The Fundamental Need

Maharaji talks about a feeling of joy that is already within each person and needs no catalyst on the outside to manifest. Joy within is constant, he says; it is “the one simple reality that is knocking in the heart of every person.”

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Real Peace

Maharaji talks about how we develop theories of peace and how everyone has a version of peace that suits them. Real peace, he says, is a peace that is common to every single person on the face of the earth.

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Life: This Moment

Maharaji talks about how everything in life changes; as we go through life, good times and bad times unfold. The most auspicious thing, he says, is the coming and going of the breath because it brings us the gift of life in every moment.

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Life unchanged

Maharaji talks about three things that happen for everyone: birth, death, and “this most amazing thing called life.” We need to learn to live with life, he says, because it will be there, unchanged, when everything else leaves.


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Recognition

Maharaji talks about the responsibility each person has to recognize the joy and beauty in life that can bring fulfillment. Every human being wants to be content and feel peace, he says, and the wisdom is to recognize, while we are here, what we have been given.



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Value of a Moment

Maharaji (Prem Rawat) talks about how a little drop of rain joins with others to form a river that can change the shape of mountains. In the same way, he says, as the seconds come together and make minutes, hours, days—a lifetime—for each person, moment after moment, when peace is experienced, their life is transformed.

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The Home Within

Maharaji (Prerm Rawat) talks about how we know other people better than ourselves, and uses the analogy of a house inspector who makes sure everyone’s house is safe but their own. In our own house, he says, every time the breath comes, it brings hope and joy.

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Rich Beyond Belief

Maharaji (Prem Rawat) talks about the heart that calls for each of us to be fulfilled, to extract from life as much as we can, to feel the joy of being alive—from within. He talks about a goldmine that is buried under each person’s hut, as we keep looking on the outside. Dig, he says, and “you will be rich beyond belief. Dig and you will have peace in your life.”

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Compass of the Heart

The challenge in life is to understand the beauty that lies within us, Maharaji (Prem Rawat) says, and to have access to it whenever we want. We have a wonderful compass called the heart, he says, that points to that beauty within.

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Where Peace Dances

Maharaji describes our existence as a note that plays in a beautiful symphony and that “needs to find itself” by discovering the peace that resides within. When the heart is filled with gratitude, he says, the note finds itself, the thirst within is fulfilled, and there is a beautiful dance.
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Quest for Joy

Maharaji talks about a quest we have for a peace, love, understanding, and joy that is not on the outside, but within. He offers a mirror, he says, that allows each person to see the beauty within.
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Life Unfolding

Maharaji talks about the ability we have to feel, not just to reason, what life is all about. It is possible, he says, to experience life itself as it unfolds and as it brings joy unparalleled, absolute peace, and singular clarity.

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Changing the Picture

Maharaji talks about a peace that is not the absence of war, but rather a feeling that is already within. This world is a screen, he says, and the way to change the picture is to put in film that is full of joy, hope, clarity, and peace.

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Touched by Beauty

“What can I offer you when you already have all that you need within you?” asks Maharaji. He talks about his passion for giving each person a mirror so they can see how beautiful they really are.

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Prem Rawat’s Address at United Nations’ 60th Anniversary

On the occasion of the United Nations’ 60th Anniversary, Prem Rawat, widely known as Maharaji, addressed an audience of diplomats as well as government and civic leaders at a special event held in the historic theater in San Francisco where the UN charter was signed. In this excerpt from his address, Prem Rawat talks about the need each person has for peace and asks what the world would be like if everyone had peace.

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Alive

There are complexities in life, Maharaji says, but there is also the simplicity of breath. Because of breath, he says, there is existence; because of this breath, this body is alive every day, and every day life plays out in the most serene ways.

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Drop by Drop

Maharaji talks about how little drops of rain come together to make a mighty river and how the seconds in our life come together to make a lifetime.

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The Author

We are writing the story of our life, Maharaji says, and as the author, we need to make sure it has a beautiful ending: peace and joy.

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Enjoy the Play

Maharaji talks about the process of discovery within and reminds people to enjoy the greatest play there is: life.


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What a Symphony

Maharaji talks about a peace within that is independent of all that is outside. Experiencing this peace, he says, redefines the word “enjoyment.”

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Where the Story Begins

Maharaji talks about the story of life, and tells how each person is unique and has their own expression of joy and peace.

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A Good Detective

Maharaji talks about becoming a good detective by picking up the magnifying glass of clarity, being aware of existence, and seeing the hope in every situation.

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The Other Way

Using an analogy, Maharaji says that often everyone is walking in the same direction, although no one knows where they are headed. Then, he says, someone comes along who is walking the other way.

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An invitation to enjoy

Maharaji talks about how each person has been invited upon the stage of life to enjoy every breath.

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The Quest for Contentment

Maharaji talks about the quest every person has to be content. The want to be happy is not something learned or memorized, he says, but an innate thirst that can be recognized.

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Touched by Thirst

Maharaji talks about every person’s thirst for peace and about the water within that can quench that thirst.

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The Unfinished Story

Maharaji talks about the unfinished story of every person alive and the opportunity to know peace, contentment—a joy unparalleled.

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Enjoying

Maharaji talks about the art of enjoying life and reminds us, in the midst of responsibilities, not to forget the peace and joy within.

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Will Today Be the Day?

Maharaji talks about the need each person has to feel peace, joy, gratitude for life—and to ask ourselves: “Am I feeling this today?”

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The Ability to Feel Joy

Maharaji talks about the uniqueness of every person and their ability to feel joy, to understand what it means to be fulfilled, and to appreciate every breath.


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You Are the Pianist

Maharaji talks about the opportunity each person has to be alive, to feel peace, and to express the feeling of being alive.

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Real Peace

Real peace, Maharaji says, needs no definition or approval; it can be felt within.

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Peace Is Waiting

Maharaji talks about the basic aspiration that exists in the heart of every person—peace. It is not an idea, he says, but a reality waiting to be discovered. 

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A Place Called Home

Maharaji talks about an innate thirst for peace and about the possibility to know the self within—a serene place, he says, that is truly home.

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The Great Reminder

Maharaji talks about how every moment the breath reminds us that we have the possibility of being fulfilled.

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Busy Enjoying Life

Maharaji talks about how the heart wants to accept and enjoy life. 

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When You Are Thirsty

Maharaji talks about every human being’s aspiration for peace, love, truth. No matter what name we call it, there is a basic need to quench that thirst.

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A Place Inside

Maharaji talks about a place within where there is light in the middle of darkness, joy in the middle of sadness, and clarity in the midst of confusion.


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The Gift of Existence

The gift called breath redefines the word "gift," Maharaji says. Existence is where the magic is, he says, where there is the possibility of feeling, understanding, and fulfilling one's self.

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A Most Beautiful Moment

Maharaji says it is possible for our life to become a most beautiful poem—for our questions to turn into answers, for our doubts to be replaced by clarity, and where we once felt emptiness, to feel gratitude. That, he says, is the possibility of transformation.

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A Beautiful Reality

Maharaji speaks about true simplicity in contrast to people's ideas about how things are or their dreams about how they should be. He speaks of a reality that is more beautiful than dreams.

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Discovering What We Already Have

Maharaji speaks about the common idea that peace is something we don't have and need to get. He speaks of it instead as a gift we already have and need to discover.

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A Race We Can Win

Maharaji talks about the thirst for the peace within, a peace that is not a solution to problems, but exists within everyone. It is something everyone can feel despite all the reasons we come up with for why we can't.
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That feeling inside

Maharaji talks about the thirst for the peace within, a peace that is not a solution to problems, but exists within everyone. It is something everyone can feel despite all the reasons we come up with for why we can't.

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