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See Swamiji's New Year's message recorded on December 31, 2007 in India.

At the end of his two-day visit to Zagreb, capital of the Republic of Croatia, His Holiness Vishwaguruji met with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Wednesday, December 19, 2007.

On Tuesday 18 December 2007, His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji gave a series of Public Lectures on the subject “Spiritual Heritage”, in Zagreb, the capital of Republic of Croatia, organised by the Croatian Association of Yoga in Daily Life.

His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji held the Sri Mahaprabhuji's Mahasamadhi Anniversary Satsang on December 5, 2007, in Vienna/Austria. The satsang was recorded (and webcast live at the time) and here you can find a video clip (divided in six parts) of Swamiji’s speech.

Jadan Ashram is a lively and dynamic place with many ongoing projects - one of them being the Jadan School for local children. The "Shree Vishwa Deep Gurukul Maheshwaranand Ashram School", established by His Holiness Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji, has already been active since 2001. A new school building was recently opened and funds for more school buses are being raised. See more news and impressions directly from Jadan, published by Swami Jasraj Puri.

In the International Youth Conference, on 1 December 2007 in Prague, youths from numerous countries participated, as well as renowned artists and dignitaries from politics and science. Amongst them were representatives from the Ministry of Education of Czech Republic and from UNESCO. The youth demonstrated a lot of wisdom, insight and fresh ideas in their visions about the world and its future.

We would like to inform you about the 5th International Youth Conference of Yoga in Daily Life, to take part in Prague/Czech Republic, November 30 till December 1 2007.

Diwali, a festival of Light, is one of the four main festivals of India and it is also the auspicious day of the holy incarnation of our belowed Lord Bhagwan Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji. Read [Swamiji's message] on this occasion (235 KB PDF).

On October 11, 2007, in the 12th century monastery of Pedralbes a unique event took place with the Inter-Religious gathering of spiritual leaders from Barcelona/Spain. This meeting was organized by UNESCO of Catalonia as part of an initiative to cultivate a culture of peace between religions and to demonstrate the possibility of unity in diversity. Although most of the faith representatives were from the local region, representing India and Sat Sanatan Dharma, was His Holiness Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda.

The 6th annual World Peace Summit under the auspices of the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council, in cooperation with the Slovak Yoga Union took place in Bratislava, on October 5-7. The World Peace Summits are an annual event that journey around the world to raise global awareness, as well as spiritual, social and political resolve to secure lasting world peace and to demonstrate mutual respect and understanding. Many participants and dignitaries came from around the globe.