Finding Peace, a public talk with Swami Gupta, a living saint, is planned for 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center, The Michael Klahr Center, University of Maine at Augusta, 46 University Drive. Submitted photo

AUGUSTA — Finding Peace, a public talk with Swami Gupta, a living saint, is set for 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center, The Michael Klahr Center, University of Maine at Augusta, 46 University Drive.

The public is invited to engage in open discourse and an extended array of meditative experiences with a rare still-living saint, according to a news release from Barbara Amodio and A.P. Mishra, board members with the nonprofit Oceania Digambara.

Gupta was born into a high state Rishi family of the Rishi Bharadwaja. From his earliest childhood he saw vividly a number of his past lives and had many miraculous experiences, the news release states. At a still-early age he went to a high Himalayan teacher to practice his spiritual calling in earnest, and at age 32 he left behind all worldly things, including a successful business career and higher university studies. He started his fullest spiritual journey in the higher Himalayas.

Recently he has been teaching in the U.S. He has covered all of India, visiting extensively the inner and hidden Himalayas, from Himalayas to Kanya Kumari in the south, and Dwarka to Nadia.

Swamiji can answer all questions about art of living, art of dying, and always allows time for questions and answers in his sessions. Outdoor pranayama practices will be held at 7:30 a.m. daily at Stevens Commons in Hallowell, or a private meeting or blessing can be booked while he is in Maine.

For more information, contact Malley Weber, Friends of Swami Gupta, at 207-607-1011 and friendsofswamigupta@gmail.com.

For more information about Oceania Digambara, visit oceaniadigambara.org and himalayanmystic.org.

Check out other upcoming area events!