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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!

October 2017 | Forums, Conferences, Celebrations

International Day of Peace

Worldwide, 21 September 2017

The International Day of Peace has been observed by member states of the United Nations since 1981. With the declaration of the observance, the UN’s original aim was to contribute to the ideal of peace and to alleviate the tensions and causes of conflict, both within and between nations and peoples.

June 2017 | News

Vishwaguruji's visit in Győr, Hungary

Győr, Hungary, 12 June 2017

On invitation of Prof. Dr. Péter Földesi, the Rector of Széchenyi István University, Vishwaguruji visited the institution of higher learning located in Győr, Hungary. After discussions of mutual interest, Vishwaguruji and Rector Földesi visited the World Peace Tree they planted together in 2014.

June 2017 | News

His Holiness Vishwaguru Maheshwarananda plants two World Peace Trees in the Botanic Garden of Debrecen, Hungary

Debrecen, Hungary, 10 June 2017

The Yoga in Daily Life seminar guided by Vishwaguruji in Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, was highlighted by the planting of two special World Peace Trees in the Botanic Garden of the University of Debrecen.

January 2017 | News

High-level Dialogue organized at UN Headquarters

New York, 24 January 2017

Representatives of the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council (SSMWPC) attended the UN General Assembly High-level Dialogue organized at the UN Headquarters: “Building Sustainable Peace for All: Synergies between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustaining Peace”.

Council's objectives

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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

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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.