Prem Rawat
Prem Rawat ( complete: Prem Pal Singh Rawat, born December 10, 1957 in Kankhal, India) is a spiritual teacher who speaks on the global lecture tours about peace. The focus of his work lies in the dissemination of the Father learned meditation techniques. He was born on December 10, 1957 in the Indian Kankhal, a small town on the outskirts of Haridwar on the Ganges. He grew up in Dehradun in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where he went to school. Previously, he was named in accordance with a common salutation in India for a spiritual master, Guru Maharaj Ji. He put these songs in the 1980s. Today he is often mentioned in the public Prem Rawat, Maharaji by his students.
Life
Prem Rawat (about: born ruler of yoga) as a child or even Balyogeshwar called Sant Ji, is the youngest of four sons of Shri Hans Ji Maharaj. This was a religious independent spiritual teacher, founder of the Indian Divine Light Mission ( DLM). Prem Rawat's mother belonged to the Hindu religion. Prem Rawat attended to learn all about English, on the father's wish that Catholic -run primary school St. Joseph's in Dehra Dun.
After the death of the father of eight -year-old Prem Rawat was recognized in 1966 as a successor. According to Prem Rawat's biographer Andrea Cagan there was considerable disagreement within the family in terms of succession. In 1971 he toured the age of 13, without his family and against the wishes of his mother, Europe, the United States and Canada, where he among other things, events in Los Angeles and Boulder, Colorado held. In Denver, an offshoot of the DLM was founded in order to organize more tours and events can. Prem Rawat was at that time by his students as a Perfect Master ( Perfect Master ) and are worshiped ( in India: Satguru ). He teaches four concentration techniques, which should allow for Knowledge (knowledge) called inner experience. Rawat replaced the DLM on to rid the appearance of his mission of Indian tradition, and established as a successor organizations Elan Vital 1983, 2001 The Prem Rawat Foundation and 2008 Words of Peace Global.
In 1974, the sixteen -year-old Prem Rawat married the 25 -year-old Marolyn Johnson, one of his first American students, who according to Hindu custom was called Durga Ji temporarily. Rawat's family split permanently after marriage. The mother ( Mata Ji ) disinherited him and returned with two of the three brothers returned to India, where she the oldest, Satpal or formerly Bal Bhagwan Ji, started in place of Shri Hans Ji Maharaj. By the Western students Prem Rawat largely presented united behind him, they made possible the development of the message regardless of family or traditional bonds. In India, it has a growing number of students again ( Raj Vidya Kender ).
Prem Rawat has lived in the U.S. and is the most time on the international lecture and training trips. In addition to his performances in the care of the followers and interested he also speaks on different cultural and political forums.
Work
Prem Rawat speaks at public events since the age of three. The number of participants varies between a few hundred to several hundred thousand. Between 1965, when his speeches were first recorded, until July 2005, he is said to have spoken aloud Elan Vital at 2,280 events in over 50 countries and over 250 cities. In 2005 he had reached on events in four continents to an audience of over 1.5 million listeners. On a lecture tour in India and Nepal in April and May 2007, he had over 3 million listeners. His sermons are translated into 70 languages and available in over 80 countries.
His theme is the experience of a common to all men universal level of consciousness ( of knowledge ) from which the individual experience of peace and fulfillment is possible out. A social coexistence in peace it follows as a consequence of this knowledge. The techniques are, under appropriate preparation and guidance to allow access to this level of consciousness, which falls outside the imagination and writability and had only experienced directly.
He has a very diverse audiences worldwide. This includes people living in rural areas of India and Africa, as well as people from all sectors of Western society, to leaders from government and business. He makes use of modern communication technology to become globally accessible to his message of the greatest possible number of people (aircraft with intercontinental range, helicopters, digital satellite TV, DVD, Internet, MP3, etc.). According to the Prem Rawat Foundation His message is currently distributed in 88 countries, mostly on video or print products. His lectures ( "open access", or " Words of Peace " ) are freely aired in numerous TV channels such as Canal Infinito in South America, Channel 31 in Australia, Dish Network in the U.S., also in New Zealand, Fiji and Taiwan. In India gather monthly average of 675,000 people who do not have a satellite receiving ability in community receiving agencies. There 480 weekly transfers are offered in 10 languages. 2014 Rawat's award-winning television series ' Words of Peace ' is transmitted in 48 languages and 50 countries globally.
Since 2008, the programs are broadcast in South America and in several dialects of Quechua Native American language.
Began in 2007, founded by Rawat Prem Rawat Foundation ( The Prem Rawat Foundation TPRF ) a very successful peace education program ( Peace Education Program, PEP) for prisoners, which at 25 prisons was used in 10 countries in 2011 and a sensational reduction of recidivism students had, according to data from TPRF three to four out of 700 program participants after 5 years in Dominguez state prison in San Antonio, Texas.
As part of its international teaching, he held, inter alia, extracurricular lectures at several universities.
A biography of Rawat, Peace is Possible by Andrea Cagan, was published in 2006 with a foreword by Emilio Colombo, a former President of the European Parliament and former Prime Minister of Italy. 2009 Rawat was appointed " Ambassador of Peace" for the province of Basilicata in Italy. In June 2010, he accepted an invitation of the Vice- President of the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella, and spoke at a conference titled: " Words of Peace Europe" in the house of the European Parliament, Brussels, on Frieden.Im November 2011 he was the keynote speaker of an international conference in Brussels entitled: "Peace and well-Being - basic values of the European Community ", also organized by Pitt Ella. Subsequently signed Rawat and Pitt Ella, as well as international dignitaries and representatives, a peace vow ( " Pledge to Peace "). It pledged the signatories to report at the international " Day of Peace ", which is organized by the United Nations every year on 21 September, activities to promote peace. In September 2012, Prem Rawat was awarded in Malaysia with the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, for his " contributions to the advocacy of global peace ".
On February 2, 2014 Rawat spoke to over 200,000 young people in the ninth Youth Peace Festival in Delhi.
Teaching
The doctrine of Prem Rawat is by scholars associated with certain forms of various intellectual currents, such as on the background of Hinduism with Sant Mat, Radhasoami, Sat Guru ( true master ) or avatar. These teachings have almost all have in common that throughout history always solitary figures (Sant ) occur with the claim to reveal a vivid experience of the innermost essence of man, without necessarily resorting to existing doctrines, traditions, philosophies or religions. Examples from the Indian tradition: Kabir; Nanak; Mirabai, in the Islamic tradition ( Sufism ): Jalal ad-Din ar - Rumi.
Unchanging feature of many of these teachings is the central role of the special relationship between living masters and students. The resulting ritual manifestations can vary by region or epoch be very different and do not represent the essence of this knowledge path dar. In the Indian tradition, a Sant (literally about Sanskrit: who knows the truth, not the same meaning, though often confused described with the English Saint = saint) as a holy man (man or woman) a special kind, which does not necessarily renounced the world, no distinctive clothing or insignia bears any organization belongs to any religion or tradition is obliged, not even the particular ideas and expectations of his students. The Sant have direct access to the highest truth and an applied in all human inner source of constant enjoyment and can also provide the same access to his pupils. The latent in human consciousness structurally innate holiness ideal ( the knowledge ) of the Sant am open to everyone and transcend the boundaries of religions and castes. It should not be believed. The knowledge is simple and does not require any prior knowledge or special talent, but had no living master can not be reached. It manifests itself only in the interaction between master and pupil. Fantasy and imagination act this rather limiting, promotional, however, is the willingness to surrender to the knowledge.
Sant Master had often occurred not only in India as a reformer solidified religious systems in the world history. Currently representing Prem Rawat this offer first time on a global level, which he himself, however, not explicitly relies on this tradition, but on his personal talent.
The knowledge ( Knowledge ) can be realized by regularly practicing the four learned from him concentrative techniques by Prem Rawat, whose efficacy is however only intended to result from the interaction with other conditions: contact with the teacher through participation ( in the form of DVD, Webcast or podcast, and the like ) on his courses, further participation ( using or grants for Prem Rawat's projects). The students should be guided into a life-long development process with the goal of permanent conscious experience of knowledge.
Student
To get an introduction to the techniques of knowledge, / students / in must be of legal age. Those preparing for the introduction to the techniques of Knowledge are called aspirants. The techniques are ( No. 1-5 key - DVDs ) taught after appropriate preparation through a correspondence course in the form of a special video presentation ( key - DVD No. 6) by Prem Rawat. Preparation and implementation, as well as participation in advanced courses are free. The organizational effort will only be funded through voluntary donations. After the introduction, the person is from now on be able to practice the four techniques of knowledge independently. The more contact with the teacher is recommended. Requirements relating lifestyle or financial commitment are not known.
Reception
The Prem Rawat's reactions to appearance outside India were very polarizing emotionally, especially in the early stages. Many of his first followers came from the hippie movement of the 60s and 70s and influenced the appearance of movement. Many elements of the external representation were adopted from Indian tradition. Prem Rawat's message was hardly seriously perceived behind the exotic surface. In the Western media, public reaction was accordingly rather superficial and frivolous. 1974, a documentary report on the then highly regarded in the American entertainment media " Millennium 73 " was Festival in Houston, Texas aired under the title of Lord of the Universe in U.S. television. Prem Rawat at this time was only 15 years old and the event was by his eldest brother Satpal ( " Bal Bhagwan Ji " ) was organized. They fell short of the organizational and financial expectations. From his former supporters of the young Prem Rawat was worshiped in problematic for Western eyes extent.
The movement has its sensational beginnings in the West may be shrunk in number and become less interesting for the mass media. Many of the initially enthusiastic supporters from the former counterculture saw their often messianic expectations are not met and withdrew. Some disillusioned former students organized themselves on the Internet and began Prem Rawat to fight work. It is estimated that Prem Rawat currently serves hundreds of thousands of practicing students worldwide, the vast majority of them in India. According to a press release, the number of new students over in 2004 rose for the first time 50,000. An exact determination of the total number actually practicing students is difficult because there are few formal membership criteria. The introduction to the teaching and in the concentration techniques done since 2005, mainly through a DVD -based distance learning course, called the key, which includes the practical introduction to the techniques of Knowledge with at the end. According to the key information site 365 237 people in 67 countries have received since the establishment of the keys to May 2008 on this way, the introduction to the knowledge.
Since 1971, when he was first invited to speak before an audience outside India, Prem Rawat has received numerous honors in recognition of his work. The TV programs " Words of Peace " were awarded by independent bodies.
The Times Foundation, which belongs to The Times of India, co - sponsored on February 2, 2014, the 9th Youth Peace Festival in Delhi, in which Rawat appeared as a keynote speaker and published about 200,000 attendees. The conservative force The Times of India, India's largest English-language daily newspaper, printed a detailed report, there was also a positive report in the attached TV news channel Times Now. Which appears in Malaysia NewStraitsTimes reported on a recent statement Rawat for lost flight MH370.
The Prem Rawat Foundation ( TPRF, The Prem Rawat Foundation)
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The charitable foundation "The Prem Rawat Foundation " ( TPRF ) was founded in 2001 in the U.S., spread across cultures with the aim of Prem Rawat's talks, speeches, literature, art, music and public forums. Regardless of the Foundation other charitable, social or philanthropic organizations is someone whose goals are compatible with Prem Rawat's concerns, or lends itself to such projects. The focus is on assistance for people in remote, rural areas that are easily overlooked by the major humanitarian organizations in favor of urban areas. TPRF has launched a number of aid projects to life, which are to improve the lives of people in need. The Foundation is a member of the Better Business Bureau 's Wise Giving Alliance and is subject to appropriate accountability with regard to profit.
Personal
Prem Rawat is since 1977 a U.S. citizen and lives with his wife and four adult children in Malibu, California. He has flight licenses for a number of helicopters and aircraft types and is an experienced pilot with 14,000 flight hours. His resume includes contributions in computer graphics, computer-aided design and development of software for the aviation industry. He is named as co-inventor of a patented in the U.S. World Time Pilot Watch. Own account, he entertains himself and his family from investments in successful start-ups, including in the area of software.