It is nice to see some one is particularly keen about awarding Nobel peace award to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. It is also said if it is given to too many, the value is diluted. In this context, Is there any point to be very particular who gets the Peace award. I am sure there is a body who recommends this peace award. It is their problem. We all have to accept their final verdict. It is unnecessary to worry too much who gets what. I am sure Sri Sri Ravi Shankar agrees to this and He does not want any body to worry about it. There is always a reason why things happen the way happen eventhough we do not know most of the time. Let us wait for the final verduct.
Thanks for raising the voice for the genuine and the nobelest cause. It is very sad if nationality& religion do play part in selection for the greatest prize of the world.
The basic phylosophy of Hinduism is to respect all religions. Lord Krishna says " whoever worships whatever- blessing is given by only one 'DIVINE'. Secularism is inbuilt in Hinduism. Is there any example that even a single man/woman has ever been forcibly converted into Hinduism.
Sri Sri Ravishankar belongs equally to all religions or to no religion as he teaches 'Spiritualism' and not religion. Spiritualism can not be of two types as 'Breath' and 'Prana' are.
A mentally peaceful person can not do harm to others . He has brougt peace to millions of people across the world . He has embraced people of all religions, nations,status and age. He is embodiment of 'peace' and 'wisdom'. 'Noble Prize' itself will be honoured if it is awarded to 'Sri Sri Ravishankar'.
May I request you to propagate this for the noble cause.
I read recently about Sri Sri RaviShankar's foundation adopting some of the Kashimiri refugee children and giving them modern education in Bangalore. These children had gone through some blood-chilling experiences, which seem almost unfair for someone so young. Yet they said that they could smile again thanks to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar!
The Nobel Peace Prize - would definitely be a fitting recognition of this man's efforts.
I do respect the authors thought. However, I am sure everyone of us will agree that spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar would be more happy to bring happiness in people rather wishing himself an Nobel Prize.
Humanity will more revere his holiness for what he did more than for his getting Nobel Prize. This I think is "Service Above Self"
I read the article you have written. It is indeed great to learn that there are writers like you who know so much of India and its ethoes and principle than many Indians.
The article and its facts published for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is eye opening. He has done a lot for the world civilization and hope he gets his due credit from the people of this world.
RE:Peace be upon them
by Nitin on Sep 29, 2005 10:15 PM Permalink
Just want to correct ur interpretation about the number of courses. Art of living ( organization started by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar) conducts courses simulatenously through teachers trained by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. So visibly he is just one single individual but through his training of hundereds of teachers he has a lot of heads to teach thousands of courses around the world. thanks.
RE:Peace be upon them
by Purvi on Oct 01, 2005 12:56 PM Permalink
Sir, Kindly go through the article again. It is stated that \' Sri Sri Ravi Shankar\'s soldiers of peace ...more than 2.3 million people). It talks about courses conducted through the foundation.
I am keeping religion apart. The services rendered by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is indeed noble, and deserve all the praise in the world. Going by the statistics provided by the Author, that this great man conducted some 75000 village courses, it would take 205 years with one course a day, 102 years with two, 51 years with four a day, from his birth - some statistics !! I hope the other facts are not concocted.
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by Rohan on Sep 29, 2005 09:54 PM Permalink
Hanif,
please read the article carefully before showing yr ignorance and mathematical skills?...the paragraph in question is as follows "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's soldiers of peace have adopted 25,300 Indian villages in 25 states, trained 25,710 village youth in youth leadership training programme and conducted over 75,000 villages courses benefiting more than 2.3 million people."...which means that Guruji personally has not conducted each an every course..hope yr fears about concocted facts is cleared now??
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by g on Sep 30, 2005 04:41 PM Permalink
Dear Hanif, it is not necessary for every course to be conducted by sri sri himselves.His followers also conduct the course.I have heard a lot about them.Please try to read any chapter from book written by him i am sure you will feel the difference. I have not attended any of his course but i am 100% confident of attaining peace
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by mani on Sep 30, 2005 11:48 AM Permalink
Dear U have mistaken.. HE has adopted the 25000 villages and done lot developing activities thru Art of living volunteers..HE has trained many to teachers..to teach the knowledge..so teachers are takng classes in different part of the world..so u r calculation is wrong... with love mani
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by deepak on Sep 29, 2005 06:57 PM Permalink
Yes... you are very correct in your perspective. But you should also know, Art of living is a very big family with lots of teachers and volunteers.At present Sri Sri Ravishankarji is not taking the classes. He has thousands of trained volunteers who are doing this for him. His team is getting big and big each day. So while you start write something, first understand what this organisation is doing and I would appreciate, if you could take up a course.
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by Hanif Mohammed on Oct 02, 2005 03:59 PM Permalink
To All the Gentlemen, who has pointed out the error in my comment - thank you. I goofed this time !!
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by A.H. Venkatachalam on Sep 30, 2005 01:40 PM Permalink
Pray don't misinterpret. It is stated clearly that it is not Sri Sri Ravi Shanker, but his SOLDIERS OF PEACE conducted over 75000 courses. This is not a concoction.
Give him a Corporate Business prize
by Cogito_ergo... on Sep 30, 2005 10:54 AM Permalink
Thank you, Hanif jee, for boldly speaking out THE TRUTH. I belong to the same religion as Sri Sri Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Therefore, my views are not coloured by my religious beliefs. Even my mother-tongue is the same as his. The fact of the matter is that SSRS is just another of those "gurus", running trans-national or multinational corporate businesses, pretending to give "spiritual" guidance to the whole world. There are many in the same business, like Mata Amritanandamayi, "Maharshi" Mahesh Yogi, "Bhagawan" Satya Sai Baba, and a horde of lesser known ones like S N Goenka ("vipassana"). A "Christian" example is Benny Hinn, who was treated like a Head of State when he came to India last year. He makes $100 million a year globally, Rs.150-200 million from India alone. The objective is to MAKE MONEY and GAIN POWER. The philanthropic and charitable actions are actually PR exercises meant for promoting their real business. Why not give Nobel peace prize to Bill Gates and Melinda Gates? They deserve it, because they have been giving away billions of $$$$ when they don't need to. Wake up, my countrymen, don't be such suckers.
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by SI on Sep 30, 2005 06:35 PM Permalink
Hey Hanif,
Please read the article carefully. The author clearly says that Sri Sri's soldiers of peace have adopted and done the work in 75,000 villages. It is surprising how you can ignore the big picture and find such a miniscule point to nit pick on.
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by ashok on Oct 01, 2005 12:42 AM Permalink
the author says "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's soldiers of peace" conducted over 75,000 villages courses.NOT Sri Sri Ravi Shankar alone.Maybe you should read the article properly before commenting.
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by Sankar on Sep 29, 2005 09:27 PM Permalink
Hanif, You have a quick mind, woow, am amazed at all the calculations you have made. :) 75000 /365 = 205 years .. brilliant.. but what you missed is the fact that Gautier says its Sri Ravi Shankar's "soldiers of peace" ( Means his disciples :) FYI ) have conducted all those courses and achieved other things. So I safely assume that there are about 100 disciples of his conducting these courses concurrently. Now what are the numbers again 75000 / 365 / 100 = 2 years. Does that seem reasonable ?
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by prabu on Sep 30, 2005 01:31 AM Permalink
Dear Mr. Hanif Mohammed, I would like to let you know that the art of living courses are conducted by 100s of teachers apart from sri sri ravi shankar. Some times teachers handle more than 1 group per day. considering that art of living has been around for 25 years, it is very very possible that the stats are correct. I guess i told you something which you did not know earlier. thanks!
RE:NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
by Rammesh P Garg on Sep 29, 2005 08:43 PM Permalink
Mr.Hanif Mohammad is good in simple arithmetic. Sri Sri Guruji, has been training trainers for his Art of Living course and Sudharshana Kriya, thousands of volunteers, for about 25 years. The process of selection of volunteer-trainers is very tough. On any given day, thousands of his trainers are conducting the Art of Living courses across the globe. I underwent this training under one of his able trainers about 20 years ago. RPG
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has brought peace on this planet from the level of the individual through his breathing technique called the Sudarshan Kriya, to the level of societies, communities, and countries. He has built a global family called the Art of Living that is available to jump into service at any given time no matter what the calamity is.
His commitment to humanity is unparalleled to none.
I think he deserves the Nobel Prize more than any person on this planet!!!
The author has rightly pointed out the reasons for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar getting a Noble peace prize. Twice, I had the previlige of attending Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's discourses and those two days remain in my memory as the most peaceful.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar rightly deserves the nobel peace prize.
RE:Nobel for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
by Nitin on Sep 29, 2005 10:09 PM Permalink
Sorry to say ... but ur knowledge on History is messed up. Buddishm , Shikism , Jainism all started by people who were followers of Hinduism First and then started their own religon. So they inherited all those practicies. Regarding Christianity, Judaism and Islam, I m not very sure but I dont think they meditated exclusively and have something to support in their documents.
RE:Nobel for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
by Sudhindra on Feb 08, 2006 12:40 PM Permalink
Did somebody say 'Bharatam'. Better get YOUR facts right before berating the C-dude. The original name of India was Jamboodweepa. What C wants to say is, Yoga need not be a religous activity. It is like saying zero was invented by Hindus. No sir, inventing zero was not a religious activity. If you want to spread the virtues of Yoga to the world, spread it as Indians. After all Sri is trying (atleast he says so) to unite all religions. Nothing wrong in being proud Hindus, but nowadays we are becoming borderline cases of fanatism.
