Prem Rawat - "Personal Quest"

Prem Rawat talks about a personal quest for peace, “a peace not of consequences but an individual peace for every human being on the face of this earth. People want to stop wars, conflicts, but nobody addresses the individual—from where peace has to begin.”
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TPRF Contributes Food Aid to Kenyan Refugees

TPRF responded quickly to aid Kenya victims of the violence that erupted following the December 2007 elections by making a contribution to the Friends of the World Food Program (FWFP) to help the UN World Food Programme (WFP) provide food for the 3,000 displaced Kenyans for three months. “TPRF’s generous contribution will help save hundreds of lives and prevent under-nutrition and hunger rates from skyrocketing,” said Karen Sendelback, President and CEO of Friends of WFP.
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Prem Rawat - "A Single Source"

“What is the single source of inspiration in our life?” asks Prem Rawat. “For me, it can’t be a hero. It can’t be something you learned. It can’t be an ideology or a great poet or an artist or philosopher. It is something that resides in the heart.”
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'Truest Nature' — by Prem Rawat

Prem Rawat distinguishes between appearances that change and the actual nature of a human being. “When we begin to look for our truest nature,” he says, “we will find that there is peace. In our nature, there’s understanding, there is the truest love.”
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"By Design", by Prem Rawat

“Have you found the source of endless joy?” Prem Rawat asks. “It is not far from you—by design. It would be pointless to have the source of that joy inaccessible to you. In the clever design of this life, the source of joy goes with you wherever you go.”

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TPRF Provides Safe, Clean Drinking Water to Schools in Thailand

TPRF has made a significant grant to the Betterment of Life Foundation in Thailand to provide a sustainable source of clean drinking water to more than 2,500 children in 12 schools that have had no access to drinking water during school hours.

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"One by One", by Prem Rawat

Prem Rawat talks about how each person has been given something—the gift of life, of breath, of serenity—but we do not understand its value. Each one of us needs to feel peace, he says. And to light the world, we need to be lit up one by one.
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Prem Rawat - 'Nothing Trivial'

“The universe is a living thing. Something is keeping it all intact. And breath is coming to you, courtesy of that,” says Prem Rawat. “Here you are; you are something. Don’t compare it, ‘Oh, that’s so trivial.’ In this universe, nothing is trivial—nothing.”
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TPRF Funds Breakfast Program for Aboriginal Children in Taiwan

A grant from TPRF will provide nutritious breakfasts for 530 aboriginal children attending 14 primary schools on islands and in remote mountain areas of Taiwan. The program is offered by the Eastern Culture Foundation (ECF) and the Eastern Charity Foundation. CEO of ECF, Kuo Shiang, Chang, expressed “grateful appreciation” to TPRF for joining ECF “to accomplish this task together.”
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The Miracle Is Existence

Prem Rawat talks about the miracle of life. “The most beautiful miracle is: from nowhere comes this breath and brings the gift of life to you. This is your story. One breath at a time. That’s your beat. That’s your rhythm. Do you understand what a miracle this is?”
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Prem Rawat - "Congratulations!"

“Congratulations, you are alive,” says Prem Rawat. “You can appreciate this existence. You can truly be happy in a timeless way—no special circumstances required. You can be in the joy that springs from your heart every single day.”
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TPRF Holds Two Eye Clinics in India

Recently, TPRF held two eye clinics for India’s poor and received high praise from attending physicians. Over six days, in Jaipur and Delhi, doctors gave free consultations and supplies to more than 3,400 patients, providing eye drops and eyeglasses. A patient, Vimla Sharma, said, “The doctors treated me with such care, thoroughness and kindness. This kind of treatment is hard to find.”
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Prem Rawat - "The Success Story"

“This life can actually become a joy—not tedious, not living in bewilderment—but making every day meaningful, filled with gratitude,” says Prem Rawat. “This human being is a success story. It is a success that started a long time ago and is still unfolding. And it will be a success story until the very last breath. If your heart is full, that’s it.”
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TPRF Provides Disaster Relief to Mexico's Flood Victims

A grant from TPRF will provide water, food and other necessities to families caught in a flood that has left nearly half the State of Tabasco under water. TPRF is partnering with the Mexican nonprofit organization Compartimos Bienestar y Salud Para Los Niños Maya I.A.P. to deliver survival kits to stranded families in isolated areas that government agencies and other relief organizations have so far been unable to reach.
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Prem Rawat - "Passion"

Prem Rawat talks about the importance of having a passion for life and what it takes. “Without passion,” he says, “this life is like food without any taste. You can eat it, you can chew it, but you won’t enjoy it.” When a person finds their true passion, he says, it brings “not just joy, but supreme joy.”
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TPRF Brings Food and Water to Children in Cambodia

TPRF has made a grant to the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) to bring food and water to more than 300 children in three centers for children of very poor families on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, the capital. One child at the CCF shelter explained that she had felt like a flower that no one had cared for but that “now this same flower is taken to a new place where it can get water and care every day.”
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TPRF Helps Earthquake Victims in Peru

Immediately following the recent earthquake in Peru, TPRF partnered with Friends of the World Food Program (WFP) to assist the surviving victims. Karen Sendelback, President and CEO of Friends of WFP, wrote, “Your gift will go toward helping to save the lives of hungry Peruvians affected by the recent earthquake.”
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Prem Rawat - "Supreme Wisdom"

“I cannot go back to yesterday, however hard I try, and I cannot go to tomorrow,” says Prem Rawat. “Here I am in this moment, and here, everything is wonderful. To me, that is supreme wisdom.”
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What Reality?

Prem Rawat talks about the reality that comes with being alive: “This is the only reality, the only kind of reality that allows you to be rich and to be poor. Allows you to shed a few tears and to crack a smile. Allows you to dance and to sit still. Allows you to call others your own. Allows you to be an uncle, a mother, a dad, an aunt. Because without that reality, none of this is possible.”
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Prem Rawat - "When You Find Yourself Alive"

“All of a sudden, you find yourself alive. Now what do you do?” asks Prem Rawat. “You try to find some meaning, some answers.” While you are alive, he says, “you have the opportunity to fulfill yourself. This has been the possibility for every human being throughout time. And this is your possibility.”
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