Brahma Kumaris United Nations Office

Weekly Meditation
2025-07-29 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto)
This week’s meditation is dedicated to International Day of Friendship.
“Through friendship — by accumulating bonds of camaraderie and developing strong ties of trust — we can contribute to the fundamental shifts that are urgently needed to achieve lasting stability, weave a safety net that will protect us all, and generate passion for a better world where all are united for the greater good.” – UN post.
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Weekly Meditation August
2025-08-05 18:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
Special guest: Juan Vasquez Milling, Homeopath and Naturopath
“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Rakshabandhan: The Divine Thread - Weaving Love and Hope into Oneness
2025-08-07 17:30 - 19:00
This subtle bond strengthens the spiritual connection that unites all beings with the Divine. Through love, compassion, and hope, this invisible thread weaves a soulful tapestry of inter-being.
An evening of sharing from wisdom keepers, meditation and reflection.
RSVP Mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

SAS Youth Campaign
2025-08-12 08:00 - 2025-10-12 17:00
Still for a Sec (SAS) is a youth-led initiative inviting participants into a 2-month journey of daily reflection through the Kind or Coin Jar Challenge. Each time you meditate or journal, you add to your jar—either a coin for giving back or a note of a kind deed. At the end, your jar fuels an SDG-aligned project to do in your own community. Let’s learn how!

Stay involved: ‎

Join the WhatsApp Community
Challenge Google Form Link:
Contact Info:

Ayushi Patel (Youth Intern): ayushipatel579@yahoo.com
BK UN Office: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Still for A Sec (SAS): a youth campaign
2025-08-12 10:00 - 11:00
This year’s International Youth Day theme—“Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond”—challenges us to move beyond broad promises and focus on tangible, community-rooted impact. It reminds us that meaningful change doesn’t always begin on a global stage; often, it starts in our neighborhoods, schools, and local spaces.
With Still for a Sec, we’re not just encouraging introspection—we’re inviting young people to connect with an SDG that resonates personally and take thoughtful, localized action. It’s about transforming inner awareness into outward impact—shaping a future that’s not only sustainable, but deeply soulful.
We encourage youth to take small, daily moments of reflection: to align with their inner light, allow clarity to emerge, and let that clarity guide purposeful, mindful action. These seemingly simple shifts can ripple into meaningful change across communities—anchored in authenticity, not just achievement.
We’re excited for your participation and hope Still for a Sec offers as much insight and inspiration to you as it has for us.
We are thrilled to say that the lead advocate for the campaign is renowned activist Jaha Dukureh, Regional UN Women Ambassador for Africa.

Learn more on YouTube

Stay involved: ‎

Open this link to join my WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/B74bUC8X5GJFL0pNJ2jIlp
Pre-Challenge Google Form Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUrgPg5QAA03-xjWvborBraFm6wD_EtnBJaQZIRGHwWEsVBg/viewform?usp=header
Contact Info:

Ayushi Patel (Youth Intern): ayushipatel579@yahoo.com
BK UN Office: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Weekly Meditation August
2025-08-12 18:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to International Day of Youth.
Special presentation: Ayushi Patel and Dhruv Murarka
In celebration of International Youth Day, the BKUN Youth Group is thrilled to unveil Still for a Sec (SAS)—a powerful initiative designed to help young people prepare for what’s next by first looking within.
In just 60 seconds, you can meet yourself. This practice invites you to take a pause—not as a break from life, but as a way to reconnect with it. This moment helps you align with your purpose, clear out mental noise, and notice the inner patterns that quietly hold you back. When left unchecked, these patterns can shape your reality in ways you don’t even see.
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Weekly Meditation August
2025-08-19 18:00 - 19:00
Tonight’s meditation will be dedicated to World Humanitarian Day (WHD). On 19 August (today), the world marks World Humanitarian Day — a time to honor those who step into crises to help others, and to stand with the millions of people whose lives hang in the balance.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi

We have the honor of two special guests visiting from Spain, BK Maria Esperanza, and Reunion Island, Cendrine Cingala.
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

International Day of Youth event: InterACT
2025-08-24 09:30 - 11:00
Rediscover Your Core Goodness
Step-by-step guidance to rediscover and live from your core goodness and power.
Join youth and change makers from around the world on this transformative journey!!

Awareness
Contemplation
transformative silence

Registration here.
Zoom id: https://zoom.us/j/97091844066

Weekly Meditation August 26
2025-08-26 18:00 - 19:00
Tonight’s meditation will be ONLINE ONLY and will be dedicated to peace, hope, and light.
“When you’re not sure about what to do, turn your mind within and touch your inner stillness. In stillness there’s clarity and you’ll know what you need to do.” – Dadi Janki
Please register to join online: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Shifting Consciousness to Accelerate Social Development
2025-09-01 08:00 - 2025-09-30 17:00
“We cannot change anything by doing the same things we have done in the past” We agree with this and that’s why “SIT Con” was born. A warm invitation to join many on this 30 days journey exploring what a shift in consciousness can trigger.
let’s choose to

practice calm
realize potential
empower action

Enroll now

Weekly Meditation - September
2025-09-02 18:00 - 19:00
Tonight’s meditation will be dedicated to International Day of Charity which will be observed at the UN on September 5.

“Charity at its core is an expression of global solidarity. It brings people together to build more just and resilient societies, whether through direct giving, volunteering, or collective action. From traditional giving to strategic philanthropy, charity today is a driving force in social innovation, poverty reduction, and inclusive development.” – UN website

We have the honor of special guest visiting from Chicago, BK Mary Friedland, Coordinator of BK Activities in Chicago.
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Weekly Meditation - September
2025-09-09 18:00 - 19:00
Tonight’s meditation will be dedicated to September 11 Memorial where we will collectively share our pure feelings of light, unity, and good wishes for the world.

“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.” —President Obama in a 2011 radio address.
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Interfaith Prayer for the 80th Session of UN General Assembly
2025-09-11 12:00 - 14:00
Dear Friends,

Please join and celebrate with us!

Interfaith Prayer Service for the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Time: 12 pm EST.
Venue: Tillman Chapel, Church Center for the United Nations, 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA.

Weekly Meditation September
2025-09-16 18:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to World Cleanup Day which will be celebrated on September 20.
Hosted by UN-Habitat, the 2025 observance will focus on fashion and textile waste, highlighting the issue of waste generated by the global fashion industry. With over 92 million tons of textile waste produced annually, the theme will spotlight the urgent need to reduce, reuse, and recycle materials while promoting sustainable production and consumption practices. The campaign under the theme, Lead by Example, also highlights the issue of cigarette butt pollution, the most common type of litter collected during cleanup events, and encourages action to reduce it. Learn more.
“Waste is a resource in the wrong place.”
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” – Robert Swan
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Are We Working Deeply Enough for Global Transformation?
2025-09-19 14:00 - 15:00
The UN NGO Major Group Unitive Cluster warmly invites you their Peace Day ONLINE event where we would hear insights and inspirations from our esteemed speakers:

Ambassador I. Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the UN
Kekhashan Basu, M.S.M., MBA Global influencer, Founder President of the Green Hope Foundation
William Keepin, PhD, Mathematical physicist, Co-Founder of Satyana Institute and Gender Reconciliation International.

Participants engagement will also add flavor to the conversation. Please feel free to share this invitation with your friends and colleagues.
Register here on zoom: https://bit.ly/deeplyenough

International Day of Peace event
2025-09-19 14:00 - 16:00
Tillman Chapel of the Church Center for the United Nations
777 UN Plaza, NY 10017

International Day of Peace event
2025-09-20 15:00 - 18:00
Save the date
Saturday, September 20 at 3:00 – 6:00pm
Fordham University – Rose Hill Campus

A Spiritual Dialogue for Earth's Future
2025-09-22 18:00 - 19:30
Ceremony as Climate Action: dedicated to NYC Climate Week.
Special Guests:
Jacob Johns, a Hopi and Akimel O’odham environmental defender
Juan Milling, Brahma Kumaris representative at the UN
Venue:
Manhattan Meditation Center – Brahma Kumaris
306 5th. Ave, 2nd Floor
(between 31st. and 32nd. Sts.)
New York, NY 10001
Registration required

Weekly Meditation September
2025-09-23 18:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to International Day of Peace which will be celebrated on September 21 and to the success of the UN 80th. General Assembly.
From peacekeepers on the front lines of conflict, to community members, to students in classrooms around the world, everyone has a role to play. We must speak up against violence, hate, discrimination, and inequality; practice respect; and embrace the diversity of our world. Learn more.
“Peace is the innate quality of the soul. It is who we are. It is the natural way of our being. We have forgotten who we are. Now is the time to remember.” – Brahma Kumaris
Join us as we celebrate world peace and collectively offer light and hope for the success of the UN General Assembly, marking 80 years since its existence. Let us keep the flame of the UN alight – dignity for all life and equality and freedom for all beings.
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Weekly Meditation September
2025-09-30 18:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (FLW) which will be celebrated on September 29.
Embracing innovation and fostering circular economy approaches in agrifood systems to prevent, reduce, reuse and repurpose FLW also serves to create new job opportunities, improve livelihoods and generate financial benefits for a range of stakeholders.
Now is the time for everyone – from producers, investors, businesses and supply chain stakeholders to consumers of all ages, as well as academia and research, civil society, and the private and public sectors – to take urgent action to expand and strengthen efforts both individually and collectively, to reduce food loss and waste towards ensuring a food secure world – now and in the future. Learn more.
“Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.” – Pope Francis
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: register: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Weekly Meditation
2025-10-07 18:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to UNESCO’s World Teachers’ Day which is celebrated on October 5.
It is a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming education but also to reflect on the support they need to fully deploy their talent and vocation, and to rethink the way ahead for the profession globally.
World Teachers’ Day is co-convened in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF and Education International (EI). Learn more.
“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite imagination, and instill love for learning.” – Brad Henry
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

October Weekly Meditation
2025-10-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-28 18:00 - 19:00

Weekly Meditation
2025-10-14 18:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to International Day for Eradication of Poverty which is celebrated on October 17.
Families in poverty often face stigma and punitive practices in places meant to help: schools, clinics, welfare offices, and child protection systems. Single mothers, Indigenous families, and historically discriminated groups report judgment and control that erode trust and agency, sometimes culminating in poverty-driven family separation with lasting emotional and social harm to children and parents.
To change course, the Day’s theme urges three shifts:

From control to care: Design services that start with trust. Reduce punitive conditionalities, streamline documentation, and prioritize respectful, person-centred interactions.
From surveillance to support: Rebalance investments away from monitoring and removal toward family-strengthening services: income support, quality childcare, adequate housing, mental health care, parenting support, and access to justice.
From top-down to co-created solutions: Involve families living in poverty at every stage—assessment, design, budgeting, delivery, and evaluation—so policies reflect real needs and constraints. Learn more.

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Weekly Meditation: The United Nations at 80: Building our future together
2025-10-21 18:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to United Nations Day celebrated on October 24.
On 24 October 1945 (now observed as United Nations Day) the founding Charter comes into force marking the birth of the Organization. This signalled a commitment to an entirely new level of international cooperation grounded in international law.

Hymn to the United Nations

Get inspired by this revived W.H. Auden’s Hymn to the United Nations. “Let music for peace Be the paradigm, For peace means to change At the right time, As the World-Clock, Goes Tick and Tock. So may the story Of our human city Presently move Like music, when Begotten notes New notes beget, Making the flowing Of time a growing”.

In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: https://bit.ly/weeklymed

Spirit of the UN Awards Ceremony
2025-10-23 15:00 - 17:00
The Spirit of the UN Awards (SUNA) initiative is hosted by NGO Committee of Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns-NY (CSVGC-NY), a collective of UN-accredited NGOs firmly committed to upholding spiritual principles and universal values as catalysts for equality, fairness, and holistic interactions among people on a global scale. The distinguished SUNA recipients for this year are:
H.E. Abdulaziz Alwasil, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations (UN Diplomat category)
Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children (UN Secretariat category)
Rev. Dr. Liberato C. Bautista, President of CoNGO and Main UN Representative of United Methodist Church (NGO category)
Zita Tibeme Ouanzie, Founder of Smiles Africa Organization & Connecting Afrikaans (Youth category)
Thursday, October 23 at 3:00 – 5:00pm
Tillman Chapel, Church Center of the United Nations, NYC
Register: https://bit.ly/RSVP2025SUNA

Global Oneness Day observance
2025-10-24 12:00 - 13:00
You are warmly invited to join the Global Oneness Day Meditation at the UN Meditation Room.
12noon – 1:00pm EST in-person ONLY.

Weekly Meditation - Diwali Celebration
2025-10-28 17:00 - 19:00
This week’s meditation is dedicated to celebrating the Festival of Lights, Diwali.
In-person attendance:

Brahma Kumaris Office at the UN
866 UN Plaza, Suite 436
NY, NY 10017
RSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org

Online participation: https://bit.ly/weeklymed
