{"id":45698,"date":"2026-07-15T18:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gurudev.artofliving.org\/?page_id=45698"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:40:17","slug":"the-luxembourg-peace-prize-awarded-to-gurudev","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gurudev.artofliving.org\/de\/the-luxembourg-peace-prize-awarded-to-gurudev\/","title":{"rendered":"The Luxembourg Peace Prize Awarded to Gurudev"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Luxembourg Peace Prize Awarded to Gurudev<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Luxembourg Peace Prize honors people who have made peace real. In 2026, the Schengen Peace Foundation and the World Peace Forum presented it to Gurudev in recognition of 45 years of contributing to conflict resolution globally.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Outstanding Inner Peace: 2026 Luxembourg Peace Prize<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Presented by the Schengen Peace Foundation and the World Peace Forum before members of parliament, diplomats, and dignitaries assembled in Luxembourg.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A Commitment to Conflict Resolution<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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From Colombia to Sri Lanka, Ayodhya to Kashmir, the award recognizes a body of work in which inner peace became the instrument of outer change.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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45 Years. 800 Million People. 182 Countries<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The prize honors work that began in a small South Indian village in 1981 and has since reached more than 800 million people across 182 countries.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\"Peace is not complacency, and aggression is not bravery. True peace arises when one is both aware and dynamic.\"<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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About the Award<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The <\/span>Schengen Peace Foundation<\/b> was started in 2005 as a not-for-profit charity approved by His Royal Highness Henri the Grand Duke of Luxembourg on Oct 19th, 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Schengen Peace Foundation and the World Peace Forum confer the Luxembourg Peace Prize on individuals and organizations whose contribution to peace, reconciliation, and human dignity can be measured not just in intention, but in outcome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The award presentation took place in Luxembourg, before parliamentarians, diplomats, and dignitaries. The citation recognized four and a half decades of peacebuilding across conflict zones and trauma relief programs, and the steady work of teaching hundreds of millions of people to find stillness inside themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the premise on which Gurudev has built a global movement: lasting peace in the world begins with peace in the individual. Not just as philosophy, but as practice.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Commitment to Conflict Resolution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The record behind this prize is specific.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Colombia, Gurudev’s engagement contributed to a unilateral FARC ceasefire in 2015 and, a year later, a bilateral one, which helped halt a conflict that had displaced seven million people and claimed more than 220,000 lives. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos acknowledged the role directly: „Thank you for everything you have done for the peace process. Your help is very useful and your spiritual guidance is so important.“ And as Congressman Losada put it, \u201cWithout you, Gurudev, peace in our country would not have been possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Sri Lanka, Gurudev spent nearly a decade mediating between the LTTE and the government, pairing traditional diplomacy with emotional healing to open pathways between Tamil and Sinhalese communities scarred by 26 years of civil war.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Ayodhya, appointed by India’s Supreme Court to a mediation panel, Gurudev convened more than 1,200 stakeholders over nine months to build the foundation for a peaceful end to a 500-year dispute.<\/span><\/p>\n

In dialogues still underway around the world, the approach holds: attend not only to the external conditions of conflict, but to the mental and emotional lives of the people inside it, at both the levels of leadership and everyday people affected by violence.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What Gurudev Said<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Accepting the award, Gurudev pointed to what he sees as the root of all conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

„The root cause of conflict is the absence of inner peace in individuals. Our experience in conflict zones has shown that societies need people who can build bridges, restore communication and rebuild trust. Such mediators are essential today. I would like to see every young person become a bridge wherever they find divisions in communities.“<\/span><\/p>\n

On peace and strength: „Peace is not complacency, and aggression is not bravery. True peace arises when one is both aware and dynamic.“<\/span><\/p>\n

On the challenge that defines this moment:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe often speak of peace and security in the same breath. Yet while enormous resources are devoted to security, far too little attention is given to cultivating peace. Stress is one of the biggest enemies of humankind. A stress-free mind and a violence-free society are the foundations of lasting peace.“<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Principle, Not a Person<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Gurudev has said many times when receiving an award:<\/span><\/p>\n

„I share this award with all those people who stand for a violence-free and stress-free society. This award is not for a person or personality, but for a principle that stands for the ideal of one world family and cultural plurality.“<\/span><\/p>\n

The Luxembourg Peace Prize joins honors from the governments of Colombia, India, Fiji, Mongolia, Suriname, Paraguay, and Peru, along with 44 institutional honors and 28 honorary doctorates, in a record that reflects not accumulation, but consistency. The same work, the same principle, recognized again.<\/span><\/p>\n

What the Schengen Peace Foundation and the World Peace Forum recognized in 2026 is what has been true since 1981: peace is not just a policy position. It is a state of being. And states of being can be taught.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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