As human beings, Maharaji says, we look at things as either good or bad, right or wrong, but there is something beyond that: life itself. Instead of seeing only what is missing, he says, when we can recognize all the gifts that have been given, our heart is filled with joy.


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Peace, Maharaji says, is not a philosophy. It is something that has to be experienced, and unless a person experiences it, everything is empty. Feeling peace, feeling joy, is the most beautiful thing that is possible in this life. Peace is not for poor people or rich people; every human being, he says, needs to experience peace within.

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London, December 8--This year is proving to be a banner year for Prem Rawat, also known as Maharaji. As his message reaches more people than ever before via television, internet, and radio, the number of people learning his techniques for finding peace within is growing significantly.

This is the first year where the number of new people learning his techniques for finding peace within—called Knowledge—has exceeded 50,000. The number of people learning Prem Rawat’s techniques of Knowledge has grown by 270% in the last four years and by 52% since last year, outside of India.

Maharaji first brought his message of peace to the West in the early seventies when a handful of students invited him. Since then, the number of his students has grown exponentially. Prem Rawat’s message is made available in more than 88 countries and 70 languages. He has brought to many millions of people inspiration and guidance on how to find peace within and has addressed audiences in more than 250 cities in 50 countries.

This year, the number of sessions where the techniques of Knowledge are taught grew by 76% in Europe and 300% in North America compared to last year. In India, the number of new students grew by 35%. In the North Pacific, the number of sessions more than quadrupled. In South America, there were 1,000 more new students than last year, and in Africa, the number of new students grew by more than 80%.

Last week in Brazil, the weekly global television program Words of Peace, which features highlights from Maharaji's message, received the highest award given by the Brazilian Association of Community Television Channels. Words of Peace is distributed worldwide via satellite in 50 countries and 45 languages. Maharaji's message is made available also via internet radio 24 hours a day in more than 15 languages.

The Prem Rawat Foundation offers a variety of print, audio, and video materials on its website, www.tprf.org, for viewing or download.

Recently, addressing faculty, guests, and students Harvard University's Sanders Theatre, Maharaji said: "There is a peace that resides in the heart of every human being, a peace that is not temporary, not tied to politics. This peace is the presence of something beautiful, not the absence of anything. That’s what I offer to make possible for everyone who wants it."

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The Brazilian Association of Community Television Channels has given its highest award to Words of Peace, a weekly program featuring highlights from the message of peace of Prem Rawat, also known as Maharaji.

The award was presented in Sao Paolo during a gala dinner attended by 1,200 heads of media organizations, business leaders, and representatives of the state and federal government.

Fernando Mauro Trezza, President of the Brazilian Association of Community Television Channels, presented the award to Words of Peace for its exceptional message. “While many programs are special,” he said, “some are essential. Words of Peace, which presents Prem Rawat's message, is one of these unique programs. This program is receiving this distinction because of its important contribution toward building a culture of peace in Brazil. The feeling of peace that Maharaji introduces people to is very important for everyone. It is essential to spread this feeling within to everyone in Brazil. This program is a great contribution toward the triumph of inner peace. Prem Rawat's message has the potential to unite all Brazilians in inner contentment. I know that peace is really possible in Brazil.”

Dr. Arnaldo Jardim, a member of the Federal Congress, and a guest of honor at this event, added: “I find Prem Rawat's message interesting, simple, from the heart, and relevant for all human beings. This award means that we would like to see more of his message on television, and for many more years to come.”

Words of Peace reaches more than 3 million homes each week in Sao Paolo. President Trezza added that all Community Channels in Brazil will soon be linked via satellite and UHF, hence offering much greater distribution for this television program.

The Words of Peace program is watched on television in 50 countries and 48 languages each week.

Maharaji travels the world inspiring people to find peace within. At the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand, he expressed, “The peace that we are looking for is within. It is in the heart, waiting to be felt, and I can help you get in touch with it. When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace.”

Maharaji tells the story of an exquisite instrument that was once played but then forgotten. It collected dust, and no one knew how to play it anymore. One day, someone cleaned the instrument, tuned it, and gave it back, saying, "Strum, and it will play the most beautiful sound." This instrument, Maharaji says, can touch the heart.
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Maharaji was invited by the National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering to address a distinguished audience of faculty, guests, and students at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India.

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New Delhi, November 8--On November 4, Maharaji was invited by the National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering to address an audience of faculty, guests and students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

NCVEE aims to integrate science, technology and human values in education so that the proper blend of knowledge and wisdom can be offered to students.

IIT Delhi is one of seven Institutes of Technology in India. Business Week calls IIT alumni the "hottest export from India."

IITs have produced the likes of Victor Menezes, vice-chairman of Citibank; Rajat Gupta, managing director of McKinsey; Vinod Khosla, General Partner at the leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; US Airways chief Rakesh Gangwal; Nandan Nilekani, CEO of Infosys; and many others.

Welcoming Maharaji, the Deputy Director of IIT said: “ I would like to thank Maharaji profusely for kindly accepting our invitation. We are glad that NCRCEE has chosen to arrange this event as a part of its distinguished lecture series. PR speaks on a theme which is individually as well as globally very vital and his approach is also very unique and fundamental. I observed that he brings a message that it is every individual’s birthright to experience peace in this lifetime. He asserts that peace needs to be in everyone’s life. The peace we are looking is within, he says, it is in the heart, waiting to be felt and he can help people getting touch with it. He asserts that in addition to fulfilling our obligations to society we have an obligation to fulfill our ultimate obligation, which is to ourself, and to finding fulfillment in this lifetime. This message is truly remarkable in that it does not put the responsibility for peace on institutions or on other but on each individual. Maharaji has providing inspiration and guidance on this topic for decades and has received much acclaim throughout the world.”

The event at IIT Delhi marks the beginning of a tour of India. On November 7, Maharaji addressed an audience of more than 100,000 in Mehrauli, near New Delhi.

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'See Reality' - by Maharaji

Being fulfilled, Maharaji says, is up to every person. With each breath, he says, we can choose to enjoy our time, see beauty, and feel real freedom, real joy. Rather than spending our life in judgment, we can spend our life in beauty and simplicity. Who we are, he says, can be felt. We can see who we are with no judgment. We can see reality.

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Though we live our life in complexity, Maharaji says, we exist not through the complexities of this world, but just was we are: a face, a breath, a heart. And while many people focus on the problems in the world, Maharaji says, he looks at the quest we all have—a quest for peace, love, joy within. The good news, he says, is that what we are looking for, we already have. And the day we meet our true self, we become free.

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Many dramas happen in our life, and we get caught in them. These dramas are not what our life is about. The main point in life, Maharaji says, is to experience fulfillment. When we feel fulfilled, we attain our purpose. Maharaji says that fulfillment, peace, and love manifest when the heart is full, and that each breath tells us: "Be fulfilled in this life. This can happen."

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"Opportunity and Success", by Maharaji

The thirst for peace, Maharaji says, is innate, and the peace we are looking for is already within. He says we have the ability to feel that peace and to hear the voice within that calls for peace. Listening to this voice and finding peace within, he says, is our opportunity. For Maharaji, success in a person's life is observing this opportunity and taking it.

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Maharaji says that peace has to be felt. It is a fundamental commonality to all of us, and it already exists within everyone's heart. It's possible, he says, to wake up every morning, feel joy, and be excited to be alive.


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'The Greatest Play on Earth' - Maharaji

It is often said that this world is a stage. We can sit down and watch the play or get up on stage and see if we can do it better. Maharaji says we can also do something else, and that is to enjoy this life, this existence. He says that peace has everything to do with enjoyment—enjoyment of the greatest play on earth.

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Maharaji addressed an audience that included faculty, community leaders, and students at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, at an event sponsored by The Prem Rawat Foundation. Many of the most venerable academic, political, and literary figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, have taken the podium at Sanders Theatre.
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When complexity is removed, Maharaji says, beauty is there. Clarity is what we want, and it is within. The heart, he says, is full of answers without questions, and we can accept these answers rather than the answers the world is trying to give. The challenge in life, he says, is to understand the beauty that lies within and to have access to it whenever we want.
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Only One Place - Maharaji in Dublin

 Society, Maharaji says, tells people mostly about what they do not have. He, by contrast, travels the world telling people about what they already have. The magic in existence, he says, can be found, not in what we have or do not have, but in what we can feel. That place within where we can feel, he says, is the place from which we can understand. There is only one place where the possibility exists to take on the challenge of fulfilling one's self—not on the outside, but on the inside.

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Maharaji addresses members of the Italian Parliament

He was introduced by President Colombo, former President of the European Parliament and former Prime Minister of Italy. President Colombo, describing Prem Rawat’s visit as singular in nature and exceptional in purpose, said that his words provide an occasion for deep reflection, and that they deserve to be heard because they are an invitation to explore and manifest the values residing within us—treasures very often ignored or neglected.
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Catch the wind - Maharaji

Maharaji speaks of an infinite mine of peace that resides within every person. This peace, he says, has been talked about throughout history. The suffering that everyone is trying to run away from, he says, has also always been talked about. What people do not want and what people do want is within them. For each person, the question is: "Will today be the day when I do that which will bring me gratitude? Shouldn't today be the day I have been waiting for all my life?" In this life, Maharaji says, it is possible to be fulfilled, to be at peace.

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A Gift Unparalleled - Maharaji

Maharaji speaks of the story of every human being. As long as breath comes into a person, he says, the story is evolving. A certain part of the story is dependent on the person: real joy, happiness, contentment, looking within, and finding answers. We can, he says, feel the ultimate contentment; we can feel peace. It is possible to make this breath, this day, this life count. This, he says, is a gift unparalleled.

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