Six decades of service, one eternal message: “Peace is possible”

Global peace ambassador Prem Rawat has spent his entire life travelling the world to deliver one timeless message.

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Six decades of service, one eternal message: “Peace is possible”

Global peace ambassador Prem Rawat has spent his entire life travelling the world to deliver one timeless message.

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1960s

Aged four, Prem Rawat made his first public speech about peace. At the age of nine, following his father’s death in 1966, Prem took on his father’s mantle and assumed responsibility for fulfilling his mission: to share his knowledge of practical peace to all who would listen. Prem's reputation as a teacher spread rapidly across India in the 1960s and his empowering message that ‘peace is possible when you start with yourself’ began to attract international attention.

1961 1963 1966 1968

1970s

At just 13 years old, Prem left the family home in India for the first time and became one of the first people from India to deliver a message of peace to the Western world. One of Prem’s first speeches to a Western audience took place at the first-ever Glastonbury Fayre in 1971, on a bill alongside Gong and Linda Lewis. During a time of huge political and cultural upheaval, Prem's profile grew rapidly as he visited Europe, North America and Australia. It was also during the 1970s that Prem married his wife, Marolyn, and started a family.

1971 1974 1976 1978

1980s

Against a backdrop of conservatism and consumerism, Prem continued to share his message of personal peace with new audiences around the world. His commitment to ensuring that all those who sought personal peace should hear his message saw him travel to West Africa for the first time. He also returned to India – a country he had not seen since he was a teenager.

1980 1981 1982 1985 1989

1990s

As the Cold War drew to a close, Prem Rawat’s message was reaching millions of people around the world. During the 1990s, Prem began to speak to business leaders and politicians – as well as members of the public – sharing his perspective on the possibility of peace in a rapidly changing world.

1990 1992 1997

2000s

As the world welcomed in a new millennium, Prem was gaining global recognition for his message. He continued to traverse the globe and engage with influential and diverse audiences including prestigious institutions such as the United Nations. He also founded The Prem Rawat Foundation dedicated to addressing the fundamental human needs of food, water and peace.

2001 2002 2005 2006

2010s

In his sixth decade as a Global Peace Ambassador, Prem Rawat continues with his ambition to deliver his message of peace to the world. Thus far in this decade he has been honoured to be invited to speak at the European Parliament, the UK Parliament and the United Nations. Prem has also won the prestigious Asia Pacific Brands Foundation Brand Laureate International Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award, in addition to becoming a best-selling author with his book ‘Splitting the Arrow: Understanding the business of life’.

2011 2012 2014 2017 2018

A lifetime devoted to peace

For more than fifty-five years, Prem Rawat has shared his enduring message of peace with people all over the world – regardless of their nationality, religion, or lifestyle – a message that inner peace is not only possible, but a human birthright. With great commitment, wisdom, and wit, he has reached hundreds of millions of people in more than 100 countries.

As a best-selling author, Prem has found a way to make timeless, universal truths accessible to people from all walks of life. His most recent book, Hear Yourself, has received rave reviews and debuted on the New York Times best-seller list just two weeks after its September 14^th publication. The book, to date, has also been published in Spanish (Escúchate), French (Apprendre à s'écouter), Italian (Impara ad ascoltarti) and Portuguese (Ouve A Tua Voz). Other books authored by Prem include: Peace is Possible (aka Splitting the Arrow), The Pot With The Hole, and The Stonecutter.

Always looking for innovative, new ways to communicate his message, Prem has created Peace Education and Knowledge (PEAK) -- an online, video-based, self-discovery course available to everyone, free of charge, on TimelessToday, his media platform.

Yet another way that Prem communicates his inspiring message is via his Peace Education Program (PEP) which has been extraordinarily well-received in prisons, schools, police academies, hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, and veterans centers in more than 80 countries.

Most recently, Prem has added another spice to the stew – Intelligent Existence, a highly engaging training that focuses on three key themes:
1) Know yourself;
2) Live life consciously and;
3) Have a heart filled with gratitude.

Prem is also a very active humanitarian. The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF), established in 2001, supports various charitable activities throughout the world – including disaster relief, eye banks, food distribution programs, and the outreach efforts of his Peace Education Program.

Additionally, Prem is an accomplished pilot, having logged more than 14,000 hours of flying time in service to his lifelong commitment to bring his message of peace to as many people as possible. His hobbies? Composing music, cooking, restoring old cars, storytelling, and photography. Family-wise, Prem has been married to Marolyn Johnson since 1974 and is the father of four, and the grandfather of four.

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Six decades,one message:
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