New Delhi: Taking his vision of Art of Living to Argentinian politicians and business leaders, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressed the country's Senate and a corporate gathering during a six-day visit to the Latin American nation.

"Decision-makers need to be free from stress to come up with great ideas and work well," he said in his address to the Senate of Argentina. The Vice President of Argentina and President of the Senate Julio Cobos honoured Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with a citation for his organisation Art of Living Foundation's "exceptional work" in Argentina in the last 17 years.

Apart from spiritual courses and training programmes, Art of Living is also involved in imparting education to underprivileged children, organising free medical camps, youth programmes and stress elimination workshops in the Latin American country, a release from the organisation said.

Speaking at a conference on corporate ethics and human values attended by over 1,600 business leaders and eminent people in Buenos Aires, the Indian spiritual guru highlighted the need for spirituality to strengthen the four pillars of a society - politics, business, academics and religion.

During the course of his visit, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar also visited the country's largest prison, one of the 26 jails where the Art of Living has been conducting its transformational prison programmes.

"Inside every culprit, there is a victim crying for help. If you heal the victim, they will not be criminals any more," he stressed.
Source : PTI