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|founder = ], International Association for Human Values,<ref>{{cite web| title=Sri Sri Ravishankar: Founder |url=http://www.iahv.org/in-en/about-us/sri-sri-ravi-shankar/|website=International Association for Human Values |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> World Forum for Ethics in Business<ref>{{cite web |title=Founders |url=http://wfeb.org/about-us/founders/ |website=World Forum for Ethics in Business |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>
|guru = ]<ref name="ToI-Yogi-cremated">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maharishi-Mahesh-Yogi-cremated-in-Allahabad/articleshow/2774934.cms |title=Maharishi Mahesh Yogi cremated in Allahabad |first=Rajiv |last=Mani |date=12 February 2008
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'''Sri Sri Ravi Shankar''' (Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀ ರವಿಶಂಕರ ಗುರುಜಿ) (Tamil (தமிழ்) ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ரவி ஷங்கர்) ({{lang-hi|श्रीश्री रविशङ्कर}}), born '''Ravi Shankar Ratnam''', on ], ], in ], India, is a spiritual leader and founder of the ] (founded 1982), which aims at relieving both individual stress and societal problems and violence, and which is an NGO (non-governmental organization) with ] consultative status. Frequently referred to simply as "Sri Sri" (]) or as Guruji or Gurudev,<ref name= "Salkin">A. Salkin, , ''Yoga Journal'', 2002.</ref> he also established in 1997 a Geneva-based charity, the ], an ] that engages in relief work and rural development and aims to foster shared global values. He lures young girls who cannot afford food into his monastery and gives them bread in exchange for sex.

'''Ravi Shankar''' (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian ]<ref name="Suar 2015">{{cite web |last1=Suar |first1=Swati Snigdha |title=Meet India's 10 most renowned yoga gurus |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/pix-meet-indias-10-most-renowned-yoga-gurus/20150618.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=18 June 2015}}</ref> and spiritual leader. He is also referred to as ''']''' or '''Gurudev'''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-29 |title='Day before Chandrayaan-3 landing…': Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in US |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/day-before-chandrayaan-3-landing-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-in-us-101693268243082.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Salkin">{{cite journal |url=http://www.yogajournal.com/article/lifestyle/emperor-of-air/ |title=Emperor of Air |last=Salkin |first=Allen |date=28 August 2007 |journal=] |access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> From around the mid 1970s, he worked as an ] under ], the founder of ]. In 1981, he founded the ].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jacobs|first=Stephen|title=The Art of Living Foundation|publisher=Ashgate|year=2015|isbn=9781472412683|location=USA|pages=68}}</ref>


==Life== ==Life==
Ravi Shankar was born in ], ], to Vishalakshi and R.S.Venkat Ratnam. He was named "]" (an Indian name which means "sun") because his birth was on a Sunday, and "Shankar" after the eighth-century Hindu saint, ], whose birthday was the same day as Ravi Shankar.<ref name=nytimesbliss>{{cite news |title=Seeking Bliss Among the Honks and Hisses |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/seeking-bliss-among-the-honks-and-hisses/ |first=Corey |last=Kilgannon |date=11 April 2011 |newspaper=] |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref>
Born to Venkat Ratnam, director of a rural women’s empowerment NGO and a scholar of Indian languages, and Vishalakshi Ratnam,<ref name = RD/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/01/18/stories/2003011803310400.htm| title=Vice-President to open 'Vishalakshi Mantap'| last=Prabhu| first=Nagesh| date=2003-01-17| accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref> he was given the name ''Ravi'' because he was born on a Sunday (Ravi, a common name, means sun) and ''Shankar'' after the ] CE Hindu saint, ], whose birthday he shares.<ref name= "Salkin"/><ref></ref> He received a bachelor in science degree at 21 from St. Joseph’s College, ].<ref></ref>


Ravi Shankar's first teacher was ], an Indian Vedic Scholar and a close associate of ].<ref name="journalofdharma">{{cite journal |url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00430542/PDF/AVDEEFF_Alexis_-_2004_-_Sri_Sri_Ravi_Shankar_and_the_Art_of_Spreading_awareness_over_the_World.pdf |first=Alexis |last=Avdeeff |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and the Art of Spreading Awareness over the World |journal=Journal of Dharma |date=2004 |volume=XXIX |number=3 |pages=321–335 |issn=0253-7222 |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pandit gifted wheelchair on birthday |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Pandit-gifted-wheelchair-on-birthday/articleshow/7705520.cms?referral=PM |date=15 March 2011 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref> He graduated from the ] with a ] degree.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scan of Degree Certificate |url=http://bawandinesh.name/look-what-we-found/ |website=Bawandinesh.name |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629085320/http://bawandinesh.name/look-what-we-found |archive-date=29 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjc.ac.in/sjcalumni/distinguishedalumni.html |title=Distinguished Alumni |website=St Joseph's College |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-date=16 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116191630/http://sjc.ac.in/sjcalumni/distinguishedalumni.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> After graduation, he travelled with his second teacher, ],<ref name="ToI-Yogi-cremated">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maharishi-Mahesh-Yogi-cremated-in-Allahabad/articleshow/2774934.cms |title=Maharishi Mahesh Yogi cremated in Allahabad |first=Rajiv |last=Mani |date=12 February 2008 |newspaper=]}}</ref> giving talks and arranging conferences on Vedic science, and setting up ] and ] centers.{{sfnp|Gautier|2008|p=36}}{{sfnp|Fischman|2010}}
After graduation, Shankar traveled with ], being invited by Maharishi to give talks on Vedic Science, arrange conferences on the Vedas and science, and set up ] centers<ref>Gautier, Francois. The Guru of Joy. New York: Hay House, 2008. p. 36.</ref>. He was earlier addressed as "Pandit Ravi Shankar" (or "Punditji"), but in the early 1990s changed his name to "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar" (literally "Mister Mister Ravi Shankar") after the renowned sitarist ] objected that the guru was using the name he had made famous.<ref name= "Salkin"/>


The 1980s saw Shankar initiate a series of practical, experiential courses in spirituality around the globe. Ravi Shankar says that his rhythmic ] सुदर्शन क्रिया (''sudarśana-kriyā'') came to him in 1982 "like a poem, an inspiration", after a ten-day period of silence on the banks of the ] in Shimoga in ], India, adding: "I learned it and started teaching it."<ref name=RD>{{cite news|url=http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/other/facetoface_feb07.asp |title=Face to face|last=Mahadevan|first=Ashok|date=February 2007|publisher=]|accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref><ref>Verughese, S., ''Life Positive''</ref> Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says that every emotion has a corresponding rhythm in the breath and that regulating breath could help relieve personal suffering.<ref name = ST>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002075460_healthbreathing31.html| title=Breathe deeply to relieve stress, depression| last=MacGregor| first=Hillary E|date=2004-10-31| publisher=]| accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref> After realizing the Sudarshan Kriya, Shankar started sharing it with others through the Art of Living Course, first held in Shimoga. In the 1980s, he initiated a series of practical and experiential courses in spirituality around the globe. He says that his rhythmic breathing practice, Sudarshan Kriya, came to him in 1982, "like a poem, an inspiration", after a ten-day period of silence on the banks of the ] in ], in the state of ], adding, "I learned it and started teaching it".<ref name=RD>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/other/facetoface_feb07.asp |title=Face to Face: Stress Free with Sri Sri |last=Mahadevan |first=Ashok |date=February 2007 |magazine=] |access-date=5 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929012144/http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/other/facetoface_feb07.asp |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref>


In 1983, he held the first Art of Living course in ]. In 1986, he travelled to ], in the US to conduct the first course to be held in ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Art of living founder Ravi Shankar - First Indian to receive the Crans Montana Forum Award |url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/art-of-living-founder-ravi-shankar-first-indian-to-receive-the-crans-montana-forum-award-1309324614-1 |first=Srimoyee |last=Pandit |website=Jagran Josh |date=29 June 2011}}</ref>
Shankar inspired his father and several other prominent citizens of Bangalore to found Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth, an educational and charitable trust, in 1981. Under the auspices of this trust, he opened a school south of Bangalore for local rural children, which now provides free education for 2000 such children.<ref>http://expressbuzz.com/Cities/Bangalore/dutch-honour-for-sri-sri-ravi-shankar/64181.html</ref>


==Philosophy and teachings==
In 1983, he offered the first Art of Living course in Europe in Switerland. He traveled to Apple Valley in the US to conduct the first course to be held in North America in 1986. <ref>http://artofliving.eu/index.php?id=205&L=17</ref>


==Teaching==
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===Spirituality=== ===Spirituality===
Spirituality is that which enhances human values like love, compassion and enthusiasm. It is not limited to any one religion or culture, but forms the heart of the world's religions. Hence, it is open to all people.<ref>Shankar, Sri Sri Ravi. Bang on the Door. Santa Barbara, CA: Art of Living Foundation. 1995. ISBN 1885289316</ref> He believes spirituality is that which enhances human values such as love, compassion and enthusiasm. It is not limited to any one religion or culture. Hence it is open to all people. According to him, the spiritual bond we share as part of the human family is more important than nationality, gender, religion, profession, or other identities that separate us.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shankar |first=Sri Sri Ravi |title=Bang on the Door |location=Santa Barbara, CA |publisher=Art of Living Foundation |year=1995 |isbn=1-885289-31-6}}</ref>


Sri Sri Ravi Shankar emphasizes breath as the link between body and mind and, therefore, as a tool to relax the mind, emphasizing both meditation and service to others. According to him, science and spirituality are linked and consistent. Emphasizing that joy is only available in the present moment, his stated vision is to create a world free of stress and violence, and his programs are said to offer practical tools to help accomplish this. In his view, "Truth is spherical rather than linear; so it has to be contradictory." <ref></ref> According to him, science and spirituality are linked and compatible, both springing from the urge to know. The question, "Who am I?" leads to spirituality; the question, "What is this?" leads to science. Emphasizing that joy is only available in the present moment, his stated vision is to create a world free of stress and violence. His programs are said to offer practical tools to help accomplish this.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} He sees breath as the link between body and mind, and a tool to relax the mind, emphasising the importance of both meditation/spiritual practice and service to others. In his view, "Truth is spherical rather than linear; so it has to be contradictory."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/04/AR2007070401609.html |title=Take a Deep Breath |last=Copeland |first=Libby |date=5 July 2007 |newspaper=] |access-date=7 September 2011}}</ref>


==Peace and Humanitarian Work== ==Peace and humanitarian work==
After the 2001 attack on the ] towers in New York City, the Art of Living Foundation offered free courses in stress reduction to New Yorkers.<ref name= ST /> The group also ran a relief program in ] for the war-ravaged population and for public health, university and UN personnel. The organization also started an operation in occupied ] in 2003 aimed at relieving the stress of the Iraqi population, particularly the rising population of traumatized widows.<ref></ref> A similar program was implemented in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2006 teaching war victims as well as UN and NGO personnel. In 2007, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visited Iraq at the invitation of Prime Minister ] and also met with Sunni, Shia and Kurdish leaders.<ref></ref> He visited Pakistan in 2004 and met with some political and religious leaders there as a part of his efforts to promote global peace.<ref>, The Times of India</ref> Many volunteers have assisted the 2004 ] victims and ] victims. There is a prison stress management and rehabilitation techniques program, known as SMART, which assists many prisoners and prison staffs worldwide.


==Sudarshan Kriya== ===Pakistan===
He visited Pakistan in 2004 on a ]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/788657.cms |title=There's dignity of religion in Pakistan |date=23 July 2004 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> and again in 2012 when he inaugurated Art of Living centers in ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tells Lahore about his 'Art of Living' |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/349068/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-tells-lahore-about-his-art-of-living/ |first=Aroosa |last=Shaukat |date=12 March 2012 |newspaper=] |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref> The Islamabad center was burned down by armed men in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsweekpakistan.com/art-of-living-center-torched-in-islamabad/ |title=Art of Living Center Torched in Islamabad |date=10 March 2014 |website=] |access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Did Pakistan TV Debate Prompt Burning of Yoga Center? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/did-pakistan-tv-debate-prompt-burning-yoga-center-n49036 |date=10 March 2014 |website=NBC News |access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref>
is a breath-oriented process, and a core component of the Art of Living courses. Persons enrolling for the courses sign a non-disclosure agreement promising to keep the course content and techniques confidential.<ref></ref>. In some of his talks Sri Sri has described Sudarshan Kriya as a rhythmic breathing exercise that cleanses and harmonizes the physical, mental, and emotional levels <ref>, Tehelka.com</ref>.


==Organizations== ===Iraq===
During his visits to Iraq, at the invitation of Prime Minister ], in 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/art-of-living-guru-in-iraq-to-talk-peace/41193-3.html?xml |title=Art of Living guru in Iraq to talk peace |date=24 May 2007 |website=] |access-date=7 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155651/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/art-of-living-guru-in-iraq-to-talk-peace/41193-3.html?xml |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> and again in 2008,<ref>{{cite web |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visits Iraq |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/22sri-ravi-shankar-visits-iraq.htm |date=22 December 2008 |website=] |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref> he met with political and religious leaders to promote global peace. In November 2014, Ravi Shankar visited the relief camps in ], Iraq. He also hosted a conference to address the dire condition of ] and other non-Muslims in the region.<ref name=huff-erbil-conf>{{cite web |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Spiritual Leader and Activist, Travels To Iraq To Promote Yazidi Rights |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/19/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-iraq_n_6178316.html |first=Antonia |last=Blumberg |date=19 November 2014 |website=Huffington Post |access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Indian spiritual leader steps up relief work for refugees in northern Iraq |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1643903/indian-spiritual-leaders-ngo-steps-relief-work-refugees-northern-iraq |date=19 November 2014 |newspaper=] |access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref>


===Colombia and FARC===
Following are the Institutes and Organizations founded by Sri Sri Ravishankar
In June 2015, Ravi Shankar met with the delegations of ]n government and the ] who were negotiating ] in ]. He urged FARC leaders to follow the ] to attain their political objectives and social justice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Words from the Peace Delegation of the FARC-EP to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |url=http://farc-epeace.org/index.php/communiques/communiques-peace-delegation/item/774-words-from-the-peace-delegation-of-the-farc-ep-to-sri-sri-ravi-shankar.html |website=Official website of the Peace Delegation of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army) |access-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722150121/http://farc-epeace.org/index.php/communiques/communiques-peace-delegation/item/774-words-from-the-peace-delegation-of-the-farc-ep-to-sri-sri-ravi-shankar.html |archive-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> For his efforts, Colombia's House of Representatives awarded him the ], Knight Cross grade.<ref>{{cite news |title=Modi congratulates Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for Colombia honour |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/modi-congratulates-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-for-colombia-honour-115062500223_1.html |access-date=27 November 2021 |work=Business Standard India |agency=IANS |date=25 June 2015}}</ref>


===Venezuela===
* ]
In 2019, Ravi Shankar met with ]n leaders from both sides to encourage dialogue, end the political conflict and restore peace and stability in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Venezuela for peace talks |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/international/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-in-venezuela-for-peace-talks-755563.html |website=Deccan Herald |date=20 August 2019 |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Venezuela receives visit from humanitarian leader and peace ambassador Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |url=http://mppre.gob.ve/en/2019/07/08/venezuela-humanitarian-leader-peace-ambassador-sri-sri-ravi-shankar/ |website=Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717062831/http://mppre.gob.ve/en/2019/07/08/venezuela-humanitarian-leader-peace-ambassador-sri-sri-ravi-shankar/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=President Maduro meets with Ambassador of Peace Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Miraflores |url=http://mppre.gob.ve/en/2019/07/08/president-maduro-ambassador-peace-gurudev-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-miraflores/ |website=Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-date=7 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207063752/http://www.mppre.gob.ve/en/2019/07/08/president-maduro-ambassador-peace-gurudev-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-miraflores/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ]
* Vyakti Vikas Kendra India
* Ved Vignan Mahavidyapeeth
* Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir
* Sri Sri Center for Media Studies
* Sri Sri College for Ayurvedic Science and Research
* Sri Sri Ayurveda
* Sri Sri Mobile Agricultural Initiatives
* Sri Sri Pre-University College
* The Sri Sri Institute of Management Studies
* The Sri Sri School for Performing Arts and Fine Arts
* Sri Sri Rural Development Trust
* Sri Sri Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Technology


==Awards and honors== ===Kashmir, India===
The South Asian Forum for Peace was launched in November 2016 at a conference titled "Kashmir Back to Paradise" in ]. According to Ravi Shankar, 90% of people in ] want peace but are neglected. He added, "The solution to the Kashmir problem can only come from the Kashmiris". This forum is intended to bring together eight South Asian countries to cooperate in areas such as entrepreneurship, skill development, cultural exchange, educational partnerships and women's empowerment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Solution to Kashmir problem can only come from Kashmiris: Sri Sri |url=http://m.greaterkashmir.com/news/jammu/solution-to-kashmir-problem-can-only-come-from-kashmiris-sri-sri/234395.html |first=Yogesh |last=Sagotra |date=24 November 2016 |newspaper=] |access-date=22 February 2017 |archive-date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120015218/https://m.greaterkashmir.com/news/jammu/solution-to-kashmir-problem-can-only-come-from-kashmiris-sri-sri/234395.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kashmir: 90 per cent of people want peace |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kashmir-90-per-cent-of-people-want-peace-says-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-4392410/ |date=24 November 2016 |newspaper=] |access-date=22 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kashmiri separatists, militants are 'cash cows' |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/241116/kashmiri-separatists-militants-are-cash-cows-says-sri-sri-ravi-shankar.html |access-date=22 February 2017 |first=Yusuf |last=Jameel |newspaper=] |date=24 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AOL to launch regional peace platform for South Asia |url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/8107837_AOL-to-launch-regional-peace-platform-for-South-Asia.html |access-date=22 February 2017 |website=] |date=22 November 2016}}</ref>


===Northeast India===
Below are some of the awards honoring Sri Sri Ravishankar<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-74.php</ref><ref>http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/ravishankar/index.html</ref>
68 militants from 11 militant outfits surrendered to the government in Manipur on the eve of India's 71st Independence Day in August 2017. The Chief Minister of Manipur, ], lauded Ravi Shankar for his efforts in making this happen and "bringing peace in troubled areas". Ravi Shankar's organization has been working in Manipur for the last 15 years.<ref name="statesman">{{cite news |title=CM Biren lauds Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for peace efforts in Manipur |url=http://www.thestatesman.com/cities/cm-biren-lauds-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-peace-efforts-manipur-1502438102.html |date=15 August 2017 |newspaper=] |access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="india today">{{cite news |title=Manipur: 68 members of 6 terror cadres, including 4 women cadres, surrender before CM Biren Singh |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/manipur-terrorist-cadres-surrender-n-biren-singh/1/1025807.html |date=14 August 2017 |magazine=] |access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref>


In September 2017, at the "Strength in Diversity - North East Indigenous People's Conference", Ravi Shankar claimed that another 500 militants were waiting to "lay down weapons and join the peace process". The conference was attended by representatives from 67 rebel outfits from the Northeast. Expressing his willingness to facilitate the peaceful transition of any rebel group wanting to join the mainstream, Ravi Shankar claimed that his organization has been working for this for the last 10–12 years and "will continue to work until the last gun is laid down".<ref name="nie">{{cite news |title=North East militants waiting to make peace |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/sep/08/north-east-militants-waiting-to-make-peace-1653912.html |first=Prasanta |last=Mazumdar |date=8 September 2017 |newspaper=] |access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref> Former ULFA General Secretary, ], who was also the convenor of the conference, appreciated Ravi Shankar's interest and efforts for peace in the region.<ref name="NorthEast India24">{{cite web |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar expressed willingness to rehabilitate militants back into Mainstream |url=http://www.northeastindia24.com/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-expressed-willingness-to-rehabilitate-militants-back-into-mainstream/ |access-date=11 September 2017 |website=NorthEast India24 |date=7 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="Arunachal24.in">{{cite news |title=We Will Not Stop till the Last Gun is Laid Down: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |url=http://arunachal24.in/we-will-not-stop-till-the-last-gun-is-laid-down-sri-sri-ravi-shankar/ |access-date=11 September 2017 |website=Arunachal24 |date=7 September 2017}}</ref>
* 1986: Title of Yoga Shiromani (Supreme Jewel of Yoga)
* 1997: Guru Mahatmya Award<ref>http://hinduism.about.com/od/gurussaints/p/ravishankar.htm</ref>
* 2002: Phoenix Award, Atlanta, USA<ref>http://www.scribd.com/doc/15031501/So-Who-is-Sri-Sri-Ravi-Shankar</ref>
* 2004: Bharat Shiromani Award (New Delhi, India), The Illustrious Visitors Award (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Honorary Doctorate of Literature (Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India)
* 2005: Dara Shikoh National Award for Harmony (New Delhi), Mahavir-Mahatma Award for Contribution to Peace (Times Foundation, India), Global Humanitarian Award (Illinois, USA), Membership of Martin Luther Collegium of Scholars
* 2006: Sant Shri Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize, Order of the Pole Star (highest state honor by the President of Mongolia).
* 2006: Fervent Global Love of Life (Cultural and Education Foundation of Human Life, Taiwan), Mongolian Prime Minister's Award, Peter the Great - First Grade Award (Russian Federation), Doctor of Philosophy - Holistic Medicine (Open International University for Complementary Medicine, Sri Lanka)
* 2007: Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa (Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India), National Veterans Foundation Award (USA)
* 2007: Honorary Doctorate of Science (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India)
* 2007: Varshada Kannadiga (Kannadiga of the Year) (ETV)
* 2007: Leadership Award for Extraordinary Promotion for World Peace and Harmony (Amity University)
* 2008: Doctor of Srini Memorial Award (Srini International Organization, Nellore, India)
* 2010: Culture and Balance Award <ref>http://www.deccanherald.com/content/29982/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-conferred.html</ref>


===Ayodhya Ram Mandir dispute===
Sri Sri Ravishankar was nominated for Nobel Prize for <ref>http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/15nobel.htm</ref><ref>http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/28franc.htm</ref> his contributions and work for mankind.
Ravi Shankar's efforts at mediation in the ] in 2017 received a mixed response from both Hindu and Muslim leaders. Based on ]'s suggestion for an out-of-court settlement,<ref>{{cite news |title=SC calls for out-of-court settlement in Ayodhya case |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ayodhya-row-supreme-court-suggests-out-of-court-settlement/article17551285.ece |access-date=9 April 2018 |newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 March 2017}}</ref> he proposed a mutual compromise where both communities "gift" neighbouring pieces of land to each other. This proposal was met with a lot of skepticism and resistance.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shia Waqf Board chief meets Sri Sri, favours Ram Temple at disputed site |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/shia-waqf-board-chief-meets-sri-sri-favours-ram-temple-at-disputed-site/story-K8Bsa4mChdgPxDZhCpZ2hL.html |access-date=5 March 2018 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=31 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=In a bid to solve Ayodhya issue, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar meets Nirmohi Akhara and Muslim law board members |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-a-bid-to-solve-ayodhya-issue-sri-sri-ravishankar-meets-nirmohi-akhara-and-muslim-law-board-members/story-3UUrLCkuSfSlVqD2CHW8iI.html |access-date=5 March 2018 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=27 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar meets expelled AIMPLB member Nadvi |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-meets-expelled-aimplb-member-nadvi/551713.html |access-date=5 March 2018 |newspaper=] |date=1 March 2018 |archive-date=6 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306082901/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-meets-expelled-aimplb-member-nadvi/551713.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Solution to Ayodhya dispute not possible in Supreme Court: Sri Sri Ravishankar |url=http://zeenews.india.com/india/solution-to-ayodhya-dispute-not-possible-in-supreme-court-sri-sri-ravishankar-2085347.html |access-date=5 March 2018 |website=] |date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ayodhya dispute: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar gives fresh mediation push, meets UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/feb/28/ayodhya-dispute-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-gives-fresh-mediation-push-meets-up-cm-yogi-adityanath-in-gor-1779847.html |access-date=5 March 2018 |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=28 February 2018 |archive-date=6 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306082946/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/feb/28/ayodhya-dispute-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-gives-fresh-mediation-push-meets-up-cm-yogi-adityanath-in-gor-1779847.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In March 2019, he was appointed by the Supreme Court of India to a 3-member mediation committee tasked with finding a resolution for the case in 8 weeks.<ref name="theweek">{{cite web |title=Ayodhya dispute: Supreme Court appoints 3-member mediation team |website=] |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/03/08/ayodhya-dispute-supreme-court-mediation.html |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite news |title=Ayodhya land dispute case: SC-named panel to complete mediation in 8 weeks |website=] |date=8 March 2019 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/supreme-court-refers-ayodhya-land-dispute-case-for-mediation/articleshow/68314177.cms |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="BS">{{cite news |title=Ayodhya land dispute: SC-appointed mediation panel holds first sitting in Faizabad |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/ayodhya-land-dispute-sc-appointed-mediation-panel-holds-first-sitting-in-faizabad-119031400690_1.html |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> In its final ], the ] assigned the disputed land to a trust for building a temple and an alternate piece of land nearby to build a mosque.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ayodhya verdict: Indian top court gives holy site to Hindus |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50355775 |access-date=10 February 2022 |agency=BBC |date=9 November 2019}}</ref>
==Selected works==
Shankar's disciples have compiled numerous books transcribed from his various discourses, which are available in a number of languages.
* Patanjali Yoga Sutras
* An Intimate Note to the Sincere Seeker (volumes 1-7)
* Buddha: manifestation of silence ISBN 8189291912
* 1999 - Be A Witness: The Wisdom of the Upanishads, 106 pp. ISBN 8176210633
* 2000 - God Loves Fun, 138 pp. ISBN 1-885289-05-7
* 2001 - Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge 1995-2000, 206 pp. ISBN 1-885289-39-1
* Celebrating Love
* 2005 - Narada Bhakti Sutra, 129 pp. ISBN 8178110296


===Interfaith dialogue===
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Ravi Shankar is involved in ] and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Leaders of Religions of India |url=http://www.elijah-interfaith.org/index.php?id=731 |website=Elijah Interfaith Institute |access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |date=September 26, 2018 |title=Indian religious leaders back new declaration of peace in Europe - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/indian-religious-leaders-back-new-declaration-of-peace-in-europe/articleshow/65969104.cms |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> Through interfaith summits in 2008 and 2010, he has been engaging faith-based leaders for collective action against HIV.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spiritual healing for HIV-infected in Bangalore |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/1444431/report-spiritual-healing-for-hiv-infected-in-bangalore |access-date=30 July 2013 |newspaper=] |date=28 September 2010}}</ref> In July 2013 at a meeting in ] headquarters in Geneva, issues including HIV prevention, gender based violence, stigma and discrimination were discussed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Science, spirituality and health in the AIDS response |url=http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2013/july/20130703srisrishankar/ |website=UNAIDS |access-date=30 July 2013}}</ref>
*Power of love
*Quotes from Sri Sri
*Science of breath
*Secret of relationships
*Seeds of Wisdom
*Seva
*Sources of life
*Space within
*Spirit of enquiry
*The language of the heart
*The way of grace
*Time
*Timeless wisdom
*Waves of beauty
*Wisdom for the new millennium


===Prison program===
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In 1992, he started a prison programme<ref>{{cite news |title=South African prisoners embrace yoga |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7777912.stm |website=BBC News |date=24 December 2008 |first=Andrew |last=Walker}}</ref> to rehabilitate prison inmates and help them reintegrate into society.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pravin Mahajan 'n D's brother sing together |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=85731 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=30 April 2007}}</ref>


==Awards and recognition==
==Notes==
*], India's Second Highest Civilian Award, January 2016<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |title=Padma Vibhushan for Rajinikanth, Dhirubhai Ambani, Jagmohan |access-date=28 February 2016 |newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 January 2016}}</ref>
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*Dr Nagendra Singh International Peace Award, India, November 2016<ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Sri Ravishankar gets international peace prize |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sri-Sri-Ravishankar-gets-international-peace-prize/articleshow/55529251.cms |access-date=10 December 2016 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=20 November 2016}}</ref>
*Peru's Highest Award, "]" (Grand Officer)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar conferred with Peru's highest award 'Grand Officer' |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-conferred-with-peru-s-highest-award-grand-officer-2100609 |access-date=22 July 2015 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis |date=1 July 2015}}</ref>
*Colombia's highest civilian award, "]"<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Sri Sri Conferred With Colombia's Highest Civilian Award |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/sri-sri-conferred-with-colombias-highest-civilian-award/903924 |access-date=22 July 2015 |magazine=] |date=25 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Spiritual Leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Conferred With Colombia's Highest Civilian Award |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/spiritual-leader-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-conferred-with-colombias-highest-civilian-award-775342 |access-date=22 July 2015 |agency=Press Trust of India |website=] |date=25 June 2015}}</ref>
*]<ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to Speak at Morehouse's Martin Luther King International Chapel |url=http://www.atlantadailyworld.com/201304024956/Praise/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-to-speak-at-morehouse-s-martin-luther-king-international-chapel |access-date=4 April 2013 |newspaper=] |date=2 April 2013}}</ref>
*Highest civilian award "]", Paraguay, 13 September 2012<ref name="The Economic Times">{{cite news |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar gets Paraguay's highest civilian award |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-15/news/33863046_1_federico-franco-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-paraguayan-senate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325090517/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-15/news/33863046_1_federico-franco-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-paraguayan-senate |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2013 |access-date=22 March 2013 |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=15 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/89279-condecoraran-al-dr-sri-sri-ravi-shankar.html |title=Condecorarán al Dr. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |date=7 September 2012 |newspaper=] |language=es |access-date=22 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325085420/http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/89279-condecoraran-al-dr-sri-sri-ravi-shankar.html |archive-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
*Illustrious citizen by the Paraguayan Municipality, 12 September 2012<ref name="lite.epaper.timesofindia.com">{{cite news |title=Sri Sri gets Paraguays Highest Civilian Award |url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=5&sectid=edid=&edlabel=ETD&mydateHid=15-09-2012&pubname=Economic+Times+-+Delhi&edname=&articleid=Ar00501&publabel=ET |access-date=22 March 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=15 September 2012 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113152359/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=5&sectid=edid=&edlabel=ETD&mydateHid=15-09-2012&pubname=Economic+Times+-+Delhi&edname=&articleid=Ar00501&publabel=ET |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Illustrious guest of the city of Asunción, Paraguay, 12 September 2012<ref name="lite.epaper.timesofindia.com"/>
*Tiradentes Medal, the highest honour from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, 3 September 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alerjln1.alerj.rj.gov.br/scpro1115.nsf/10d6d451b00fd42b832566ec0018d836/94736f5cf68f67fc832579c80070979c?OpenDocument |title=Concede Medalha Tiradentes e Respectivo Diploma ao Ilustre Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |website=Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro |language=es |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=26 May 2014 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113152328/http://alerjln1.alerj.rj.gov.br/scpro1115.nsf/10d6d451b00fd42b832566ec0018d836/94736f5cf68f67fc832579c80070979c?OpenDocument |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*The Sivananda World Peace award, Sivananda Foundation, South Africa, 26 August 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Sivananda Peace Pillar presented to Ravi Shankar |url=http://sivanandapeacepillars.com/blog/2012/10/08/sivananda-peace-pillar-presented-to-ravi-shankar/ |website=Sivananda Peace Pillars.com |access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref>
*Crans Montana Forum Award, Brussels, 24 June 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmf.ch/awards/LISTE-PRIX-58.pdf |title=Prix De La Fondation |website=Crans Montana Forum |access-date=14 May 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113152331/http://www.cmf.ch/awards/LISTE-PRIX-58.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ravi Shankar 1st Indian to get Crans Montana award |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ravi-shankar-1st-indian-to-get-crans-montana-award/809703 |access-date=22 March 2013 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=28 June 2011}}</ref>
*Culture in Balance Award, World Culture Forum, Dresden Germany, 10 October 2009<ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar conferred award by German organisation |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/29982/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-conferred.html |newspaper=Deccan Herald |date=11 October 2009}}</ref>
*Phoenix Award, Atlanta, USA, 2008<ref name="dnaindia.com">{{cite news |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar honoured by three US cities |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mobile/report.php?n=1202527 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis |date=1 November 2008}}</ref>
*Honorary Citizenship and Goodwill Ambassador, Houston, USA, 2008<ref name="dnaindia.com"/>
*Proclamation of Commendation, New Jersey, USA 2008<ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Sri teaches Art of Living to New Jersey |url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/07sld04.htm |website=] |date=7 July 2008}}</ref>
*Sant Shri Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize, Pune, India, 11 January 2007<ref>{{cite news |title=Give me your worries |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Give-me-your-worries/articleshow/1140347.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331080811/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-01-11/pune/27876788_1_sri-sri-ravi-shankar-organic-farming-art-of-living-founder |url-status=live |archive-date=31 March 2013 |access-date=28 March 2013 |newspaper=] |date=11 January 2007}}</ref>
*], Mongolia, 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=Mongolia's top civilian honour for Sri Sri Ravishankar |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/aug/24sri.htm |website=Rediff.com |date=24 August 2006}}</ref>
*Bharat Shiromani Award, New Delhi, India, 2005<ref>{{cite news |title=Of oneness, spirituality and unity |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-04-21/india/27848023_1_spirituality-time-and-space-pranab-mukherjee |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121454/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-04-21/india/27848023_1_spirituality-time-and-space-pranab-mukherjee |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |newspaper=] |date=21 April 2005}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorates from – Universidad Autónoma de Asunción of Paraguay,<ref name="The Economic Times"/> Buenos Aires University, Argentina; Siglo XXI University Campus, Cordoba, Argentina; Nyenrode Business University, Netherlands;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyenrode.nl/News/Pages/Sri-Sri-Ravi-Shankar-receives-Honorary-Doctorate-from-Nyenrode-Business-Universiteit-.aspx |title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar receives Honorary Doctorate from Nyenrode Business Universiteit |date=4 June 2012 |website=Nyenrode Business Universiteit |access-date=14 May 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607215524/http://www.nyenrode.nl/News/Pages/Sri-Sri-Ravi-Shankar-receives-Honorary-Doctorate-from-Nyenrode-Business-Universiteit-.aspx |archive-date=7 June 2012}}</ref> Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur<ref name="Gyan Vihar convocation">{{cite web |title=Gyan Vihar convocation |url=http://gyanvihar.org/pg11.aspx |website=Gyan Vihar University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319001518/http://gyanvihar.org/pg11.aspx |archive-date=19 March 2013}}</ref>

In 2009, Shankar was named by '']'' magazine as the fifth most powerful leader in India.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/11/09/gandhi-singh-tata-leadership-power-09-india_slide_6.html |title=Editor's Picks: The Seven Most Powerful People in India – No. 5: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |date=9 November 2009 |magazine=Forbes |access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref>

==Criticism==
In 2012, Ravi Shankar, while attending a function in ], claimed that some Indian government schools are breeding grounds for ], a movement of militant communist groups in India declared to be terrorist organisations. "All government schools and colleges should be privatised. The government should not run any school. It's often found that children from government schools get into Naxalism and violence. Children from private schools don't get into this," he was quoted as saying by media reports, his comments were condemned by educationists and ministers as "unfortunate, illogical", and termed it as a "bizarre logic for privatisation" <ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-03-28 |title=The art of schooling |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/the-art-of-schooling/article3255114.ece |access-date=2023-11-28 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Govt schools breeding grounds for Naxalism: Sri Sri Ravishankar |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/sri-sri-ravishankar-government-schools-naxalism-96699-2012-03-20 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-21 |title=Sri Sri Ravishankar says government should not run schools |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/sri-sri-ravishankar-says-government-should-not-run-schools/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Later, he issued a clarification that he didn't mean that all government schools breed Naxalism. More clarification followed on his Twitter account: "I specifically referred to sick government schools in Naxal affected areas. Many who have turned to Naxalism have come from these schools. I did not say all Govt schools (where lakhs study) breed Naxalism. Great talents have emerged from these schools & I would never generalize."<ref>{{cite news |date=22 March 2012 |title=Protest against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for his remarks on government schools |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Protest-against-Sri-Sri-Ravi-Shankar-for-his-remarks-on-government-schools/articleshow/12362498.cms}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=21 March 2012 |title=Didn't say all govt schools breed Naxalism: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/didnt-say-all-govt-schools-breed-naxalism-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-472654 |website=NDTV}}</ref>

In March 2018, he faced criticism from political leaders for his commentary, where he said, India will turn into Syria if the ] is not resolved soon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/ayodhya-babri-dispute-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-likens-india-to-syria-gets-slammed-top-10-highlights-118030600962_1.html|title=Sri Sri Ravi Shankar likens India to Syria, gets trolled: Top 10 highlights|last=Team|first=BS Web|date=2018-03-06|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-09-29}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* ''An Intimate Note to the Sincere Seeker''; Vol. 1: {{ISBN|1-885289-29-4}}, Vol. 2: {{ISBN|1-885289-30-8}}, Vol. 3: {{ISBN|1-885289-33-2}}, Vol. 4: {{ISBN|1-885289-36-7}}, Vol. 5: {{ISBN|1-885289-38-3}}, Vol. 6: {{ISBN|1-885289-40-5}}, Vol. 7: {{ISBN|1-885289-41-3}}
* ''Buddha: manifestation of silence'', {{ISBN|81-89291-91-2}}
* 1999 – ''Be A Witness: The Wisdom of the Upanishads'', 106 pp.&nbsp;{{ISBN|81-7621-063-3}}
* 2000 – ''God Loves Fun'', 138 pp.&nbsp;{{ISBN|1-885289-05-7}}
* 2001 – ''Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge 1995–2000'', 206 pp.&nbsp;{{ISBN|1-885289-39-1}}
* ''Celebrating Love'' {{ISBN|1-885289-42-1}}
* 2005 – ''Narada Bhakti Sutra'', 129 pp.&nbsp;{{ISBN|81-7811-029-6}}
*''Hinduism & Islam, the common thread'', 34 pp, 2002
* ''Secrets of Relationships'', Arktos, 2014
* ''Patanjali Yoga Sutras'', Arktos, 2014
* ''Ashtavakra Gita'', 2010, {{ISBN|9380592833}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Ashtavakra Gita |date=2010 |publisher=Sri Sri Publications Trust |location=Bangalore |isbn=978-9380592831}}</ref>
* ''Management Mantras'', Arktos, 2014
* ''Know Your Child: The Art of Raising Children'', Arktos, 2014

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Indian spiritual leader For other people named Ravi Shankar, see Ravi Shankar (disambiguation).

Ravi Shankar
Shankar in 2018
BornRavi Shankar
(1956-05-13) 13 May 1956 (age 68)
Papanasam, Thanjavur district, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
WorksCelebrating Silence, An Intimate Note to the Sincere Seeker, God Loves Fun, "Astavakra Gita(Commentary)", "Commentary on Narada Bhakti Sutra"
HonorsPadma Vibhushan
WebsiteOfficial Website
Pranab Mukherjee, presenting the Padma Vibhushan to Shankar at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

Ravi Shankar (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian guru and spiritual leader. He is also referred to as Sri Sri or Gurudev. From around the mid 1970s, he worked as an apprentice under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation. In 1981, he founded the Art of Living foundation.

Life

Ravi Shankar was born in Papanasam, Tamil Nadu, to Vishalakshi and R.S.Venkat Ratnam. He was named "Ravi" (an Indian name which means "sun") because his birth was on a Sunday, and "Shankar" after the eighth-century Hindu saint, Adi Shankara, whose birthday was the same day as Ravi Shankar.

Ravi Shankar's first teacher was Sudhakar Chaturvedi, an Indian Vedic Scholar and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. He graduated from the St. Joseph's University, Bangalore with a Bachelor of Science degree. After graduation, he travelled with his second teacher, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, giving talks and arranging conferences on Vedic science, and setting up Transcendental Meditation and Ayurveda centers.

In the 1980s, he initiated a series of practical and experiential courses in spirituality around the globe. He says that his rhythmic breathing practice, Sudarshan Kriya, came to him in 1982, "like a poem, an inspiration", after a ten-day period of silence on the banks of the Bhadra River in Shivamogga, in the state of Karnataka, adding, "I learned it and started teaching it".

In 1983, he held the first Art of Living course in Switzerland. In 1986, he travelled to Apple Valley, California, in the US to conduct the first course to be held in North America.

Philosophy and teachings

Spirituality

He believes spirituality is that which enhances human values such as love, compassion and enthusiasm. It is not limited to any one religion or culture. Hence it is open to all people. According to him, the spiritual bond we share as part of the human family is more important than nationality, gender, religion, profession, or other identities that separate us.

According to him, science and spirituality are linked and compatible, both springing from the urge to know. The question, "Who am I?" leads to spirituality; the question, "What is this?" leads to science. Emphasizing that joy is only available in the present moment, his stated vision is to create a world free of stress and violence. His programs are said to offer practical tools to help accomplish this. He sees breath as the link between body and mind, and a tool to relax the mind, emphasising the importance of both meditation/spiritual practice and service to others. In his view, "Truth is spherical rather than linear; so it has to be contradictory."

Peace and humanitarian work

Pakistan

He visited Pakistan in 2004 on a goodwill mission and again in 2012 when he inaugurated Art of Living centers in Islamabad and Karachi. The Islamabad center was burned down by armed men in March 2014.

Iraq

During his visits to Iraq, at the invitation of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, in 2007 and again in 2008, he met with political and religious leaders to promote global peace. In November 2014, Ravi Shankar visited the relief camps in Erbil, Iraq. He also hosted a conference to address the dire condition of Yazidis and other non-Muslims in the region.

Colombia and FARC

In June 2015, Ravi Shankar met with the delegations of Colombian government and the FARC who were negotiating the resolution to Colombian conflict in Havana. He urged FARC leaders to follow the Gandhian principle of non-violence to attain their political objectives and social justice. For his efforts, Colombia's House of Representatives awarded him the Simón Bolívar Order of Democracy, Knight Cross grade.

Venezuela

In 2019, Ravi Shankar met with Venezuelan leaders from both sides to encourage dialogue, end the political conflict and restore peace and stability in the country.

Kashmir, India

The South Asian Forum for Peace was launched in November 2016 at a conference titled "Kashmir Back to Paradise" in Jammu. According to Ravi Shankar, 90% of people in Kashmir want peace but are neglected. He added, "The solution to the Kashmir problem can only come from the Kashmiris". This forum is intended to bring together eight South Asian countries to cooperate in areas such as entrepreneurship, skill development, cultural exchange, educational partnerships and women's empowerment.

Northeast India

68 militants from 11 militant outfits surrendered to the government in Manipur on the eve of India's 71st Independence Day in August 2017. The Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh, lauded Ravi Shankar for his efforts in making this happen and "bringing peace in troubled areas". Ravi Shankar's organization has been working in Manipur for the last 15 years.

In September 2017, at the "Strength in Diversity - North East Indigenous People's Conference", Ravi Shankar claimed that another 500 militants were waiting to "lay down weapons and join the peace process". The conference was attended by representatives from 67 rebel outfits from the Northeast. Expressing his willingness to facilitate the peaceful transition of any rebel group wanting to join the mainstream, Ravi Shankar claimed that his organization has been working for this for the last 10–12 years and "will continue to work until the last gun is laid down". Former ULFA General Secretary, Anup Chetia, who was also the convenor of the conference, appreciated Ravi Shankar's interest and efforts for peace in the region.

Ayodhya Ram Mandir dispute

Ravi Shankar's efforts at mediation in the Ayodhya dispute in 2017 received a mixed response from both Hindu and Muslim leaders. Based on Supreme Court of India's suggestion for an out-of-court settlement, he proposed a mutual compromise where both communities "gift" neighbouring pieces of land to each other. This proposal was met with a lot of skepticism and resistance.

In March 2019, he was appointed by the Supreme Court of India to a 3-member mediation committee tasked with finding a resolution for the case in 8 weeks. In its final verdict, the Supreme Court of India assigned the disputed land to a trust for building a temple and an alternate piece of land nearby to build a mosque.

Interfaith dialogue

Ravi Shankar is involved in interfaith dialogue and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute. Through interfaith summits in 2008 and 2010, he has been engaging faith-based leaders for collective action against HIV. In July 2013 at a meeting in UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, issues including HIV prevention, gender based violence, stigma and discrimination were discussed.

Prison program

In 1992, he started a prison programme to rehabilitate prison inmates and help them reintegrate into society.

Awards and recognition

  • Padma Vibhushan, India's Second Highest Civilian Award, January 2016
  • Dr Nagendra Singh International Peace Award, India, November 2016
  • Peru's Highest Award, "Medalla de la Integración en el Grado de Gran Oficial" (Grand Officer)
  • Colombia's highest civilian award, "Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar"
  • Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize
  • Highest civilian award "National Order of Mérito de Comuneros", Paraguay, 13 September 2012
  • Illustrious citizen by the Paraguayan Municipality, 12 September 2012
  • Illustrious guest of the city of Asunción, Paraguay, 12 September 2012
  • Tiradentes Medal, the highest honour from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, 3 September 2012
  • The Sivananda World Peace award, Sivananda Foundation, South Africa, 26 August 2012
  • Crans Montana Forum Award, Brussels, 24 June 2011
  • Culture in Balance Award, World Culture Forum, Dresden Germany, 10 October 2009
  • Phoenix Award, Atlanta, USA, 2008
  • Honorary Citizenship and Goodwill Ambassador, Houston, USA, 2008
  • Proclamation of Commendation, New Jersey, USA 2008
  • Sant Shri Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize, Pune, India, 11 January 2007
  • Order of the Pole Star, Mongolia, 2006
  • Bharat Shiromani Award, New Delhi, India, 2005
  • Honorary Doctorates from – Universidad Autónoma de Asunción of Paraguay, Buenos Aires University, Argentina; Siglo XXI University Campus, Cordoba, Argentina; Nyenrode Business University, Netherlands; Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur

In 2009, Shankar was named by Forbes magazine as the fifth most powerful leader in India.

Criticism

In 2012, Ravi Shankar, while attending a function in Jaipur, claimed that some Indian government schools are breeding grounds for Naxalism, a movement of militant communist groups in India declared to be terrorist organisations. "All government schools and colleges should be privatised. The government should not run any school. It's often found that children from government schools get into Naxalism and violence. Children from private schools don't get into this," he was quoted as saying by media reports, his comments were condemned by educationists and ministers as "unfortunate, illogical", and termed it as a "bizarre logic for privatisation" Later, he issued a clarification that he didn't mean that all government schools breed Naxalism. More clarification followed on his Twitter account: "I specifically referred to sick government schools in Naxal affected areas. Many who have turned to Naxalism have come from these schools. I did not say all Govt schools (where lakhs study) breed Naxalism. Great talents have emerged from these schools & I would never generalize."

In March 2018, he faced criticism from political leaders for his commentary, where he said, India will turn into Syria if the Ram temple issue is not resolved soon.

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