Humanitarian and founder of nonprofit the Art of Living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been advocating nonviolent solutions to global conflicts for the past four decades.
Sri Sri was part of the peace process that ended five decades of fighting between the Colombian government and guerilla groups, the largest being the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as FARC. For his involvement, he was awarded the Simon Bolivar Order of Merit, the country's highest civilian honor.
In an interview with Full Frame host Mike Walter, Sri Sri recounted a meeting he held with some of the guerilla members.
"I said, 'I stand for social justice, but the path of violence is not good.' So I insisted that if they follow the path of nonviolence, then every sane person on the planet would support them. And fortunately they agreed on that," Sri Sri said.
World peace and inner peace are connected, saying "Inner peace, I feel, is the key for outer peace."
Sri Sri noted that mental health worldwide has suffered since the pandemic started. Breathing techniques and meditation can help, he said.
"A strong mind can carry along a weak body, but not the other way around. A weak mind cannot carry along even a strong body. So mental health is an area we need to attend to today in the world," he said.
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