NE HEALTH BUREAU
BATHALAVALLAM (AP), AUG 10
The week-long Ekam World Peace Festival began here on Sunday with the intention of ending wars in the world and bring harmony among the nations.
This is by far the world’s largest online meditation festival with over 10 million people attending it, on day one.
People from over 100 countries, over 2,000 Indian villages, and more than 2,000 education institutions and organizations mediated for world peace with Ekam.
“This meditation is all the more poignant for India, given the context of the warlike atmosphere between China and our nation. The central idea behind the Ekam World Peace Festival is the collective violence in the human mind becomes the trigger for all wars,” said its founder Sri Krishnaji and added, “No war is noble. All wars are fought because of greed, hate, and power hunger. And collective meditation and collective prayer intention have the power to infuse human consciousness with peace and dissolve tension and war. ‘Individual peace is the way to world peace.’”
The chief guest, Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel peace laureate said he has pioneered the cause of protecting the purity of children and their right to education and dignity.
In his conversation with Krishnaji, he encouraged every young person to go beyond the division of caste, class, community, and nationality and unite for the most marginalized and vulnerable children of the world. He said the world has globalized everything but it is time we globalize compassion for our children. He encouraged every adult to connect to the child in themselves and to protect the innocence of underprivileged children.
Kailash Satyarthi applauded Preethaji and Krishnaji for holding a divine vision for ending the war and bringing peace to the world.
On Day 1, the festival concluded with a magnificent meditation led by Sri Krishnaji. He leads over 10 million people into inner peace and made them radiate peace energies to every nation that is gripped by conflict and war. The meditation dissolved anger and hate and opened hearts to peace.
This peace festival will last until August 15. Monday is for dissolving violence against children and nurturing peace in young people and children.
People from all walks of life are welcome can join, for more information visit www.ekam.org/ewpf/a release from the organisation said.
