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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1950s
Prem Rawat was born in India in 1957, in a small town called Haridwar; There he grew up with his three brothers and his sister, in a family very interested in peace. His father Hans Ji Maharaj, a renowned speaker on the power of peace, was instrumental in Prem's life.
Prem Rawat was born in 1957 in Hardiwar, North India.
Prem Rawat’s father, Shri Hans Ji Maharaj, spoke about peace at a public event in Patna, Bihar, India to an audience of over 10,000 people. Aged 2, Prem joins his father on the stage.
1960s
At age 4, Prem Rawat gave his first public talk on peace. At 9, after the death of his father in 1966, Prem decided to continue his work and took responsibility for achieving his goal: to share his knowledge of practical peace with all who would listen. His reputation as a teacher grew rapidly in the 1960s in India, and his powerful message: "The peace is possible if you start with yourself", began to attract interest internationally.
Prem Rawat’s father, Hans Ji Maharaj, begins to teach a young Prem all he knew about inspiring and helping people to find personal peace.
On 19th July 1966, Prem Rawat’s father dies at the age of 65. After a period of mourning, on 31st July, Prem publicly declares his determination to bring his father's message and teachings on personal peace to everybody in the world.
Prem Rawat’s family is visited in India by Brian Kitt, a Londoner searching for personal peace. For the first time, Brian raises the possibility of Prem taking his message and teachings outside of India – marking the beginning of Prem’s journey as a global peace ambassador.
Prem Rawat makes his first public speech, aged 4, to an audience of family and friends in his home city of Haridwar.
1970s
At just 13 years old, Prem became one of India's pioneers in presenting a message of peace to the Western world. One of his first talks in the West took place at the first Glastonbury Fayre Festival in 1971, in which Gong and Linda Lewis also participated. At a time of enormous political and cultural upheaval, Prem's reputation grew rapidly as he visited Europe, North America, and Australia. It is also in the 70s, when Prem marries Marolyn, his current wife, and they start a family.
Prem Rawat makes one of his first speeches outside of India: addressing an audience of 10,000 people at the first ever Glastonbury Fayre in England.
Between 1971 and 1974, Prem Rawat visits Australia, Jamaica and Canada as his determination to bring his message of peace to new audiences continues to grow.
Prem Rawat marries his wife, Marolyn Johnson, in 1974. A year later, their first child, Premlata, is born.
1980s
In a global environment of consumerism and conservatism, Prem continued to share his message of personal peace with new audiences around the world. Following her commitment that all who seek such peace should listen to her message, she traveled to West Africa for the first time. She also returned to India, where she had not been back since her adolescence.
Prem Rawat visits his home country, India, for the first time since 1971, speaking to huge crowds at events in New Delhi and later Nepal.
Prem Rawat and Marolyn welcome their second son, Amar.
During a visit to the UK, Prem Rawat speaks at the world famous Royal Albert Hall in London.
Prem Rawat speaks in Africa – with events held in Côte D’Ivoire and South Africa.
1990s
In the years following the end of the Cold War, Prem Rawat's message was already reaching millions of people around the world. During the 1990s, he began speaking to business and political representatives, as well as members of civil society, about the possibility of achieving peace in a rapidly changing world.
Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, as the Cold War is coming to an end, Prem Rawat addresses audiences in Berlin where he reiterates his message that peace is possible. Prem Rawat also tours India, Italy and England.
Prem Rawat ventures into video production and builds centres in Argentina and Australia to host larger events and reach more communities.
Prem Rawat speaks to 5,500 attendees at a major event in Wembley Stadium in the UK – one of Europe’s leading venues.
Prem Rawat continues to take his message to countries around the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.
2000s
As the world welcomed the new millennium, Prem and his message were gaining worldwide recognition. Her travels continued, and her audiences were increasingly varied, including prestigious institutions such as the UN. At that time she created the Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF), in order to cover basic human needs such as food, water and peace.
The Prem Rawat Foundation was founded. Its mission: to address the fundamental human needs of food, water and the often-overlooked need for peace.
Prem Rawat was a keynote speaker at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
Former Italian Prime Minister Emilio Colombo welcomed Prem Rawat to Rome, where he addressed members of the Italian Senate and other dignitaries.
Prem Rawat addressed the Senate of Argentina at the invitation of the UN White Helmets and the Forum for Human Rights and Humanitarian Action.
Prem Rawat addressed Australia’s Parliament House - in conjunction with the United Nations Association of Australia - on the United Nations International Day of Peace.
2010s
In his sixth decade as Global Peace Ambassador, Prem Rawat continues to aspire to deliver his message of peace to the world. In this decade, he has had the honor of being invited to speak before the European Parliament, the British Parliament and the United Nations (UN). He was also awarded the prestigious “Brand Laureate Lifetime Achievement” by the Asia Pacific Brands Association, and has become a best-selling author of “When the Desert Blooms”.
Prem Rawat's first book title turned to street art by World famous artist Eine, in London's East End.
Prem Rawat was a keynote speaker at a special event at the European Parliament entitled “Peace and Well-being in the European Union”.
Prem Rawat received the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation’s Brand Laureate International Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the fourth recipient of the award (with previous winners including Nelson Mandela).
Prem Rawat spoke in the House of Commons at the UK Parliament in London, England with the former government minister and future Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Scotland of Asthal.
Prem Rawat spoke to over 400,000 people at an event in Buxar, India.
2020s
The World premiere launch of Prem's second book "Hear Yourself", published by Penguin Random House, is held in Madrid, Spain.
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 14th 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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