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Earth Day- Celebrate it your way!
Robert Swan, a noted polar explorer once said that, the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. Marked recognition of environmental threats like global warming, climate change, overpopulation, waste disposal, natural re ... -
Yamuna and the World Culture Festival
The Art of Living is an organisation that has been at the forefront of rejuvenating and cleaning rivers. Over the last few years, our volunteers have been working on reviving 16 rivers across India. Before the Commonwealth Games over 5000 volunteers worke ... -
Project Udaan Helps Sex Workers to Overcome Social Stigma in Kolkata
Overview Location: Kolkata Duration: 2013 Partner: DMSC Her husband did not do any work and was a drunkard. One day he brought her to see the city and sold her to the brothel. He started demanding money and abused her regularly. When she got fed up and pr ... -
An Indian State Takes a Different Route to Peace
The political landscape of Uttar Pradesh (UP), an Indian state, is brimming with a new vibrant energy after the senior bureaucrats of the UP government underwent a 3-day yoga program conducted by the Art of living. Inspired by humanitarian leader Gurudev ... -
Words from the Peace Delegation of the FARC-EP to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
During his visit to Havana, we met with the humanist Ravi Shankar, with whom we have exchanged about peace, about life, or rather, about the art of living. Without humanism, social projects fail. We agree. Human values should be elevated to the highest pe ... -
The World Has Witnessed So Much Chaos; Now Let’s Focus on One Conductor – GOD: Sri Sri
(Excerpts from Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s opening address at the Parliament of World Religions 2009 at Melbourne, Australia on December 3, 2009). The purpose of religion is to bring enlightenment to the individual, and happiness in society, and to mov ... -
Those Who Create Wealth Can Help Eliminate Poverty: Gurudev
The following Q&A with Gurudev appeared in Portofalio.co, an online news portal in Colombia. Q What do you expect from your visit to Colombia?. Gurudev: I want to meet the expectations of the people of Colombia, who have been asking me to visit for ... -
The Common Man Will Need to Participate in the Millennium Development Goals
Excerpt from 10 th International Conference on Millennium Development Goals of the UN, at the Szent Istvan University, Hungary on June 23, 2009. Wise people set goals. Wiser people follow their goals. Public participation is most essential. In the past ce ... -
Honoring Diversity: Vedanta-Buddhism Conference for Global Peace
Excerpt from Vedanta-Buddhism Conference for Global Peace, India (February 2008). Om Namah Pranavarthaya Shudh Gyane Kamurthaye, Nirmalaye Prashantaye Dakshina Murtaye Namah One thing I noticed today, among all the dignitaries and monks present, is that ... -
Peace and Reconciliation in South Asia – Challenges and Opportunities
Excerpt from Sri Sri's Inaugural address at ‘Peace and Reconciliation in South Asia – Challenges and Opportunities’ conference, Oslo (April 10, 2008). We have all come together to find a common solution to a very crucial problem. Often in meetings, w ...
