On the October 2, 2006 birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the ancient city of Anuradhapura is expected to host the largest gathering in Sri Lanka’s history--a meditation for peace called together by the Sarvodaya Movement. Sarvodaya is organizing this unique event (the culmination of an 11-day programme) to influence the collective consciousness of people throughout the world towards peace and loving kindness. Over one million people, most of them from Sri Lanka’s rural communities and many of them impacted by the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka, will gather in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka’s ancient city. As with Sarvodaya’s previous meditations, this is a spiritual gathering for people of all ages, religions and ethnic origins.

Sarvodaya, based on Gandhian and Buddhist philosophies, believes in the important role