In the service of God and humanity
On World Toilet Day, Pujya Swamiji inaugurates new toilets that the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance built in a Rishikesh school (just one of the dozens of Rishikesh schools we’ve built toilets for,) and encourages the children to not only use the toilet but to love the toilet and clean the toilet!!!...
स्वच्छता ही फोकस है Cleanliness should be the focus and the foundation of our lives. On this World Toilet Day, and on the Eve of World Children’s Day, let us remember that the world is one family, and our house must be kept clean for all to be serene. If you start with keeping your home clean, your village clean, then the whole nation too will be clean. If we keep the nation clean, we too will remain clean. From now on, let sanitation be our meditation until toilets become universally used...
O Fantástico segue viagem pelo Ganges, o rio sagrado para os indianos. A próxima parada é Rishikesh, a cidade da ioga, uma prática que traz benefícios para o corpo e a mente. Os repórteres Sônia Bridi e Paulo Zero mostram ainda o esforço para limpar o Ganges – que é hoje um dos rios mais poluídos do mundo. E como uma maldição que recaiu sobre outro rio acabou sendo uma salvação. É o segundo episódio da incrível Jornada da Vida. This program was aired on Fantástico. [no_button size="" style="" text="Click here to watch...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji leads a collective prayer & pledge to stay connected to Mother Earth and to serve in preserving and protecting Her during the sacred and divine Ganga Aarti at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh. ...
Pujya Swamiji provides insight into the need for a clean Maa Ganga and water conservation during a water panel at the India Today Aaj Tak Safaigiri Awards where He was recognized for His environmental activism and faith leadership through the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance. Pujya Swamiji and Sadhviji also received an award on behalf of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance for the Best Sanitation Institute from Safai Giri....
Pujya Swamiji and Sadhviji were presented with the India Today Aaj Tak Safai Giri Best Sanitation Institute Award by ITA's Rahul Kanwal and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, for the work that the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, of which Pujya Swamiji is President and Sadhviji is Secretary-General, has done to bring faith into action for water, sanitation and hygiene, and for inspiring changes in behaviour and capacity building. ...
Pujya Swamiji and Sadhviji join the panel at NDTV's massive Banega Swasth India broadcast, 12-hours of divine programming all focused on the new Healthy India initiative begun at the successful conclusion of the Swachh Bharat mission on Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October. ...
This article was published in First Post, here. Our spiritual traditions enjoin us to remember our interconnectedness with the world. They exhort us to not only worship the Creator but also to protect, preserve and serve creation. When we meditate, we experience true oneness with God and with the entire universe, but we must then bring that meditation into action because true meditation leads to a vast change in the way we act and live. People turn to their religious leaders for guidance and direction in their lives for the criteria...