Awakening to a Higher Identity

Rahul Singh and Naresh Kumar Agarwal

Chapter 23 in You Know the Glory, Not the Story:25 Journeys Towards Ikigai, 2021, pp 347-361 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Swami Turiyananda is a monk. Growing up in Kanpur, he would spend hours by the holy river Ganga, contemplating on life’s questions. He had inner revelations during meditation while at final year at his university in Singapore. He became an investment banker, was ranked as the youngest high achiever, gave interviews and got featured in financial newspapers, started a million dollar private fund, became among the highest-paid investment bankers, and then gave it all up.

Keywords: Ikigai; Purpose; Engineering; Motivation; Resilience; Singapore; India; Finding Yourself; Jobs; Career; People; Family; Home; Life; World; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Cause; Corporate; Academia; Non-profit; Filmmaking; Dance; Writing; Arts; Monkhood; Growing Up; University Life; The Person; Values; Beliefs; Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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