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2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday January 30 Monday 31 Tuesday New Years Day (US) 1 Wednesday 2 Thursday 3 Friday Pujya Swamiji presented with the HSS Mahatma Gandhi Lifetime Peace and Service Award Pujya Swamiji presented with the HSS Mahatma Gandhi Lifetime Peace and Service Award by the hands of HE President India Shri Ram Nath Kovind 4 Saturday To perform actions without any expectation, Birthday of Guru Gobind “ just as an instrument of divine grace, is Yoga. Singh 5 ” (Sikh) Sunday Do not try to move others; rather find your way between anuary Epiphany “ the others and around them. Humbly and sincerely J (Christian) 6 make your own way on the path of life. ” Monday 7 Tuesday 8 Wednesday 9 Thursday 10 Friday Photo by: Ravi Kapadia Photography 11 Saturday 12 Sunday ome to nature, be with nature, anuary Lohri C J (Sikh) (Hindu) 13 “ and discover your true nature. ” Monday Makar Sankranti (Hindu) 14 Tuesday 15 Wednesday 16 Thursday 17 Friday Interfaith Peace Pledge Pilgrimage for peace and protection of water in Assisi, Italy 18 Saturday 19 Sunday anuary Tu B’Shevat Forgiveness removes the J (Jewish) 20 “ vice from our hearts and allows us to breathe, Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day live and love freely. (US) Mahayana New Year 21 ” (Buddhist) Tuesday 22 Wednesday Paush Purnima (Hindu) 23 Thursday Ganesh Sankat Chaturthi (Hindu) 24 25 Friday Saturday Republic Day (India) 26 Sunday Our own actions, January 27 “ choices and habits are February the seeds which create Monday our world.” 28 Tuesday 29 Wednesday 30 Thursday 31 Friday Green pledge during Shri Ram Katha with Pujya Swamiji, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Resources & Singh Rawat, Hon’ble Minister of State HRD, Water Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Satyapal Singh, and many eminent interfaith leaders 1 Saturday 2 Sunday February 3 Monday Mauni Amavas (Hindu) 4 Tuesday Losar (Tibetan New Year) (Buddhist) 5 Wednesday 6 Thursday 7 Friday Parinirvana-Nirvana Day Pujya Swamiji singing with women from Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre’s Pujya Swamiji singing with women from Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre’s Old Age Home in Ladakh (Buddhist) 8 Love and compassion should “ not merely be a part of life, Saturday but ALL of life.” 9 Sunday Basant ebruary Panchami F (Hindu) 10 Let your selfless service “ be your prayer and Monday your meditation. 11 The best way to honor God in our lives is Tuesday through serving humanity. Rath Saptami ” (Hindu) 12 Wednesday Bhishma Ashtami (Hindu) 13 Thursday St. Valentine’s Day (US) 14 Friday Nirvana Day Pujya Swamiji cleaning trash from the sacred Sangam during Kumbh Mela in Allahabad (Alternative Day) (Buddhist) 15 Saturday 16 Sunday ebruary To truly understand each other we must F 17 “ stand under each other with humility. ” Monday President’s Day (US) 18 Tuesday Magi Purnima (Hindu) 19 Wednesday Purim (Jewish) 20 Thursday 21 Friday Hola Mohalla Interfaith Pledge and Prayer for peace protection of water in Assisi, Italy (Sikh) 22 Saturday 23 Sunday How to recharge your February 24 batteries? Plug yourself back March into the Source. Get connected Monday again to God. The moment we reconnect, the charge 25 is there! Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Thursday 28 Friday International Yoga Festival Begins 1 Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji with ambassadors from around the world during Festival 2018 International Yoga Saturday 2 Sunday March 3 Monday Mahashivratri (Hindu) 4 Tuesday 5 Wednesday Ash Wednesday (Christian) 6 If we want to be “ torchbearers of peace, Thursday we must first become 7 rivers of love, dousing all flames of discord Friday in the waters Pujya Swamiji offers flowers to a beautiful crystal Shiva linga during Maha Shivratri celebrations on the banks of Mother Ganga at Parmarth of our own compassion 8 and serenity. Saturday ” 9 Sunday Daylight Savings arch Time M (US) 10 Monday 11 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 13 Thursday 14 You can be fit or have fits. Friday “ You can be set or upset. 15 You can be better or bitter. Naidu, President of India Shri M Venkaiah Inauguration of IYF 2018 with Hon’ble Vice Hon’ble Governor of Uttarakhand Shri KK Paul, and Chief Minister Uttarakhand, Singh Rawat, along with many other eminent Hon’ble Ministers and dignitaries Shri Trivendra You can be in peace or in pieces-- Saturday the choice is yours.” 16 Sunday Yoga connects us to our innernet rather than the internet. arch St. Patrick’s Day (Christian) “ People always ask if there is Wi-Fi, but the real question M 17 should be “Why-I?” ” Monday 18 Tuesday 19 Wednesday Spring Equinox Holi Dahan (Hindu) 20 Thursday Holi (Hindu) 21 Friday World Water Day Eco-friendly Holi celebrations during International Yoga Festival Eco-friendly Holi celebrations during International Yoga 22 Saturday 23 Sunday We must learn to give, give and give like the Sun, arch “ and like Mother Ganga - with no hesitation, no expectation, M 24 no vacation and no discrimination. ” Monday 25 Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Thursday 28 Friday Rally for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene along banks of Ganga at Parmarth Niketan Rally for Water, 29 Saturday 30 Sunday Cultivate the attitude of not April 31 “ “what for me”, but rather “what through me.” Monday ” 1 ” Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 Friday Pujya Swamiji plays with renowned percussionist Sivamani during International Yoga Festival Pujya Swamiji plays with renowned percussionist Sivamani during International Yoga 5 Saturday Gudi Padwa (Hindu) Navratri (New Year) (Hindu) 6 Sunday April 7 Monday 8 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 10 Thursday 11 12 Friday Surrender. Become humble. Pujya Swamiji, Hon’ble MP Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal, and Sadhvi Abha Saraswatiji celebrate special 75th birthday at Parmarth Speaker of the Lok Sabha Smt. Sumita Mahajan’s “ Realize everything Saturday is due only to God. Ashtami (Hindu) Ram Navmi ” (Hindu) 13 Sunday pril Palm Sunday A (Christian) Vaisakhi 14 (Hindu) Monday Prayer is the 15 “ broom which sweeps out Tuesday our heart, 16 making it clean and divine Wednesday for God. Mahavir Jayanti ” (Hindu) 17 Thursday 18 Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu) Friday Good Friday (Christian) Passover Begins (Jewish) 19 Theravadin New Year (Buddhist) Saturday 20 Sunday Giving is living, living is learning, learning is knowing, pril Easter Sunday “ knowing is growing, growing is giving, and giving is living. A (Christian) 21 That is the cycle of life. - ” Monday Earth Day 22 Tuesday 23 Wednesday 24 Thursday 25 Friday Global Interfaith WASH Alliance’s Massive “Swachhta Hi Seva” Clean-Up program brought hun Alliance’s Global Interfaith WASH dreds of volunteers together in Lakshman Jhula, Rishikesh to clean up the banks Mother Ganga 26 Saturday Passover Ends (Jewish) 27 Sunday April May 28 Monday 29 Tuesday 30 Wednesday Yom Hashoah (Jewish) 1 Thursday Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh) 2 3 Friday “If you can experience love, Saturday you will manifest love.” 4 Sunday ay Ramadan Begins M (Muslim) 5 Monday 6 Tuesday Akshay Tritiya (Hindu) 7 Wednesday 8 Thursday 9 Friday Pujya Swamiji shares the work to protect environment and restore River Ganga with Adityanathji Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Mahant Yogi 10 Accept whatever comes as Prasad from God. “ Whatever He gives us – a hut or a castle, Saturday is His divine gift.” 11 Sunday May 12 Monday 13 Tuesday 14 Wednesday 15 Thursday 16 Friday Green pledge of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) and tGELF to work together for the Alliance (GIWA) Green pledge of Global Interfaith WASH Sustainable Development Goals during the LIFE Leadership Summit at Parmarth 17 Life is not just about connecting to the Internet “ and getting the fastest speed, but we must remember to Saturday Buddha Purnima connect with the Innernet and get the right direction.” (Hindu) 18 Peace is living in harmony within ourselves Sunday and with all those with whom we share the Earth ay Buddha Day M (Buddhist) “ - the humans, the animals, and the plants. 19 ” Monday 20 Tuesday 21 Wednesday 22 Thursday 23 Friday Water Blessing Ceremony during the “Go Green, Go Organic” Pact signing ceremony Water between Pujya Swamiji and HH Drikung Kyabgon Rinpoche, the 37th throne holder of Buddhism Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan 24 Saturday 25 Sunday May June 26 Monday Memorial Day (US) 27 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 29 Thursday Ascension Day (Christian) 30 Friday Lailat al Qadr (Muslim) 31 Saturday “If we are peaceful, humble and sincere inside, then nothing outside can take away our peace.” 1 Sunday “In order to bring deep and lasting peace to our world, June 2 we have no choice but to begin from the inside and move outwards.” Monday Birthday of H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati 3 Eid-Ul-Fitr (Muslim) Tuesday Ramadan Ends (Muslim) 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday Pujya Swamiji’s Green Birthday Celebrations Pujya Swamiji’s 7 Saturday Shavuot (Jewish) 8 Sunday une Pentecost J (Christian) 9 Monday 10 Tuesday 11 Wednesday Ganga Dussehra (Hindu) 12 Thursday 13 Friday Ganga Dussehra celebrations at Parmarth 14 Saturday Let us realize that everything is just as it is supposed to be. “ We are in the lap of the Mother. How can anything go wrong? 15 Vat Purnima Sunday (Hindu) ravel light on your journey in life. Your desires une Martyrdom of T J Guru Arjan Dev “ and expectations are heavy baggage, which slow you down (Sikh) 16 and thwart your progress. Let them go. Monday ” 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Friday Summer Solstice 21 Saturday 22 Sunday Engage yourself in Karma (good, selfless work), under the shade June 23 “ of Dharma (righteousness), with an awareness of Brahma (God).” Monday 24 Tuesday 25 Wednesday 26 Thursday 27 28 Friday Saturday St. Peter & Paul’s Day (Christian) 29 Sunday Make every day a holy day: July “ Start every day with a prayer.