Lasting Peace Begins with Us
How can we contribute to a lasting peace in the world? The ancient yogic scriptures tell us that the power to change the world begins with us. Renowned spiritual teacher and spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait offers practical tools for self-transformation. We can all contribute to lasting peace.
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Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait is a modern-day master and living link in the unbroken Himalayan Tradition. He is the successor to Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas, and the spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute located in the heart of the Poconos in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. As the author of 19 books, including the book we are discussing in this program, Why We Fight: Practices for Lasting Peace, Pandit Tigunait offers practical guidance on applying yogic wisdom to modern life. For over 40 years he has touched innumerable lives around the world as a teacher, humanitarian, and visionary spiritual leader.
THE YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS: Pandit Tigunait published this book in the wake of the first US/Iraq war in 1991. He was surprised that when the war quickly ended how those who had been protesting the war forgot about it and went back to their lives and he didn't sell any books. For him this highlighted how our attention span is limited and only our individual inner peace brings compassion, kindness and nonviolence to the world. Compassion and kindness becomes an automatic way of life when we have a consistent practice for inner peace. I was inspired by his closing comments:
Embrace your best friend, your own mind. No matter how long it takes. Tell that best friend "Let’s go to that place of peace. Then let us come back to this beautiful world to serve."
Be kind to everyone and to all the world.
DR. TRUJILLO’S COMMENTS: I appreciated Pandit Tigunait’s teachings expressing the importance of cultivating our inner peace in order to contribute to peace in the world. We discussed the role that egoism plays in disturbing our inner peace, as egoism is one of the five Kleshas, the obstructions to our experience of our own essential Oneness with all that is. Pandit ji spoke of the importance of purification, or refinement, of the ego to provide clarity in how we can move forward in challenging situations. He also stressed the importance of having a regular meditation practice in cultivating our inner peace and our discernment. It was wonderful to have him on the show to discuss this important topic.