Self-development Through Six Steps to Awareness By Dr. Vasant Joshi

by Vasant Joshi

Paperback

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

After completing his Ph.D. from the M.S. University of Baroda in 1966, Dr.
Vasant Joshi left for USA having been admitted for the graduate program in
English Literature at University of Wisconsin, Madison. While he was a
student at University of Wisconsin, Dr. Joshi got an invitation to teach a
course on *The Cultural and Literary Traditions of India *at University of
California, Berkeley. Although the course was to be offered for only one
year, Dr. Joshi ended up teaching it for four years (1967-1971). Those were
the days when the United States was deeply caught up in Vietnam War and the
Berkeley campus was then the bastion of free speech movement protesting
against the War. On the other hand, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Beatles,
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, the Hare Krishna movement,
contributed significantly in attracting young people toward learning about
the Indian culture.



While teaching and researching at Berkeley, Dr. Joshi went through a change
in interest and enrolled himself in 1971 for the doctoral program in
Education at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 1973 he attained his
Ph.D. in Education from Michigan.



In America, Dr. Joshi has served on the faculty of University of
California, Berkeley, and at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He also
worked as Director of Institutional Research at City Colleges of Chicago.
He was Academic Dean, Professor and Chairman of Comparative Studies at the
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. Thus, Dr. Joshi
has been in the academic field for over thirty years in India and in the
United States of America. He has traveled worldwide: giving lectures,
presenting papers, participating in seminars and conferences and conducting
workshops.



While in America, Dr. Joshi came across the revolutionary works of Osho
(then known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). He felt so touched by Osho’s
insights and his vision that in 1975 he arrived in Pune for participating
in a ten-day meditation camp. It was at the first auspicious day of this
meditation camp that Dr. Vasant Joshi was initiated into sannyas by Osho
and was named Swami Satya Vedant. Since that new birth a new dawn arrived
in his life and known as Satya Vedant he has dedicated himself toward
contributing to Osho’s worldwide work. Osho appointed him as Chancellor of
Osho International Meditation University.



Dr. Joshi has also served as Visiting Professor/India Scholar teaching
Eastern Religion and Hinduism at Cleveland State University, Cleveland,
Ohio in USA.



His recent publications include: 1. *Osho: The Luminous Rebel – Life Story
of a Maverick Mystic; and, 2. If It Could Happen to Buddha, Why Not You? *Both
published by Wisdom Tree, New Delhi. 3.*The Fabric of Life: Translation of
Osho’s Hindi Discourses on Songs of Kabir*. Published by Osho Media
International, Pune, India.





(His earlier Osho’s biography was translated into German, Chinese and
Japanese languages). He has translated Osho’s books from Hindi to English,
and a wide range of his articles are published in journals, magazines, and
newspapers in India, USA, and Australia. He has held meditation workshops
around the world including at the United Nations, The World Bank, the
Pentagon, as well as at Dr. Deepak Chopra’s program in San Diego. In 1993,
Dr. Joshi presented at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro a unique ecology
project: *From Garbage to Zen Garden* developed by the Osho International
Foundation, Pune.



In July 2010, he traveled to Moscow, Russia, and presented Osho’s vision at
the All Russia International Adwaita Congress.



*Dr. Vasant Joshi, renowned international educator and trainer, has
appeared on radio and television shows:*

*USA**:*

*-- CBS, Television, San Francisco, California.*

*-- KABL Radio, Alameda, California.*

*-- KJAZ Radio, Alameda, California.*

*-- KPFA Radio, Berkeley, California.*

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*CANADA**