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Oct 01 2019

Sadhviji Releases Come Home to Yourself in the Presence of Saints and Sages

During the auspicious gathering of dozens of living saints and sages - including Her guru, HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and HH the Dalai Lama - for the start of month-long celebrations marking the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gandhiji, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji officially released her most recent book, Come Home to Yourself, published by Penguin and available on Amazon.in. ...

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Sep 30 2019

Peace With No Borders Madrid 2019

Today, as celebrations of #InternationalDayOfPeace culminate here at Parmarth Niketan Rishikesh, here is the video of my speech on Prayer as a Source of Peace at the Sant'Egidio forum with the theme Peace With No Borders last week in Madrid. In that panel, I shared about how #prayers bring about #peace — internally within ourselves and in our world. I also shared that in order to achieve peace, we need to realize that as we pray for peace we must know that, with God's mercy and with God's grace, we...

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Sep 30 2019

International Day of Peace 2019

On today's International Day of Peace - a day set aside each year by the @unitednations as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples - it's important to remember what peace really is and, more importantly, how we can create, maintain and expand it in the future. I spoke on this subject last year, at the "Keeping the Faith in Sustainable Peace: Women of Faith as Agents of Transformation" at the United Nations and organized by UNFPA KAICIID & European...

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Sep 30 2019

Peace With No Borders in Madrid

I just returned from Madrid, Spain where I was honored and pleased to speak at the #PeaceWithNoBorders conference, organized by the Community. I joined over 300 interfaith and civic leaders that gathered together for the cause of and in the name of Peace. I was especially grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Ecology and the Common Destiny panel, where I had to chance to be a part of a discussion with Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Professor Jeffrey D Sachs, Minister for the Ecological Transition...

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Sep 29 2019

Sadhviji Addresses the Hindustan Times Tourism Conclave

It was a wonderful joy this morning to be part of the Hindustan Times Tourism conclave in Delhi and to share about spiritual tourism. Here is a very short clip of what I shared. Let us remember what it is that draws people to India: the search for deep peace, joy, meaning, fulfillment and transformation in life. Let us make sure to protect and preserve the sacred and spiritual atmosphere and places which are this country‘s greatest treasure, and also the greatest impetus to Tourism. ...

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Sep 28 2019

India Reclaims its Historic Swachh Heritage

India Reclaims its Historic Swachh Heritage, with Releases of New Study, at Hands of Hon’ble Jal Shakti Minister and the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance’s Faith Leaders DELHI- The Hon’ble Jal Shakti Minister, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and Respected Jal Shakti Ministry Secretaries, Shri Parameswaran Iyer and Dr UP Singh joined Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, HH Chetsang Rinpoche Drikung Kyabgon, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati and other faith leaders, dignitaries as well as Gandhians to launch Swachhata Sanskriti Book at the Gandhi Ashram, Kingsway Camp, Delhi, during the ongoing celebrations of 150 years of...

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Sep 26 2019

Interfaith Dialogue with HH the Dalai Lama at the Gandhi Ashram

Sarva Dharma Sangam Brings Interfaith Leaders Together to Honour India’s Tradition of Interfaith Harmony and Gandhiji’s 150 Years at the Gandhi Ashram, Delhi His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Pujya Swami Ramdevji, Pujya Sant Shri Morari Bapuji, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Respected Maulana Mehmood Madaniji and other saints and leaders of different religious traditions came together in the name of an expanded definition of peace DELHI: Mahatma Gandhi famously said, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” One hundred fifty years after his birth, to celebrate his life...

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Sep 25 2019

Launch of Sadhviji’s New Book “Come Home to Yourself” by Hands of HH the Dalai Lama

Sadhvi Bhagawatiji's new book Come Home to Yourself was launched by His Holiness the Dalai Lama with many revered saints, including Pujya Swami Ramdevji, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Pujya Morari Bapuji, respected Maulana Mohammad Madaniji, Chief Jathedar Gyani Gurubachan Singhji, respected Maulana Kokabji, respected father Ajit Patrick, and the family of Harijan Sevak Sangh, the oldest Gandhian organization, founded in 1932 by Mahatma Gandhi himself and now under the leadership of Shanker Sanyalji. What an incredible honor to have my new book #ComeHomeToYourself launched today by HH #Dalailama @DalaiLama w/#moraribapu ji,...

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Sep 23 2019

Sadhviji Leads Pledge for Peace and Water Conservation

On a day that Holy Maa Ganga decided to bring even more of Her divine waters to Earth, Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati ji, Parmarth Niketan Sevaks and Rishikumars, NSS Cadets and local school children joined together for a Walk for Peace and Water yesterday as part of the ashram’s celebration of International Day of Peace. The event was a cooperative effort between the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance and Dr Sanjana Jon and her H2Om Movement, which seeks to change the direction of water availability and usage in the world through...

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