Exploring The Pathways & Evidence of Everlasting Peace:

Exploring The Pathways & Evidence of Everlasting Peace:

All of us experience peace and joy intermittently - sometimes we are peaceful, and sometimes we are not peaceful. Everyone has an innate desire to be in a peaceful and happy state at all times, under all circumstances. Human being’s quest for Everlasting Peace is ancient & universal. This quest is present in every culture, every country and every era. This quest for peace is as natural as food and thirst.?

Many mental health experts, doctors, philosophers and social scientists have tried to put forward their theory for achieving this state of everlasting peace. Whenever we learn about any theory, we also like to see evidence that the theory actually works. Theory without real evidence is meaningless. Most people wonder whether experts who put forward their theory of everlasting peace have actually lived in that state of peace?

BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha organized a two-hour musical, dance and drama based inspirational program that presented evidence & pathways of achieving everlasting peace. This unique and thought-provoking program titled “Param-Shanti” presented the life-journey of Pramukh Swami Maharaj as a living example of Param-Shanti or Everlasting peace.?

BAPS Param-Shanti program is practical, relevant, engaging and transformational. The program started with a series of real-life experiences of disappointment and stress in the day-to-day living of modern high-school students, college graduates and parents. For example, there was a dramatic presentation of a youngster not receiving gifts, a college graduate not receiving an award and parents not receiving attention from children. One can easily relate to those questions, situations and events. Our peace also? gets disturbed when we don't get what is expected. As a participant in the program, you will also get curious on how to achieve peace in such a situation? One by one, several instances of modern stress at every stage of life were presented.?

BAPS Param-Shanti presented the evidence and pathways to everlasting peace or Param Shanti in the form of 3 central messages from Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s life:

1) Living Life of Humility.

2) Living Life of Love.

3) Living Life Of Faith.

Humility is absence of desire to get credit or respect. Love is genuine care, concern and attention to someone else’s needs without putting that person down. Faith is the trust in everlasting love & connection with Lord’s divine energy that pulsates in every atom.

Param-Shanti provided glimpses of Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s life-journey, audio & video clips, actual projects he completed & experience of people he touched.?

Param-Shanti? was organized as a tribute to Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 100th Birthday Celebration. The program highlighted key achievements of Pramukh Swami Maharaj like building 1200 Temples around the world, visiting almost 250,000 homes, writing 750,000 letters, enormous contribution in the event of natural disasters like Kutch earthquake 2001 and several such mind-blowing examples. Program also presented audio-visual evidence of Pramukh Swami visiting villages, speaking at the UN & British Parliament and inspiring millions to live a life of humility, love & faith.?

Param-Shanti Program volunteers expressed the spirit of Param-Shanti in their words, actions & expressions. As you walk into the Param-Shanti program, it will be like a big wedding celebration with everyone dressed in traditional attire and jewelry. Every visitor was welcomed with a bright smile and usher for tea and snacks. After the program, a full dinner was provided to everyone as Maha-Prasad.

Program was well-organized and highlighted key aspects of Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s life. It is self-evident that Pramukh Swami Maharaj has not only built 1200 temples but also created an effective administration system to manage temples. Pramukh Swami Maharaj has created & maintained an outstanding system of Temple management. Every BAPS temple is clean, well-organized, deities are always well-maintained and a specific workship schedule is maintained. Most temples have well-trained and courteous volunteers to welcome and guide visitors. BAPS temples are majestic, spacious, well-maintained and it uses modern technology for worship & devotion.

Overall, Param-Shanti Program powerfully and effectively delivered a message of living life of humility, love & faith as an access & pathways to Param-Shanti or ever lasting peace and it also presented Pramukh Swami’s life as a practical evidence of such a kind of living.