Vishrant (meaning “Restful Love”) is an Australian reality teacher who has been guiding seekers towards higher consciousness and enlightenment since 1999. He holds Satsang meetings and retreats online and in Perth, Australia for anyone interested in discovering their true nature.Vishrant was born Vincent William Cooper in 1954 and grew up in a middle-class family in Perth. He was sent to boarding school at the age of 12 and spent much of his youth participating in martial arts, playing rugby, racing motorcycles, boating and scuba diving.In the 1970s, Vishrant made his way into the world of business as a publisher, becoming very successful, and as a result, acquired wealth, property, luxury vehicles and boats to keep him entertained. He also became involved in active encounter groups from the age of 19, which changed the course of his life. In these groups, he started raising his consciousness levels by seeing and removing what he later referred to as limiting belief systems, starting with anger, worry and procrastination.By 1982, Vishrant had basically retired at the age of 28. He had reached the pinnacle of material success and was in search of another mountain to climb. Vishrant became a sannyasin of Osho Rajneesh at the age of 28 and became an avid practitioner of meditation, self-enquiry, openness and surrender.After a near death experience while being lost at sea in 1987, Vishrant experienced a heart awakening. He realised that love is the only thing of value in this life and at the age of 33, he considered himself broke because his heart was closed. Shortly after ... See more
Vishrant (meaning “Restful Love”) is an Australian reality teacher who has been guiding seekers towards higher consciousness and enlightenment since 1999. He holds Satsang meetings and retreats online and in Perth, Australia for anyone interested in discovering their true nature.Vishrant was born Vincent William Cooper in 1954 and grew up in a middle-class family in Perth. He was sent to boarding school at the age of 12 and spent much of his youth participating in martial arts, playing rugby, racing motorcycles, boating and scuba diving.In the 1970s, Vishrant made his way into the world of business as a publisher, becoming very successful, and as a result, acquired wealth, property, luxury vehicles and boats to keep him entertained. He also became involved in active encounter groups from the age of 19, which changed the course of his life. In these groups, he started raising his consciousness levels by seeing and removing what he later referred to as limiting belief systems, starting with anger, worry and procrastination.By 1982, Vishrant had basically retired at the age of 28. He had reached the pinnacle of material success and was in search of another mountain to climb. Vishrant became a sannyasin of Osho Rajneesh at the age of 28 and became an avid practitioner of meditation, self-enquiry, openness and surrender.After a near death experience while being lost at sea in 1987, Vishrant experienced a heart awakening. He realised that love is the only thing of value in this life and at the age of 33, he considered himself broke because his heart was closed. Shortly after this experience, Vishrant gave his companies away to his staff and walked around Australia in search of his heart. He decided to dedicate his life to serving heart and trained as a naturopath, masseur and later a psychotherapist in his search for better ways to be in service to others.In the presence of various travelling Advaita Vedanta Satsang teachers in the late 1990s, Vishrant started to experience multiple awakenings. On May 31st 1999, his awakening stabilised and since then, he has been living as beingness, our true nature, ending his search for enlightenment. Seekers noticed the profound silence and beauty of his presence and that was when Vishrant started holding Satsang meetings. In 2012, The Vishrant Buddhist Society, a not-for-profit organisation, was established by the community of students around him to make his teachings available to all those who seek freedom and truth. Vishrant’s teachings are free of belief systems and religious ideologies. He invites you to investigate the truth for yourself.
