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Prem Rawat Establishes a Guinness World Record for the Most People to Ever Attend a Lecture
On November 28, 2023 in Gaya, India — near the location where Buddha is supposed to have attained enlightenment more than 2,500 years ago — bestselling author and peace educator, Prem Rawat, established the world record for the most people ever to attend a lecture — 375,603.
Some people in the audience — many of whom had walked for days to see him — were unfamiliar with his message of peace. Others had been listening to him for years. And there were some in the audience that day who had attended Prem Rawat’s first-ever public address in Dehra Dun, India, in 1961 when he was only four years old.
“The peace you are looking for is inside of you.” — Prem Rawat
Although 62 years have passed since that time and much has changed in the world, Prem Rawat’s timeless message — delivered with great passion, wisdom and wit — was on full display during his Guinness World Record-setting event.
What was it that motivated almost 400,000 people to attend his historic event in Gaya? Simply this: a thirst for inner peace and a hard-to-describe attraction to Prem Rawat’s extraordinary ability to inspire people from all walks of life to experience the very best of what life has to offer — what…
