Today 5th March is Sudarshan Kriya Day

Today 5th March is Sudarshan Kriya Day 

On this day in 1982, the world renowned corner stone of every single Happiness Programme, Sudarshan Kriya was born in Shimoga, India.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji, founded this technique as he sat for a period of 10 days in silence on the banks of the Bhandra River. With only a few participants at the time Gurudev Sri Sri taught this technique to them - and the rest is history.

Now, 42 years later, Sudarshan Kriya has transformed the lives of millions in 180 countries, from people in rural areas, to city workers, students to housewives/husbands and even to nearly half a million prison inmates - all who have been. 

Upon visiting Shimoga in 2004 Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji shares why he introduced Sudarshan Kriya to the world - “I had already travelled around the world. I taught Yoga, Asanas, Meditation. But still I was concerned about how to make people live a happy life. After being in silence for 10 days, knowledge of Sudarshan Kriya came to me. Nature knows what to give and when to give.

When we started that time, the course used to begin early in the morning and would go on until 10:30 PM - 11 PM. So some people would not turn up the next day. The rest would go and bring them back. I would keep silent and everybody would also keep silent. Then people started having beautiful experiences from the second day. Our first course was here in Shimoga.

Over a period of time I felt that this was a little too much for some people and so we split the course into the Basic course (currently the Happiness Programme) and Advance course (currently the Silence Course or Silence Retreat). You know I don’t feel like I ever left this place”.