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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!
Earth Day Summit Friday, 22 April 2022
All are welcome to join our free international virtual summit:
'The Sacredness of Nature and Web of Life'
Live online, on the occasion of United Nations International Earth Day 2022.
International Conference and World Peace Prayer 2022
22 January 2022
International Conference and World Peace Prayer marking 75th anniversary of the Republic of India, held in Strilky, Czech Republic.
2021 World Peace Summit: events commemorating auspicious anniversary of Sri Swami Madhavananda
An international virtual conference titled Making Peace with the Earth was held on 10 November and further events for the 2021 World Peace Summit took place on 11 November, commemorating the 18th anniversary of Sri Swami Madhavananda's mahasamadhi (final liberation).
Online Event: Sri Swami Madhavananda Anniversary 2021
Online events for United Nations International Day of Non-Violence
On 2nd October 2021, the occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence and birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council (SSMWPC) collaborated with Yoga in Daily Life (YIDL) to present two special Online Events, hosting from Australia and Canada and joined by participants around the world.
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.