From 1992 to 2003 Maheshvarananda worked in Brazil, where he participated in Eco-92 and the World Social Forum and formed relationships with leaders of Liberation Theology and other popular social movements, such as Leonardo Boff, Frei Betto, Herbert de Souza, Carlos Minc and . He taught weekly meditation classes in Carandiru Penitentiary and other prisons and also took part in the protests against the World Bank and IMF in 2000.