Prem Rawat — The Possibility of Peace Within

Prem Rawat - "Keep What Is Yours"

“What is really yours?” asks Prem Rawat. “This breath that just came, is really, really yours. It didn’t go into someone else. It came just for you. From the workings of the universe, something stirred, and this breath came exclusively for you.”
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It’s About You and Me

Prem Rawat talks about the journey of life. “It’s about this life, this existence—not an idea, not a theory, not rules, not some printed pages, but about you and me. The most incredible thing is taking place: you are alive … your existence, your being on the face of this earth.”
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"What’s the Point?"

“From nothing came this body, and to nothing it will go. What is the point?” asks Prem Rawat. “There is a lot to appreciate,” he says. “In this one life, to understand what is real, to understand the quintessential, important thing: the value of this existence.”
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Tribute to Existence

“I need to do everything possible to pay the most magnificent tribute to this existence every single day of my life,” says Prem Rawat. “And, in turn, when you pay this tribute, it fills you with the gift of joy … the gift of peace … the gift of true contentment.”
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Prem Rawat - "A Singular Quest"

“Who are we?” asks” Prem Rawat. “We are very unlike a machine, but in one way very much so—a machine with a singular quest to better itself, to evolve, to move forward, to improve upon all that can be improved.”
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Made to Enjoy

Prem Rawat talks about the human being’s need to be comfortable and avoid pain. “What do you like to hear?” he asks. “That which brings you enjoyment. What do you like to see? That what brings you enjoyment. This is how you are. This is who you are.”
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Passion

Prem Rawat talks about the difference between a true passion and a hobby. “Whatever it is I am passionate about,” he says, “I need for that to be real, not a figment of my imagination. And it has to be amazing. Passion isn’t one of those things that you generate. You unleash it. It’s already there in you. You open the gates, and it comes pouring out.”
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Prem Rawat - "Beyond Description"

“What I talk about is not dogmas, theories, descriptions, explanations,” Prem Rawat says. “This is about finding the joy in your life. And not just once, but to have that joy available to you for the rest of your life. If you’re looking for descriptions, explanations, rules, something to believe in—you won’t find them here, because this is the realm of the heart.”
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Prem Rawat - 'The Seed of Kindness'

Prem Rawat says, “When we come in this world, we’re given seeds. There is the seed of anger, but there is also a seed of kindness. There is a seed of love…a seed of understanding. Whatever seed you have sown in your garden of life is what you’re going to sit under to rest. You have the intelligence to choose what will benefit you the most.”
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Making a Difference

There are “6.7 billion reasons why there should be peace on this earth—6.7 billion being the population of this earth, approximately,” says Prem Rawat. “And we, the people, can make the difference for peace on this earth.”
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Prem Rawat - 'The Voyage'

“Happy feels good. Joyful feels very good,” says Prem Rawat. “So perhaps the purpose of this voyage is not suffering, but to be able to experience the ultimate experience. Why should we experience this? When you do, you experience the truest, truest, happiness.”
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Acceptance

The gift of life is about “that one day, one minute, one second you are touched by the pure joy, the pure reality, that resides in you,” Prem Rawat says. “Wherever go, whoever you are, the gift keeps coming. All you have to do to put your world right is to accept it.”
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Prem Rawat - 'Walking with Strength'

“You exist. You are alive,” says Prem Rawat. “Gather your strengths, not your weaknesses. What are your strengths? Your strengths are consciousness, kindness, understanding, acknowledging, rejoicing, loving. And when you walk with these, the outcome is beautiful.”
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Dancing with Gratitude

Prem Rawat talks about the possibility of feeling peace and joy and the gratitude it brings. “Gratitude comes when there is a beautiful experience of life,” he says, “when it is not full of words, doctrines, and dogmas, but it is filled with a simple reality.”
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Prem Rawat - "It’s Your Choice"

“Things will change—you will change—but the passion for joy, for clarity, will remain with you for the rest of your life,” says Prem Rawat. “Choose that in your life. This is a choice that has to be made every day—to enjoy your life.”
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A Calling from Within

Prem Rawat talks about the need to feel peace. “I can live without my cell phone, and I can live without my computer,” he says. “But I cannot live without feeling peace in my life. Have you felt that need? Do you understand your calling from within?”
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The Want for Peace

“The want for peace has been on the face of this earth as long as there have been human beings,” says Prem Rawat. “The need for peace was identified a long time ago. And the need for peace comes from within you.”
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Call for Peace

“Wars happen again and again,” says Prem Rawat. “And every time there is a war, there is a call for peace. Is that a new invention? No. The call for peace has been there. The quest for peace is within us, and the solution to peace also lies within us.”
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Prem Rawat - 'Bridge of Life'

Prem Rawat tells a story of life and the potential to enjoy it to the fullest. “The purpose is not to entertain you. There is a simple and beautiful reality, and it’s the most magnificent story. It is about what is—this beautiful creation in an incredibly hostile universe.”
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Welcome to the World of Life

Prem Rawat talks about the moment a baby is born and “the one concern: breathing or not?” At the end of our lives, he says, we have the same concern. “Everything you are is predicated on something so simple. This reality is beautiful. Welcome to the world of life.”
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Prem Rawat - "When Spring Comes"

“In spring, on the ground are delicate little plants,” says Prem Rawat. To survive the winter, he says, they shed their leaves “gambling that summer will come again and, when it does, once again will be made whole.” He asks, “Are you ready for the spring in your life?”
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Who We Are

“The baby knows how to cry, how to laugh, how to be,” says Prem Rawat. “These are innate. These are fundamental things nobody has to teach. The desire for peace is also fundamental. This is who we are. This is our foundation, our need, from our heart.”
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Who We Are

“The baby knows how to cry, how to laugh, how to be,” says Prem Rawat. “These are innate. These are fundamental things nobody has to teach. The desire for peace is also fundamental. This is who we are. This is our foundation, our need, from our heart.”
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Prem Rawat - 'The Grand Miracle'

Speaking about the power of life that is beyond logic, like new leaves emerging in spring, Prem Rawat says, “This I call ‘the grand miracle.’ This life holds promise after promise after promise, gift after gift after gift for you.”
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Love

“Do you know that, wherever you go, whatever you do, there is love in you and there is hate in you?” asks Prem Rawat. “Do not be under the misunderstanding that the love is in someone else. No, no, no. Love is in you.”
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Prem Rawat - "Kindness"

Responding to someone who asked him about becoming kind, Prem Rawat said, “The kindness that you want to feel, you have. There’s more kindness in you than you can possibly imagine. To practice kindness, just become a little more conscious.”
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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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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

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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Prem Rawat - "By Design"

“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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One by One

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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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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Prem Rawat - "The Promises You Made"

Prem Rawat talks about the wants we have had since we were children and the promises we made to ourselves to fulfill them. “Have you kept them?” he asks. “Look within you for the thirst,” he says, “because it is the thirst that will lead you to water. Understand what you have been given because it is magnificent.”
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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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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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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 - "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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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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On Being Fulfilled

Maharaji talks about being fulfilled in the journey of life. “Fulfillment cannot be weighed,” he says. “There is no scale for it. When you have one one-billionth of fulfillment, it is the same as having a universe full of fulfillment.”

Prem Rawat - "What We Reflect"

“When light falls on us, what we absorb and especially what we reflect gives us a color,” says Prem Rawat. “What do you want to reflect? Do you want to reflect peace, contentment? Do you want to feel joy?” he asks.
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Prem Rawat - 'Voyage of Life'

Every human being is on a voyage of life, says Prem Rawat. It begins when you are born, and “goes where no one has been before.” “How do we make this voyage? What is the purpose of this voyage? What do you need to take with you? Have you put on your list what you do not want or what you do want?” are some of the questions he asks.
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"Resources of Peace"

Maharaji talks about a peace that has nothing to do with religion, geographical boundaries, ideas, or wishes. Rather, he says, there is an aspiration for peace that is universal. “And the resources of the joy, the peace that you are looking for” he says, “exists with you.”

Prem Rawat - 'Garden of Life'

“Whatever seed you sow in your garden, in this garden of life, ultimately, this is the tree you will rest under," says Prem Rawat. "How restful it will be directly depends on what kind of seed you sow. Sow the seed of love and you will be rewarded with that most incredible feeling of love dancing in your heart.”
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TPRF Helps Provide Clean Water for 40,000 Villagers in Ghana

Nearly 40,000 Ghanaian villagers are enjoying clean fresh water and marked improvement in their living conditions due to support by TPRF for the UN Development Programme's Community Water Initiative. Magazia Saratu Mamuna, of Sanga, one of the nine communities helped said, "I can't believe that we have good drinking water during the dry season. It's a miracle. We thank the people who have changed our lives."
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"The Ocean Inside"

Maharaji quotes a couplet from a 14th century Indian poet, "That there is a drop in the ocean, everyone knows. But that there is an ocean in the drop, only a few understand." "You are the drop," he says, "and there is an ocean inside of you that you can know."

Fear or Trust?

Prem Rawat uses the real life analogy of a baby hummingbird on the verge of its first flight, facing a choice of fear or trust. What do we opt for in our lives? he asks. "We can't rely only on reason and endulge in fear, but with understanding, we can realize...that this life is the sweetest gift," he says.
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Desperate for Peace

“Have you ever felt desperate for peace?” Maharaji asks. He talks about how people often hide their need for peace planning for tomorrow, for their favorite day to come. But that one day, he says, can only come as today.

Prem Rawat - 'Asking the Right Question'

Maharaji says the question in life is not, “Wouldn’t you like to be happy?” The question is, he says, “How do I use this tool of life I’ve been given to accomplish … the greatest of all joy, the greatest of all happiness?”

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Prem Rawat 'A Witness to Beauty'

Maharaji, as Prem Rawat is widely known, talks about a way to look within where people can be introduced to themselves. “If you ever want to see a wonder,” he says, “I suggest you take a look at yourself. Not the concepts, not the ideas, not the goods, not the bads. But a timeless purity of existence. A witness to the beauty that is.”

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Prem Rawat - 'Peace Begins with You'

“Something has been the quest of every civilization,” says Prem Rawat. “The thirst for peace. The thirst for peace lies within you, and peace is also within you. You are the first step. Peace begins with you, not somebody else. All our lives, things have come from somewhere else. But the process of peace begins with you.”
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'What You Practice' - by Maharaji

“What do you practice in your life?” Maharaji asks. “Whatever you practice, you’re going to get good at. If you practice peace, you’re going to get very good at it. If you practice knowing yourself, you’re going to get very good at it. And you will know who you are.”
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Prem Rawat - 'Explanations'

Although people want to explain everything, some things need to be felt not explained, Prem Rawat says. “You cannot explain water. If you are thirsty, you need to drink it. You cannot explain food. If you are hungry, you need to eat it. You cannot explain what this existence means. It can only be felt.”
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Prem Rawat - 'Living Is a Celebration'

Maharaji, as Prem Rawat is widely known, talks about understanding the difference between juggling daily activities and the need of the heart to feel fulfilled. “Living is a celebration,” he says, “And you need to thrive every single day that has been provided to you.”
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Prem Rawat - 'A Spectacular Dream'

The quest for peace, says Prem Rawat, has been going on for a long, long time. “We have had a spectacular dream,” he says, “a dream that said to be in peace—not fear, doubt, pain, sorrow, or confusion—a dream to be in clarity.”
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"Maximum Benefit"

Prem Rawat talks about recognizing the ultimate blessing in life: “Breath has been bestowed upon us. And not just once, but again and again and again.” He says that finding peace and joy is each person’s potential, “where you can take maximum benefit of this existence.”
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Prem Rawat - 'What Makes You Happy?'

“When a cow is being a cow, it is the happiest,” says Prem Rawat. “An alligator knows who an alligator is. Being a cat is what makes a cat happy. Being a dog is what makes a dog happy. So what is it that makes the human being happy?”
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Prem Rawat - 'Can You Change the Story of Your Life?'

“That’s a million-dollar question,” Maharaji says, “A lot of people will tell you, ‘No. You cannot.’ Me? Yes, of course you can change the story. And not only that, I have seen it changed. Even in your most frustrated, darkest day, there’s a place inside of you where you can go, touch that place within, and your story has changed.”
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A World onto Yourself

Prem Rawat talks about the miracle of existence. “Look around you as the sun rises, and…as the sun sets,” he says. “Look at you as the time envelops you and you pass into that time. Look at you. You are a world unto yourself.”
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Prem Rawat Speaks in the Senate of Argentina

In recognition of TPRF’s humanitarian work, Prem Rawat was invited to speak at the Argentine Senate by Claudio Jacoy, president of the National Forum for Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, and Ambassador Oscar Laborde, vice president of the White Helmets, a UN-affiliated humanitarian aid and peacekeeping agency. These three organizations are rolling out a pilot program where tapes from Prem Rawat’s message of peace, along with other materials, are made available to