to self education and self empowerment. Recently, he participated in a conference on "Proposing Self-Education as the Missing Dimension in Education", in Paris, organised by the International Centre for Innovation in Education (ICIE), France. He also participated in another conference organized by Tomorrow People in Bangkok where he presented a paper on Self Education.
Swami Paramananda is a prolific Mauritian writer who has so far published 20 books. He also publishes the bi-annual magazine ‘Know Thyself' and writes inspiring articles in local papers. His books have been very successful and some of them had to be reprinted more than once. Two of his very successful books ‘Man, God and the Universe' and ‘Sex, Breaking the Taboo' have been translated into French and published in France by Editions ALTESS for the French-speaking.
All the writings and courses of Swami Paramananda aim at triggering a ‘global mind transformation' so that mankind lives in brotherhood, unity, love and peace. He considers that all the social and global problems facing mankind can be best tackled with an expanded consciousness of one and all, thus his endeavour to make each individual discover his own self first.