A Spiritual Solution to AI with Sadhvi Bhagavati Saraswati | AI+C Global Relay 2025

Описание: In this session from the AI+Compassion Global Relay 2025 (South Asia Segment), Sadhvi Bhagavati Saraswati offers profound spiritual insight into humanity's relationship with AI, observing that while we're remarkably polite to ChatGPT -- which flatters our ego and gives us what we want -- we often fail to extend the same compassion to fellow humans who challenge or disagree with us.

Drawing from nearly 30 years as a monastic in the Vedic tradition, she reframes the AI-compassion question as fundamentally spiritual rather than technological. The real practice isn't being nice to machines; it's learning to anchor in compassion with human beings who have their own karmic journeys, opinions, and imperfections.

Key Topics:

The Hollywood Way vs. The Himalayan Way: Sadhvi describes her transformative experience at age 25 on the banks of the Ganga River, shifting from identifying with body, role, and history to understanding herself as soul, spirit, and consciousness. This shift ended the suffering, competition, and constant "not enoughness" that comes from false identification.

Why We're Polite to AI But Not Each Other: ChatGPT brings out our best manners because it's "on the far end of obsequiousness," constantly praising us and delivering what we want. With humans, we struggle when they disagree or challenge us, precisely when compassion is most needed.

Seeing the Divine in All: Drawing from Buddhist loving-kindness (metta) practices, true spiritual evolution means practicing compassion even with those we dislike. Some practitioners place photos of politicians they oppose on their altars to practice seeing the divine in all forms.

A Spiritual Dilemma, Not a Technological One: It's wonderful we're polite to devices, but the real work is being compassionate with fellow humans who don't always act as we'd like. The challenge is anchoring in compassion regardless of whether someone is giving us what we want.

About the Speaker: Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, known as Sadhviji, is a global spiritual leader and bestselling author who has spent nearly 30 years teaching in the Himalayas. A Stanford psychology PhD graduate raised in Hollywood, she found profound healing on the Ganga River in Rishikesh, India. She serves on the United Nations Advisory Council on Religion, as International Director of Parmarth Niketan, Secretary-General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, and President of Divine Shakti Foundation, leading initiatives in sustainability, women's empowerment, and interfaith collaboration.

About AI+Compassion Global Forum: The AI+Compassion Global Forum unites innovators, policymakers, and cultural leaders to explore how artificial intelligence can serve humanity and the planet. The forum aims to shift the global narrative from fear and competition to sustainability, cultural flourishing, and compassion.

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Website: https://compassionai.io/

Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati: https://sadhviji.org/