Chinmaya Mission Australia (Sydney Division) under the guidance of Br Gopal Chaitanya has started a new chapter in Brisbane on 24th August 2008.

Guruji, H.H. Swami Tejomayananda (Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide) is a direct disciple of H.H. Swami Chinmayananda - the most progressive thinker and dynamic spiritual teacher of our times. Guruji will be touring Australia (Melbourne and Sydney) in April, and the programme for the tour is provided in summary below.

The annual CHYK camps conducted by Swami Swaroopanadaji are always a delight and one which us youth eagerly anticipate year after year. 2007 was no exception as we delved into ourselves to discover what it took to become a leader. The topic was “Win the Mind Win the World” and from the 7th to the 9th of December, the Candlebark Farm in Healesville was host to 80 CHYKs from Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra.

Get up, go to work, come home, eat and sleep and get ready to face the next day. Everything you do becomes a chore, and life becomes an endless, monotonous grind. How do we cease this cycle and change our life? It was with this question in mind, on a warm spring night that the audience eagerly awaited to hear the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita through Brahmachari Gautam Chaitanya in a series of three lectures on the topic of ‘Inspirational Living’.

The first ever Balvihar Camp conducted by the Chinmaya Mission in Adelaide was held over two days and one night on the 3rd and 4th of October in the beautiful and serene Adelaide Hills. A group of 23 to 27 children and 6 sevaks along with Brahmachari Gautam spent two beautiful, inspiring and fun filled days in prayer, story telling, fun activities and self development. The children listened with rapt attention as Brahmachari Gautam narrated the life of Hanumanji and explained how they too could incorporate the priceless qualities of Hanumanji into their own lives.» Read more

Swami Swaroopanandaji will be returning to Australia in November and December, delivering talks, workshops and retreats, in Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth. Swamiji will also be visiting Auckland and Nelson in New Zealand during this trip. Details of Swamiji's Australian tour are given below.

Hari OM!

Chinmaya Mission Australia (Sydney)'s Canberra Centre had the wonderful fortune of having Brahmachari Gopal Chaitanyaji (Acharya of Sydney & Canberra & Adelaide) down with us for the weekend of the 14th-15th of April. Gopalji arrived on Saturday morning to meet and greet with the Canberra sevaks and to provide some valuable advice and guidance to improve the quality of the Chinmaya classes (Adult: Bhagavad Geeta, Teenagers: Hindu Culture, Youth: Self Unfoldment).

Swami Swaroopanandaji will be touring Australia in June, delivering talks and workshops, both in Melbourne as well as Sydney. In addition, a very special event will be held at the Chinmaya Dham in Melbourne for installation of the Guru Paadukas. The long-awaited moment of installing Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda's Paadukas (holy sandals) at the Chinmaya Dham ashram has arrived. Swami Swaroopanandaji will install the Paadukas, and all are invited to attend this auspicious occasion.

Several of our Melbourne CHYKs went to Coimbatore, India to the Chinmaya International Residential School where CHYKs had a fabulous camp with Swami Swaroopananda called "7 Days, 7 Powers". Here is a short write up from that camp.

In December 2006, a group of 70 CHYKs from all over the world assembled at the picturesque Chinmaya International Residential School in Coimbatore for the first ever global CHYK camp ‘7 Days, 7 Powers’.

This year Chinmaya Mission Australia is celebrating its 25th anniversary in a grand way, starting with a power packed tour by our resident acharya Swami Swaroopanandaji and culminating at the end of the year with a full dramatic performance of the Ramayana to the general public.