Vihangam Yog
Inner Wellbeing
and Social Cohesion
a discourse by
Sant Shri Naam Deo Ji Maharaj
Parliament House, Canberra  ·  Tuesday 15 September 2026
the claim
A society is only as steady
as the minds within it.
Cohesion is not built between people; it is built within them first.
01
chapter 01
Vihangam Yog
the eternal science of consciousness
the name
Vihangam: the way of the bird.

A bird does not fight the ground it rises from. It lifts above, and sees the whole. Vihangam Yog is the soul taking that flight - above thought, into its own vastness.

an unbroken lineage
Sadguru Shri Sadafal Deo Ji Maharaj
brought Brahma Vidya into the open, 1924
Sadguru Shri Dharm Chandra Deo Ji Maharaj
carried the science across India
Sadguru Shri Swatantra Deo Ji Maharaj
the presiding Sadguru today
Sant Shri Naam Deo Ji Maharaj
head of global outreach
The Swarved Mahamandir, Varanasi
the world's largest meditation centre - 20,000 people can sit in one silence
recognition
Inaugurated by the
Prime Minister of India.

In December 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Swarved Mahamandir and paid tribute at the statue of Sadguru Shri Sadafal Deo Ji Maharaj.

a living practice
100+years in the open
20,000seats in one hall of silence
6continents with active centres
Freealways, for everyone
practice becomes service
5,000+units of blood donated in one annual worldwide drive - nearly 200 camps, 35 nations
25,000hawan kunds in one Vedic Yajna at the centenary, December 2023
2013special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council
PM of India, pmindia.gov.in Dec 2023 · UN-ECOSOC 2013 · press coverage, archived
02
chapter 02
The evidence
what the research already shows
australia today
42.9%of Australians 16-85 have experienced a mental disorder in their lifetime
21.5%in the past twelve months
38.8%of young people 16-24, this year
$220bnthe yearly cost to Australia
ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2020-22 · Productivity Commission, Mental Health Inquiry 2020
and the world
1bn+people live with a mental health condition
1 in 6people worldwide experience loneliness
871,000deaths a year linked to loneliness and isolation
US$1tnlost productivity yearly from depression and anxiety alone
WHO, World Mental Health Today 2025 · WHO Commission on Social Connection, June 2025
84 countries, one signal
1mpeople surveyed across 84 countries
41%of young adults 18-34 in significant mental distress
2of the four named drivers: weakening family bonds, and declining spirituality
Global Mind Health in 2025 report, Sapien Labs Global Mind Project - released February 2026
what research finds
What centuries of practice knew,
instruments now measure.

The anchor meta-analysis of 47 trials found moderate evidence that meditation programs improve anxiety, depression and pain - and systematic reviews through 2024-2026 keep replicating the pattern across countries and populations, from students to health workers.

Goyal et al., JAMA Internal Medicine 2014 · Scientific Reports 2024 · reviews 2025-26
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chapter 03
The inner foundation
how steadiness becomes social fabric
where we are
The outer life has never been richer.
The inner life has never been busier.

Anxiety, distraction and disconnection rise in every prosperous society. The cause is not a lack of resources. It is attention that never comes home.

how cohesion forms
Steadiness spreads.

A steadied person steadies a family.

Steady families steady a neighbourhood.

A nation's cohesion is the sum of its interiors.

Acceptance of all that is unfavourable is the first step, and the true foundation, of inner change.
Sant Shri Naam Deo Ji Maharaj
One quiet minute
the experience itself
We offer this freely, wherever we go
free guided programs across Australia - open to every background, no experience needed
Inner wellbeing is not a private luxury.
It is public foundation.
Vihangam Yog Australia  ·  vyaustralia.org