Art Of Living Foundation Colombo

ABOUT US We Serve Society by Strengthening the Individual The Art of Living is more of a principle, a philosophy of living life to its fullest. It is more a movement than an organization. Its core value is to find peace within oneself and to unite people in our society – of different cultures, traditions, religions, nationalities; and thus reminding us all that we have one goal to uplift human life everywhere. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar About the Organization One of the world’s largest volunteer-based non profits, the Art of Living is dedicated to creating a stress-free, violence-free society. Art of Living: An Overview Operating in 156 countries, The Art of Living Foundation (AOLF) is a non-profit, educational and humanitarian organization founded in 1981 by the world-renowned humanitarian and spiritual teacher Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. All of AOLF’s programs are guided by Sri Sri’s philosophy: “Unless we have a stress-free mind and a violence-free society, we cannot achieve world peace.” Courses AOLF offers numerous highly effective educational and self-development programs and tools that facilitate the elimination of stress and foster deep and profound inner peace, happiness and well-being for all individuals. Service Initiatives In addition to these courses offered globally, AOLF, working in collaboration with The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) and in special consultative status with the United Nations Social and Economic Council, has successfully implemented numerous humanitarian projects and service initiatives including: conflict resolution programs disaster relief sustainable rural development empowerment of women prisoner rehabilitation education for all environmental sustainability Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir Only an education that can nourish inbuilt virtues can impart true intelligence. ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar With this vision, Gurudev founded the Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir Trust in 1999 by Gurudev. An educational and health wing of The Art of Living, the trust was built to promote value-based, holistic education in a stress-free, student-friendly environment. It also aims to bring the benefits of ancient science of Ayurveda to the modern world.