Living peace

Spiritual leaders from all over the world unite in the Living Peace Projects Foundation to motivate people to bring loving kindness and compassion into action and in to the lives of all they meet.

Mission

Our objective is to promote harmony and peace between religions and religious movements and stimulate global cooperation between spiritual leaders of different traditions.

Living peace projects focus on education and healthy water. Education according to the virtues of the peace pledge is key, since young people are the future. Awareness of the sacredness of healthy water is fundamental for living peace because healthy water is the essential but scarce source of all life on Earth.

Spiritual council

The Spiritual Council consists of 9 Spiritual Leaders from different spiritual traditions. They are the inspirational body of the Living Peace Projects Foundation and act as an Advisory Council, giving recommendations on the mission for living peace.

Our projects

Peace Pledge

Friendship and compassion between people and countries are the basis for living peace.

Youth Peace Education

Loving kindness and compassion are essential in education.

Pilgrimages

Promoting harmony and peace between religions and religous movements worldwide through pilgrimages and stimulating global cooperation between spiritual leaders of different traditions.

Water projects

Water is the sacred source of life and the carrier of the soul in all religions. Awareness on the sacredness of healthy water will be fundamental.

Peace Statements

  • "That god is love in the expression of loving kindness and compassion, in every thought, every speech, and every action."

    Audrey KitagawaChair of the Parliament of World Religions

  • "And these feelings in our heart, they should be around these lines of kindness and compassion. That you look at other people from that point of view, from a kind point of view."

    Murshid Karimbakhsh Wittenveenco-initiator Living Peace Projects - NL

  • "May we all recognize that we desperately need each other to achieve the common goal of peace and justice."

    Awraham Soetendorpco-founder GIWA Netherlands

  • "Each person is a unique form of that infinite stillness and presence, infinite space, a unique expression of the whole!"

    Jef Boeckmans, Zenmaster Trappist monk, Netherlands

  • "Let our heart be open to all ideas. This world is one and we all are essentially one."

    Prajanananda ParhamahansaKriya yoga Master, India

  • "Harmony is better than discord; Love is better than hatred ; Peace is better than wars."

    Imam Dr. Umer IlyassiIndia

  • "Now is the time; be the compassion, be the peace."

    Swamini Adityananda SaraswatiProgram Director GIWA India

  • "Because if we want to serve the creator, we have to serve the creation."

    Syed Salman ChishtyChishty foundation Ajmer Sharif, India

  • "God never gets tired of forgiving; Mother’s never get tired of forgiving; Forgiveness is important to reconcile."

    Bhai Sahib Mohinder SinghSpiritual Leader - Chairman of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatja. Sikh Faith

  • "Loving Kindness and Compassion. These are not words, these are feelings. And that’s very relevant for today’s time."

    Brahmarishi MohanjiIndia

  • "Let the heart lead feelingly and the mind follow thoughtfully."

    Pir Zia Inayat KhanInayat Order, USA

  • "So, we need today to tell our hearts around and share that love with the whole universe."

    Sheikh Ahmed Tijani Ben OmarGhana

  • "The remedy to all the ills and discord and the despair of today’s world is love. And as the Chishty thinker Nizamuddin Auliya says: If the remedy is not working increase the dose of the Love."

    Pir Chishti Asim MahraviPakistan

  • "Let you and I be the makers of peace in this world. The makers of peace within ourselves. And the examples of true human beings."

    Jonathan GranoffPresident Global Security Institute, USA

  • "We need to work together."

    Ruben Tierrablanca GonzalesBishop Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey

  • "Let the Peace Pledge be a remedy to racism, to marginalization, to imbalance of wealth. To bring wise education as an inspiration, to actively work to improve the quality of life."

    Pir Shabda KahnDirector Sufi Ruhaniat International, USA

  • "Instead of the rational mindset we need the heart mindset. Because our heart is the most sensible and innovative power we have."

    Brigitte van Barenco-founder Living Peace Projects

  • "For me loving kindness and compassion is the energy that blesses all beings."

    Nuria Sabatoco-representative Sufi Movement, USA

  • "Where do we get the strength for this love? It comes from the divine. When we connect, when we take the power of love from God, it overflows through us and in to the world."

    Sister Maureen GoodmanBrahma Kumaris Director, UK London

  • "Well what can I do to create peace in the world is teaching children. Because I believe education is one way for the children to develop themselves."

    Mohammad AljoundeInternational Childrens Peace Prize Winner 2017, Syrië

  • "It is so important that all of us should make an effort to unite people."

    Sri Sri Ravi ShankarFounder Art of Living Foundation

  • "Awareness is the key."

    Devi MohanMohanji Foundation

  • "We say we are capable of love. Whoever we ask is going to confirm that his heart is full of love. This is true. However, we only love that fits our personal world. This is where the error lies."

    H. Nur ArtiranPresident of Sefik Can International Mevlana, Turkey

  • "The only thing that people who have it, the love. Who have the kindness. Who have the compassion. To give it back to people who need it."

    Masaai Ezekekiel Ole KatatoKenya

  • "Just as when our eyes are open, we see. When our ears are functional, we hear. Our nose is functional, we smell. When our heart is open, we love."

    Sadhvi Bhagavad SaraswatiGIWA, India

  • "Loving, Kindness and Compassion are our true nature."

    Gabriel HagaiFrance

  • "As a Bahai, I believe must dove-tail with two other important issues: justice and peace."

    Dr. AK. MerchantBahai, India

  • "The problem of the earth could be solved by human beings. But because of our selfish nature for personal benefits, we do not want to face and wait for earth’s destruction."

    Dharma Master Hsin TaoTaiwan

  • "To not answer with loving and kindness, is to ignore ourselves, ignore what we are."

    Losang GendungBuddhist monk, Netherlands

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