{"id":1066,"date":"2011-05-18T17:54:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T21:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2011-05-18T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T21:54:22","slug":"peace-prize-for-desmond-tutu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"Peace Prize for Desmond Tutu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Peace Laureate  Archbishop Desmond Tutu was recently presented with the first Sri Chinmoy Peace Prize\u00c2\u00a0 for his dedication to fostering the ideals of peace in the hearts and lives of  millions worldwide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1067\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/desmond-tutu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1067\" title=\"desmond-tutu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/desmond-tutu.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Tutu\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/desmond-tutu.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/desmond-tutu-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desmond Tutu with Sri Chinmoy Peace Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sri Chinmoy met with Desmond Tutu on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sri-chinmoy-and-arch-tutu-mar-16th-2004-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1068 aligncenter\" title=\"sri-chinmoy-and-arch-tutu-mar-16th-2004-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sri-chinmoy-and-arch-tutu-mar-16th-2004-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Sri Chinmoy Desmond Tutu\" width=\"449\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sri-chinmoy-and-arch-tutu-mar-16th-2004-sm.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sri-chinmoy-and-arch-tutu-mar-16th-2004-sm-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 85vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Sri Chinmoy offered Archbishop Desmond Tutu the &#8216;<em>Lifting up the World with a Oneness-Heart Award<\/em>&#8216; During a private in meeting in Capetown, 1995, Sri Chinmoy said of Desmond Tutu.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Father Tutu, you perfectly embody both contemplation and action, and  thus you serve as a radiant example for God-lovers and peace-seekers  everywhere in today&#8217;s world. In your compelling words: &#8220;<em>The most  important, the most cardinal fact about our life is the spiritual-that  encounter with God in prayer, in worship, in meditation.<\/em>&#8221; Far from  providing an escape, religion for you sounds a clarion call to the  service of truth. <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1066-1' id='fnref-1066-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(1066)'>1<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After receiving the Sri Chinmoy Peace Award, Desmond Tutu expressed his gratitude saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank you so much for  this very special award which I shall treasure. Please pray for us. I  wish to say that world has got very many ugly things\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwar and poverty and  disease. But it also has beautiful things\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. Sri Chinmoy was one of  God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very best fellow workers, working for harmony and peace, and we  thank God for his tireless service.We pray for God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Blessings on all who follow his teachings to plant the seeds of peace and harmony throughout the world.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Desmond Tutu also held aloft the World Harmony Run torch which is committed to the ideals of spreading peace and harmony throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>Read More at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldharmonyrun.org\/usa\/news\/2011\/offroute\/0513\">World Harmony Run<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/world-harmony-run\/inspiration-from-africa\/\">Inspiration from Africa<\/a> &#8211; World Harmony Run<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-1066'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-1066-1'> Sri Chinmoy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/books\/1111\/1\">link<\/a> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1066-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu was recently presented with the first Sri Chinmoy Peace Prize\u00c2\u00a0 for his dedication to fostering the ideals of peace in the hearts and lives of millions worldwide. Sri Chinmoy met with Desmond Tutu on numerous occasions. In 2004, Sri Chinmoy offered Archbishop Desmond Tutu the &#8216;Lifting up the World &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=1066\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Peace Prize for Desmond Tutu&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}