Looking for Joy - by Maharaji

Maharaji compares a human life to a construction site—a work in progress that can become more magnificent than the greatest works of art.
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“What does it mean to know the self that you are?” asks Maharaji. He tells a simple story of a lion cub who believed he was a sheep until he was shown who he truly was. In the same way, Maharaji says, we need to discover the true self that is the reality for each one of us.
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After a massive landslide in the eastern Philippines, The Prem Rawat Foundation made a generous donation to the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) to provide nutritious food packs for 190 families for two months.
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The Prem Rawat Foundation Brings Food Aid to the Philippines

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After a massive landslide in the eastern Philippines, The Prem Rawat Foundation made a generous donation to the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) to provide nutritious food packs for 190 families for two months.
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Maharaji - 'An Endless Mine of Peace'

“There is a quest,” Maharaji says, that “moves and inspires each human being.” And there is “a peace that resides in every human being,” he says—an endless mine. “When you dig an endless mine…the only thing you can do is keep digging and digging and digging.”
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The Prem Rawat Foundation Provides Food Aid to Earthquake Survivors in Indonesia

After a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the island of Java in Indonesia and displaced over 200,000 people, The Prem Rawat Foundation partnered with the UN World Food Programme’s relief operations in Indonesia to provide emergency food aid to survivors.
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Prem Rawat: "The Drum of Breath"

Existence is a miracle, Prem Rawat says, and with this life come unlimited possibilities. In each of us beats the drum of breath, he says, and when we begin to listen to that inner rhythm, we can truly feel alive—we can become “dazzled by that miracle.”
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The Prem Rawat Foundation Holds Successful Eye Clinic in India

The Prem Rawat Foundation recently sponsored a two-day free vision clinic in a remote tribal area in Jharkhand, in northern India, where certified optometrists and ophthalmologists donated their time and expertise to help some of the poorest in India. Nearly 2,000 consultations were completed. This was the fourth vision clinic held by the Foundation in the last two years.
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Our life is like a drop that has separated itself from the ocean, Maharaji says, and “in this drop . . . resides an infinite ocean of peace.” Becoming aware of this ocean, he says, brings joy, happiness, and real peace.

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Prem Rawat Addresses Enthusiastic Audience in Spain

A capacity audience came to hear Prem Rawat speak at a recent event in Barcelona. For some, it was their first time to hear him in person. One attendee from Madrid commented that listening to Prem Rawat's message inspired him to “want to discover that ocean of peace he was talking about.”

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Prem Rawat - 'The Importance of a Drop'

We don’t give much importance to a drop, Prem Rawat says, but one drop of water unites with other drops to form a mighty river. Each of us is like a drop, he says, that wants to unite with an ocean of joy in our heart. “We can be united with such an ocean,” he says. “As long as we are alive, we can experience that joy.”
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Prem Rawat on tour - A Conversation with Deepak Raj Bandhari

Since the beginning of March, Prem Rawat has been traveling throughout rural India, speaking at events in places where people have not heard him before. As part of the accompanying crew that helps with these events, Deepak Raj Bandhari has been able to witness firsthand the impact Prem Rawat and his message are having on the people who come to hear him speak. In this interview, Deepak describes what he has seen.
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Maharaji Inaugurates First 'Food for People' Facility in Northeastern India

Maharaji, has inaugurated a new facility which will provide free hot meals each day year-round to people in a tribal area in Jharkhand, northeastern India. "Food for People" is a custom-built, well-equipped 10,000 sq. ft. facility providing 45,000 free meals of their liking to people in need each month. Hot meals are served to 500 children every morning and evening and to 500 adults every afternoon.

The opening of the first "Food for People" marks the launch of an innovative model of food aid by the The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF), developed and operated in consultation with local village elders. With support from Raj Vidya Kender, the organization that promotes Prem Rawat's message of peace in India, a 6-acre plot of land was purchased, and a well-equipped facility was built. Fifty villagers were then trained to operate the facility at the highest sanitary and nutritional standards.

Dr. Kamal Chand Singhal, representing the World Health Organization at the inauguration, said: "This valiant effort directly supports the efforts of the World Health Organization. The healthy food and clean water provided each day by Prem Rawat's Foundation at this impressive facility will help many children and adults in Jharkhand become less vulnerable to disease and death, and go on to live healthy lives. This is a noble and generous initiative, for which Prem Rawat and his Foundation need to be acknowledged and wholeheartedly thanked."

Linda Pascotto, president of TPRF, said: "The initiative was born from the vision of Prem Rawat, who has brought his message of peace to Jharkhand in recent years. When he first came to this area and saw the undernourished children, he envisioned how proper nutrition could help them get healthy, acquire a better education, and later hold jobs to support themselves and their families. This initiative pioneers Prem Rawat's vision to bring the food-aid help where needed, in a manner that maximizes the resources available and compels the local people to become involved and take ownership. For the first time, when people in Bantoli wake up in the morning, they are assured of having a hot meal and are able to focus on taking care of their families. We are grateful for the support and collaboration provided by the village elders as we developed the project."

The tribal area in Jharkhand is one of the poorest areas in India. Many people work in mines, but conditions are brutal, and many die on the job. Women and children labor alongside the men, working more than 10 hours a day for an annual income of less than $100. Others subsist by farming, gathering forest products, and raising small animals. Field laborers go for days without food, chewing a root plant that kills the appetite. Seventy-five percent of the women are underweight, which in turn leads to increased mortality in childbirth. For children under 5, the mortality rate is twice that of the rest of India.

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'Lake of Joy' - by Prem Rawat

The experience of joy is the best thing in life, Prem Rawat says, and when we turn within, we can experience the joy and fulfillment we long for. For those who are thirsty for that joy, he offers help: “If you can’t find it,” he says, “come to me. I have a lake full of joy.”

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Maharaji Brings Message of Hope to Indian Villagers

During the past few weeks, Prem Rawat visited many remote villages in India, addressing more than 175,000 people, and then went to New Delhi for a three-day international event. One participant, who had attended several of these events, said that Prem Rawat's message is the same for all people, whether rich or poor.

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Prem Rawat - 'The Basic Wish'

Each of us has a basic wish for joy and peace in our life, Prem Rawat says, but sometimes other priorities get in the way—like a fog that obscures our vision. When we put the priority to be content at the top of our list, he says, there is no limit to the joy we can feel in our lives.
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Prem Rawat - 'The Most Incredible Dream'

We dream of so many things, Maharaji says, but of all the things we could wish for, the most wonderful would be contentment, peace, joy. Dreams can come true, he says, even this most incredible one, because joy and love are truly possible in our life.
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Prem Rawat Addresses International Audience in Florida

Prem Rawat, known also by the honorary title Maharaji, addressed a capacity audience at the Broward County Convention Center. People from 22 countries came to seek his inspiration and guidance.

Speaking before Prem Rawat, Joan Apter, a New York resident, recalled meeting him in India when he was 12 years old: “I loved watching how he enjoyed explaining his message to people and seeing their response to the possibility of fulfillment. His passion, his enthusiasm, never changes.”

Mario Burbinski, a Miami resident who recently learned Prem Rawat’s techniques for finding peace within, talked about how he had searched for contentment and the enjoyment he found listening to Prem Rawat: “Listening to him, I've learned that life is more than words. And I've learned that a good teacher holds up a mirror for me to see myself.”

Prem Rawat, addressing the audience, asked, “What do you dream of? Do you dream of contentment? Do you dream of peace? Do you dream of fulfillment? Do you dream of that beautiful happiness? The most incredible dream, the most incredible wish anybody could ever wish, has come true. How beautiful is the news that you can be content. Truly, joy is possible in your life.”

Michelle Spinella, PhD. and researcher at the Florida Department of Health, commented on the event: “I’ve known Prem Rawat for many years. I continue to listen to him because he always inspires me to be the best that I can be. I enjoy his humor and his down-to-earth perspective on what could be a very complex life, but he makes it possible to live life in simple happiness.”

Hilton Seibert, 20, a student at Ramapo College, New Jersey, attended the event with his mother and sister: “He made me think about things I haven’t thought about before, the way he looks at life. There’s no filler. Every word he speaks is meaningful.”

Listening to Prem Rawat had a profound impact on Lucy Laccavole, 40, who lost her home, job, and all her belongings to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. "I felt my life was destroyed. He said not to stop dreaming, and that really meant a lot to me. I lost everything, but through it all, I have kept hope.”

Prem Rawat started traveling, presenting his message of peace 40 years ago, since July 1966. “It’s been 40 years," he said. “I am privileged to bring people such good news. I’m on my way to say it again and again, for as long as I am alive.”

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'Incumbent upon Us' by Prem Rawat

his world, Maharaji says, is like a massive building made up of many small components—human beings—and in order for the structure to be solid, each individual must also be solid. In the same way, for the whole world to have peace, he says, it is incumbent upon each person to find the peace that already lies within the heart.
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Leading Cultural TV Channel Features Maharaji’s Message of Peace

ARTV, a prestigious arts channel in Chile, airs a program called “La Posibilidad” (The Possibility), which features Prem Rawat’s message of peace. Because of its success, the broadcasts have been increased to four days a week and now reach people in 20 cities. The number of viewers is growing each week, and one of the programming managers said, “Every time this program is aired, more and more people have the possibility to hear this outstanding message.”
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