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3 4 5 Pujya Swamiji presented with the HSS Mahatma Gandhi Lifetime Peace and Service Award by the hands of HE the President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind 2 1 o perform actions without any expectation, just as an instrument of divine grace, is Yoga. 31 T 30 anuary J New Years Day (US) Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh)
8 9 10 11 12 Photo by: Ravi Kapadia Photography 7 6 anuary J o not try to move others; rather find your way between the others and around them. Humbly and sincerely make your own way on the path of life. D Epiphany (Christian)
Lohri (Sikh) 13 Makar Sankranti 14 15 16 17 18 19 J Come to nature, be with nature, anuary Interfaith Peace Pledge Pilgrimage for peace and protection of water in Assisi, Italy and discover your true nature.
Republic Day (India) 23 24 25 26 Ganesh Sankat Chaturthi 22 Paush Purnima 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (US) Mahayana New Year (Buddhist) 20 Tu B Shevat (Jewish) anuary vice from our hearts and allows us to breathe, live and love freely. J Forgiveness removes the
O ur own actions, choices and habits are the seeds which create our world. 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 anuary ebruary Green pledge during Green Shri Ram Katha with Pujya Swamiji, Hon ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Hon ble Minister of State HRD, Water Resources & Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Satyapal Singh, and many eminent interfaith leaders FJ
3 Mauni Amavas 4 Losar (Tibetan New Year) (Buddhist) 5 6 7 8 9 F Pujya Swamiji singing with women from Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre s Old Age Home in Ladakh ebruary L ove and compassion should not merely be a part of life, but ALL of life. Parinirvana-Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
10 11 Rath Saptami 12 Bhishma Ashtami 13 St. Valentine s Day (US) 14 Nirvana Day (Alternative Day) (Buddhist) 15 16 F L et your selfless service be your prayer and your meditation. The best way to honor God in our lives is through serving humanity. Pujya Swamiji cleaning trash from the sacred Sangam during Kumbh Mela in Allahabad ebruary Basant Panchami
Interfaith Pledge and Prayer for peace and protection of water in Assisi, Italy Hola Mohalla (Sikh) 20 21 22 23 Purim (Jewish) 19 Magi Purnima 18 President s Day (US) 17 stand under each other with humility. ebruary F To truly understand each other we must
25 26 27 28 1 2 Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji with ambassadors from around the world during International Yoga Festival 2018 24 ebruary arch batteries? Plug yourself back into the Source. Get connected again to God. The moment we reconnect, the charge is there! MF How to recharge your International Yoga Festival Begins
7 8 9 Pujya Swamiji offers flowers to a beautiful crystal Shiva linga during Maha Shivratri celebrations on the banks of Mother Ganga at Parmarth 6 5 f we want to be torchbearers of peace, we must first become rivers of love, dousing all flames of discord in the waters of our own compassion and serenity. Ash (Christian) 4 I Mahashivratri 3 arch M
Y ou can be fit or have fits. You can be set or upset. You can be better or bitter. You can be in peace or in pieces-the choice is yours. arch 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Daylight Savings Time (US) Inauguration of IYF 2018 with Hon ble Vice President of India Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, Hon ble Governor of Uttarakhand Shri KK Paul, and Hon ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, along with many other eminent Hon ble Ministers and dignitaries M
Eco-friendly Holi celebrations during International Yoga Festival World Water Day 19 20 21 22 23 Holi 18 Spring Equinox Holi Dahan 17 St. Patrick s Day (Christian) arch M oga connects us to our innernet rather than the internet. People always ask if there is Wi-Fi, but the real question should be Why-I? Y
25 26 27 28 29 30 Rally for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene along banks of Ganga at Parmarth Niketan 24 arch M e must learn to give, give and give like the Sun, and like Mother Ganga - with no hesitation, no expectation, no vacation and no discrimination. W
3 4 5 6 Pujya Swamiji plays with renowned percussionist Sivamani during International Yoga Festival 2 1 31 what for me, but rather what through me. pril A Cultivate the attitude of not Gudi Padwa Navratri (New Year)
Realize everything is due only to God. 9 10 11 12 13 Ashtami Ram Navmi 8 Pujya Swamiji, Hon ble MP Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal, and Sadhvi Abha Saraswatiji celebrate Speaker of the Lok Sabha Smt. Sumita Mahajan s special 75th birthday at Parmarth Surrender. Become humble. 7 pril A
Hanuman Jayanti Good (Christian) Passover Begins (Jewish) Theravadin New Year (Buddhist) 17 18 19 20 Mahavir Jayanti 16 15 rayer is the broom which sweeps out our heart, making it clean and divine for God. P 14 Palm (Christian) Vaisakhi pril A
21 Earth Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 Global Interfaith WASH Alliance s Massive Swachhta Hi Seva Clean-Up program brought hundreds of volunteers together in Lakshman Jhula, Rishikesh to clean up the banks of Mother Ganga Easter (Christian) pril A iving is living, living is learning, learning is knowing, knowing is growing, growing is giving, and giving is living. That is the cycle of life. G Passover Ends (Jewish)
Yom Hashoah (Jewish) 1 Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh) 2 3 4 30 f you can experience love, you will manifest love. 29 I 28 ay MA pril
9 10 11 Pujya Swamiji shares the work to protect the environment and restore the River Ganga with Hon ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Mahant Yogi Adityanathji 8 7 ccept whatever comes as Prasad from God. Whatever He gives us a hut or a castle, is His divine gift. 6 A 5 ay M Ramadan Begins (Muslim) Akshay Tritiya
16 17 18 Green pledge of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) and tgelf to work together for the Sustainable Development Goals during the LIFE Leadership Summit at Parmarth 15 Buddha Purnima 14 ife is not just about connecting to the Internet and getting the fastest speed, but we must remember to connect with the Innernet and get the right direction. 13 L 12 ay M
Peace is living in harmony within ourselves and with all those with whom we share the Earth - the humans, the animals, and the plants. ay 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Buddha Day (Buddhist) Water Blessing Ceremony during the Go Green, Go Organic Pact signing ceremony between Pujya Swamiji and HH Drikung Kyabgon Rinpoche, the 37th throne holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism M
26 27 28 29 Ascension Day (Christian) 30 Lailat al Qadr (Muslim) 31 1 une JM ay Memorial Day (US) I f we are peaceful, humble and sincere inside, then nothing outside can take away our peace.
Pujya Swamiji s Green Birthday Celebrations 5 6 7 8 Shavuot (Jewish) 4 Ramadan Ends (Muslim) 3 Birthday of H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati Eid-Ul-Fitr (Muslim) 2 une J n order to bring deep and lasting peace to our world, we have no choice but to begin from the inside and move outwards. I
12 13 14 15 Ganga Dussehra celebrations at Parmarth 11 et us realize that everything is just as it is supposed to be. We are in the lap of the Mother. How can anything go wrong? 10 L 9 une J Pentecost (Christian) Ganga Dussehra
17 18 19 20 21 22 Summer Solstice 16 Vat Purnima Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh) une and expectations are heavy baggage, which slow you down and thwart your progress. Let them go. J Travel light on your journey in life. Your desires
24 25 26 27 28 29 St. Peter & Paul s Day (Christian) 23 une J ngage yourself in Karma (good, selfless work), under the shade of Dharma (righteousness), with an awareness of Brahma (God). E
30 1 2 3 4 5 6 uly ake every day a holy day: Start every day with a prayer. Fill every day with prayer. End every day with prayer. J M Photo by: Filip Cederholm Agoo #CreateTheChange Independence Day (US)
8 9 10 11 12 13 At the time of Ramazan, children from madrasas across Uttarakhand and Delhi come together alongside Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasiji with children of the Parmarth Gurukul 7 uly J o to God. Whatever name, whatever form you worship is no problem. Just go to Him. He accepts all names and all forms. If God can be worshipped only in one way then He is not God! G
16 17 18 19 20 Guru Purnima 15 noiseless amidst the noise. 14 uly We must learn to be J
23 24 25 26 27 Massive interfaith clean-up to support the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission 22 21 uly J f we really worship the Divine, everything becomes a spiritual practice. Everything becomes a practice in non-violence, truth, integrity, sharing and compassion. I
oga is not what you do; it is who you ARE. AJ 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 uly ugust Pujya Swamiji sharing a moment of love with Revered Dada J.P. Vaswaniji Y
6 7 8 9 10 Tisha B Av (Jewish) Eid-Ul-Adha 5 4 ugust A ive in peace, not in pieces. If you are in peace, you will exude peace, manifest peace, and spread peace. If you re in pieces, you will manifest pieces and spread pieces. L
15 16 17 Independence Day celebrations at Parmarth, symbolizing a new dawning in interfaith harmony as hundreds of Muslim and Hindu faith leaders, students and community members converged for a more peaceful and sustainable world 14 13 nterfaith is when we enter into the common faith of acceptance which says we may worship our own but we must respect all. 12 I Independence Day (India) Raksha Bandhan Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) 11 ugust A
20 21 22 23 24 Krishna Janmasthami 19 Sankat Chaturthi 18 ugust A e happy, be peaceful. Embrace all, include all, exclude none. B
27 28 29 30 31 Parmarth Gurukul students with Pujya Swamiji following yagno pavit (sacred thread) ceremony on Raksha Bandhan 26 Al-Hijra (Muslim) 25 ugust A o not wait for miracles. You ARE the miracle! Never forget the miracle of yourself! D
The I is the cause of all our problems. It is a wall, a barrier between us and others. Learn to bend the I, make it a bridge. Maulana Mahmood Madani, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, and Pujya Swamiji lead a clean and green India pledge with lakhs of Muslim faith leaders and followers in Kishanganj, Bihar eptember 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ganesh Chaturthi Labor Day (US) 1 S
10 11 12 13 14 Pujya MM Swami Gurusharananandji and Pujya Swamiji share a loving moment 9 Ashura (Muslim) on t only light the oil lamp in your temple, but light the lamp in your own hearts. 8 D Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) eptember S 9/11 Observances (US) Onam Sradha Prarambh
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 eptember pavitra (pure) but we must pledge and work to keep them also swaccha (clean). S The waters of Mother Ganga are always
24 25 26 27 28 Photo by: Filip Cederholm Agoo #CreateTheChange 23 Autumn Equinox the power to make flowers blossom in all the gardens of the world, but at least wherever we go, whatever path we walk on, we can remove the thorns we pass on the way. 22 We may not have eptember S
30 1 2 3 4 5 Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji light the inaugural lamp with children during beautiful spiritual program at Shree Sanatan Mandir, Leicester, UK 29 Navratri Begins eptember ctober Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) OS et us fill our homes with love - love for God, for each other, for the community, and for all of humanity. Then, through that love, all else will automatically follow. L Mahatma Gandhi s Birthday
6 Navratri Ends 7 Dussehra Yom Kippur (Jewish) 8 9 10 11 12 Sacred Bhelpatra sapling given to Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman of The Akshay Patra Foundation at the Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir with Smt. Hema Malini, Famous Bollywood Actress and Hon ble Member of Parliament, Mathura Durgashtami ctober O n order to maintain inner peace, calmness and stability regardless of external circumstances, we need a daily multivitamin of meditation, no reaction, and introspection. I
15 16 17 18 19 Guru Purnima celebrations at the Hindu Temple of Kentucky in Louisville, KY (USA) 14 Karak Chaturthi/Karva Chauth 13 Sharad Purnima Sukkot (Jewish) ctober not the destination. Live in Heaven now. Don t wait for it to come later. Live in Moksha now. Don t wait for death. O Life is about the journey,
W e must not only pray for peace, but we must work for peace, every minute and every moment of our lives. 21 22 23 24 25 26 Dhanteras 20 ctober Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji at the annual General Assembly of the Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) in Geneva, Switzerland O
29 30 31 1 2 Halloween (US) 28 Bhaiduj 27 Diwali ctober ovember NO Meditation is the best medication for all agitations. All Saints Day (Christian) All Souls Day (Christian)
W hen you talk to God it is prayer. When He talks to you it is meditation. Yog Guru Pujya Swami Ramdevji, famous Sufi Singer Kailash Kher, Director of The Yoga Institute Smt. Hansa Jayadeva Yogendra, and Smt. Bhanumathi Narasimhan of the Art Of Living come together with yogacharyas and yoga enthusiasts from 100 countries during the conclusion of IYF 2018 N ovember 5 6 7 8 9 Milad un Nabi Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Muslim) (Sunni) 4 Election Day (US) 3 Daylight Savings Time Ends (US)
Facebook is great, but you must also make time to Face your Book. Facing your own book is what is needed most. Tree plantation programme in Dehradun with the Hon ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Pujya Swamiji, eminent leaders and schools to help support the local community s efforts to revive their local stream 12 13 14 15 16 Kartik Purnima Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh) 11 Veteran s Day (US) 10 ovember N
20 21 22 23 International Women s Day celebrations during the International Yoga Festival with Pujya Swamiji, Sadhvi Bhagawatiji, Dr. Vandana Shiva & Smt. Hansa Jayadeva Yogendra 19 Shri Bhairav Ashtami World Toilet Day 18 17 oga is not a union of our hands to our feet or our head to our knees. It is a union of the self to the Divine. ovember Y N
28 29 30 27 e must learn to be like the calm, undisturbed water in the depths of the ocean itself, unaffected by the small, transient fluctuations. 26 W 25 Thanksgiving (US) 24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh) ovember N
4 5 6 7 3 a PLAN A & PLAN B but there is no PLANET B. We must protect the one we have. 2 There can be 1 ecember D
10 11 12 13 14 Green leadership pledge by Pujya Swamiji with HH Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche in Pujya Swamiji s eco-friendly hut at Parmarth 9 8 leaf is alive only when it is part of a tree. When it disconnects, it dies. In the same way, when we are connected to our roots, sanskaras & our global family, only then do we stay healthy and full of life! Gita Jayanti Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian) Bodhi Day (Buddhist) ecember A D
E 17 18 19 20 21 Winter Solstice 16 Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji presented with official certificate for the World Record of Biggest International Yoga Festival for hosting a record number of hours of Yoga classes from world-class Yoga teachers practicing multiple styles of Yoga at conclusion of IYF 2018 xpectation is the Mother of Frustration. Acceptance is the Mother of Peace and Joy. Never expect. Always accept. 15 ecember D
22 23 Christmas Eve (Christian) 24 Christmas Day (Christian) 25 26 27 28 D ecember I want peace, everyone says. Simply remove the I and remove the want and you will have peace. Peace is not something to search for. It is I (our egos) and want (our desires) that make peace elusive. Hanukkah Begins (Jewish)
31 1 2 3 4 Inauguration of Killwaste Solid Waste Management Technology at Parmarth Niketan with Hon ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat 30 Hanukkah Ends (Jewish) 29 ecember anuary 2020 JD e the change and bring the change. If we set the divine example, others will follow. B New Year s Day (US)
7 8 9 10 11 Photo by: shrimratyunjay 6 Epiphany (Christian) lways cultivate an attitude of gratitude. Then life will feel like prasad. 5 A Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh) anuary J
14 15 16 17 18 Makar Sankranti 13 12 o Divine! Be Divine! It is not enough just to BE divine, one must also DO divine. anuary D J