sri sri ravi shankar, founder art of living addressing farmers in Assam
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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