International achievements and recognition

As an official guest in the former Soviet Union , Shri Mataji enabled over 100,000 people to experience their Self-realisation. She regularly speaks to audiences of 10,000 to 20,000 in the former Eastern bloc nations and has filled year after year the Royal Albert Hall in London for her conference on Sahaja Yoga.

Shri Mataji has delivered thousands of lectures, given many television and radio interviews, and been the subject of hundreds of newspaper articles around the world. An articulate speaker, Shri Mataji is the founder and sole director of Sahaja Yoga or "Vishwa Nirmala Dharma", which is an established non-profit organization in many countries worldwide.

Shri Mataji has been recognised worldwide by several prestigious institutions for her selfless work and for the powerful results of her spiritual teachings. In 1994, the Mayor of Brazil's capital welcomed Shri Mataji at the airport, presenting her with the key to the city, and sponsored all of her programs. In 1995, the Indian Government granted Shri Mataji a one hour primetime television series, broadcast nationally. During the same year, Shri Mataji was an official guest of the Chinese government and was invitied to speak at the International Women's Conference in Beijing . Also in 1995, she was awarded by the Romanian Ecological University an Honorary Doctorate in Cognitive and Parapsychological Sciences.

She has been recognised and greeted by the mayors of several cities in North America (Yonkers, NY, 1994 & 1996, Los Angeles, 1993 and 1994, British Columbia, 1994, Cincinnati 1992, Philadelphia 1993, Berkeley, 1997). She was given a Proclamation by the US Congress in 1997 which was submitted to the Congressional Records. Shri Mataji was declared "Personality of the Year" in 1986 by the Italian Government.

New York , 1989-1994 : Invited by the United Nations Sahaja Yoga Organisation for four consecutive years to speak on ways to achieve world peace.

105th Congress, 1997 and 106th Congress, 2000 : Honorarium read into Congressional Record by Congressman Eliot Engle commending Shri Mataji for her dedicated and tireless work for humanity.

"Shri Mataji's discovery brings genuine hope to humanity." Claes Nobel, (grand newphew of Alfred Nobel, Nobel Peace Prize Foundation) Chairman of the United Earth Organisation.

Nobel Peace Prize nominee

Romania , 1995 , Awarded PhD in Cognitive Science from the Ecological University of Bucarest

China, 1995 , Official guest speaker at the Women's Conference in Beijing as a guest of the Chinese Government

Brazil, 1994 , Presented with the key to the City of Brasilia following official sponsorship of the series of Sahaja Yoga programs in the country

St. Petersburg, URS 1993 , Invited to inaugurate the now annual International Conference on Medicine and Self-Knowledge.

Moscow, 1989 , Government sponsorship of Sahaja Yoga research granted after meeting between Shri Mataji and the Russian Minister of Health at that time.

Italy , 1989 , Named Personality of the Year by the Italian Government.

NGOs created by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

In her tremendous compassion and concern to alleviate human sufferings, Shri Mataji has been able to create a number of NGOs (Non Governmental Organisations) to solve the most immediate problems of the world in the last 25 years. To mention a few:

1. An international hospital in Mumbai to help patients all over the world to get a chance to cure themselves through Sahaja Yoga methods. This hospital has been producing quite successful results in curing a number of incurable diseases like cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis etc.
2. An international cancer research centre in Mumbai in order to study the effects of Sahaja Yoga methods on curing various illnesses, including psychosomatic diseases.
3. An international music school in Nagpur to promote classical music.
4. A charity house for the poor people in Delhi , to provide shelter to destitute and homeless people. Also to help them through the process of Sahaja Yoga to become better individuals.

Conclusion

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has dedicated her life to triggering the spiritual ascent of mankind through Self-realisation, reclaiming the role of women in the spiritual evolution, and guiding humanity to correct today's moral dilemmas. It seems that the light of Gandhi's vision is being brought to fulfilment by this great lady who is revered as the compassionate Divine Mother by her followers, as the "Messenger of peace" by Ayatollah Rouhani, an Avatar of the modern era by Claes Nobel, grand newphew of Albert Nobel (the creator of the Nobel foundation) and Chairman of United Earth.