His signature technique, Sudarshan Kriya, combined with guided meditation and dialogue, has helped over 800 million people experience inner peace. By 2015, peace talks between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were deadlocked, weighed down by decades of suspicion. His eventual surrender helped transform the volatile Bihar–Nepal border into a peace zone — a development welcomed by the Indian government. Spirit of peacebuildingFrom Colombia to Bihar, Gurudev's efforts underline a core principle: outer peace cannot exist without inner calm. His work shows how timeless tools like meditation and dialogue can soften hardened positions, giving peace a chance even where violence once seemed inevitable.