CHENNAI: From a five-year old who recited Sanskrit and Tamil slokas, Dushyanth Sridhar has grown into a modern day messenger of peace and love who has delivered over 2,500 live discourses across 12 countries in a short span of time. The spiritual speaker talks to CE about the motivation behind becoming a spiritual icon and how he was not able to strike a balance between corporate life and spirituality. I was in marketing research at Kantar Health and then in the digital marketing team of TCS. I resigned my job because it didnt fill my soul, smiles Dushyanth. It was tough to accommodate both my job and spiritual speaking.

He started his advance Vedanta training when he was 17. We live in challenging times. We go to war for anything and everything. Fighting a war is really easy but bringing peace is difficult. My idea is to connect people through culture regardless of class, creed, language and religion. Culture can connect everything, he opines.

He says that spirituality is meditation too. I believe that a change should happen in every individual and thats how we make this world a better place to live, explains Dushyanth. He states that spirituality and philosophy are relative terms, and that both go hand in hand. If we understand the concept of jeevatma, we will overcome the various extremes of human emotions such as revenge, vendetta, anger, etc. Jeevatma says that it is only body that has different forms but inside, the soul is the same, says Dushyanth, explaining how spiritual learning helps control our mind.

Spirituality will help an individual attain wisdom and peace at the same time. It is all based on the science of death. Everyone will die but people dont understand that. Mostly, they think they are eternal. Even when they mourn for others death, they think that they are immortal. If we understand that life is short, then people can actually live the time period between life and death beautifully, he says.

Dushyanth is an art man. He conceptualises dance ballets, collaborates with musicians to make musical discourses and has penned story for a Sanskrit movie, Vedanta Desika. Why blend art and spirituality? I have a mixed audience. Some want music, some want to act and some like it to be a story. I plan to link them all through stories because stories are full of morals, explains Dushyanth. Thats why I will be performing a Harikatha, Keshadipaatha Varnanam from Naarayaneeyam (a scripture on Lord Krishna today.

This modern day spiritual philosopher, whose roots can be traced back to Kumbakonam, has high regards for Chennai. I come to Chennai every month. This city is so rich in culture that it is hard to stay away from here. The architecture and art of this city is unique and exquisite. I lived four years during my school time and even then it had cultural events every single day. We can never find it anywhere else in this country or world for that matter, he says.

Dushyanth Sridhar is performing today at 6 pm at The Music Academy. For details, call 28112231

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