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UN 2023 Water Conference - Virtual Side Event
Save the date: Thursday, March 23, 2023, 11am-12:45 pm EDT (3-4:45 pm UTC)
The Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council in collaboration with Yoga in Daily Life USA and the International Day of Yoga Committee at the United Nations is hosting an on-line summit as part of the UN Water Conference 2023 and in honor of the United Nations decade dedicated to water. All are welcome to join!
Peace Tree planting ceremonies on UN Day of Non-Violence
3 October 2022
Two World Peace Tree planting ceremonies took place on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand, to mark the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti (birthday) and the UN International Day of Non-Violence.
Celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday in New Zealand
2 October 2022
Vishwaguruji graces the celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday in New Zealand's capital city.
International Day of Peace observance at the United Nations, New York
The 21st of September was established in 1981 as the International Day of Peace by the United Nations General Assembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted to designate the day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire every year.
Earth Day Summit: 'The Sacredness of Nature and the Web of Life'
On the occasion of International Earth Day on Friday, 22 April 2022, Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council, in collaboration with Yoga in Daily Life USA, hosted a virtual Earth Day Summit on the topic, 'Sacredness of Nature and the Web of Life'.
Council's objectives
The Council’s main objective is to promote and support the realisation of the UN Millennium Development Goals and values of the Earth Charter Initiative.
Yoga in Daily Life
The central idea of yoga is to live happily. That happiness is inherent in everybody and everything. Many people however are looking for happiness outside in the external world. In the end they are disappointed.
The System “Yoga in Daily Life” is one of the most famous and acknowledged systems of yoga throughout the world created by His Holiness Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, whose main goal is to help humanity attain physical, mental, social and spiritual health.
