Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's meditation event creates Guinness World Record

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankars event World Meditates with Gurudev has broken various records and bagged a place in the Guinness World Records the Asia Book of Records and the World Records UnionThis monumental event organised by the Art of Living Foundation brought together millions from across the globe setting a new benchmark for collective meditationThe official release from the Art of Living stated The first World Meditation Day marked an unparalleled celebration of unity and inner peace With participants tuning in from over 180 countries the event showcased the transformative power of meditation as a global movementStarting with the inaugural event at the United Nations and culminating in a live session led by Gurudev from atop the World Trade Center New York the day witnessed a wave of meditation sweeping across continentsAlso ReadSri Sri Ravi Shankar to deliver keynote address at UN on first World Meditation DayThe list of records broken included the Guinness World Record for most viewers of a guided meditation live stream on YouTubeAsia Book of Records for maximum participation from all the states of India in Guided Meditation in a day and maximum nationalities participated in Guided Meditation in a dayWorld Records Union for creating the record for the most views for an online guided meditation in 24 hours on YouTube and the record for the most live viewers of a guided meditation session on YouTube It also marked the record for the most nationalities participating in an online meditation sessionThe meditation session was streamed live with millions joining virtually and even physically in large groups to meditate for global peace and harmonyBefore leading everyone into meditation he said Meditation is the journey from movement to stillness To meditate you need to first go from too much thinking to feeling what is And then go beyond the feeling towards the inner space If you want to be sane sensitive and sensible you need to meditate Meditation is not inactivity It makes you more dynamic and peaceful Even to be a revolutionary you need to meditateThe Art of Livings initiative has been praised by global leaders celebrities sportspersons professionals and people from all walks of life and age groupsThe event also garnered significant participation from farmers educational institutions including those for visually challenged children corporates members of the military health caregivers researchers and scientists homemakers people of indigenous origins and even prisons demonstrating meditations universal appeal and impact The world united in a shared moment of peace and harmony stated the releaseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever