Sri Sri addresses masses at the trouble striken area of lower Assam

Feb. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Over one lakh rural population from seven troubled districts of lower Assam turned up at the inauguration of the three-day Kisan ( Farmers meet)  Mela at the Gomath field to hear Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s message of peace and love.  

Inaugurating the Kisan Mela – a training programme for local farmers, Sri Sri said,” Our country is a land of rishis and krishis. If they are miserable the society and country will suffer. We should adopt zero-budget and chemical free-farming. There is also an urgent need to preserve local seeds. Assam being rich in medicinal plants, we should grow more of them.”  

The training programme has experts from the Sri Sri Institute of Agricultural Sciences And Technological Trust, Bengaluru, who will impart training to local farmers on chemical-free and zero-budget farming.

Laying stress on education, he appealed to all the mothers’ to send each of their children to school. Assuring the youth of Assam of his support he said,” Being happy is our birth right. I am with you all for stability and peace. Accept people irrespective of their caste, religion and nationality and together we can work towards creating a stress-free and violence - free society.”  

Sri Sri also laid importance on the adoption of the ancient wealth of ayurveda in curing many ailments.

On Feb 17, in Guwahati, he led an evening of music, meditation and knowledge which saw participation of thousands of people. Sri Sri is on a week-long tour to the North-East of India starting Feb 15-21, 2010, covering Tripura, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.  

The Art of Living founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a multi-faceted NGO, operating in over 140 countries that works towards uplifting humanity by bringing peace at the level of the individual, society, nation and world as a whole.  It has been operating in Assam since 1995, carrying out among others, leadership training programmes for the youth. It has also been awarded the Chief Minister’s ‘Best Community Action Award’ in the Bongaigaon district for its exemplary role for promoting communal harmony and holistic health through yoga and pranayama.

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The Art of Living is a multi-faceted, not-for-profit educational and humanitarian NGO with a presence in over 151 countries. Founded in 1982 by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living, today, is one of the largest voluntary organisations in the world.

Inspired by its founder’s vision of making the world a violence-free, stress-free global family, the organisation is engaged in various initiatives that uplift humanity and enhance the quality of life. The goal of the organisation is to bring peace at the level of the individual, society, nation and the world as a whole. Its areas of work covers conflict resolution, disaster and trauma relief, poverty alleviation, empowerment of women, prisoner rehabilitation, education for all, campaigns against female foeticide and child labour and environment sustainability.