Prominent Activities of the World Peace Envoy (Part 1)

Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong was responsible for many broad scopes of work. He had to perform according to the objectives of Samnak Poo Sawan and launched works of the Religious Land Hooppha Sawan ranging from resisting those 7 influential companies who had come to perform rock-blasting activities at the Tham Phra mountain range (Khao Suae Mohb), protected Archaeological Site in Ratchaburi Province, to ruling and daily adminis-tering, supervising and being responsible for the construction of buildings as well as objects of worship, works of morality training of youths and people to be good religious people, works of the protection of independence of Thailand, propagating concepts in working for world peace, working on promoting the inter-religious brotherhood, adminis-tering works of the Jinnapooto Memorial Foundation and the International Federation of Religions, initiating work of the Vegetarian Centre of Thailand, etc.

The urgent and continual work was the work in purview of the Peace Envoy of the World of Divinity, such as, leading Religious Missions for Peace abroad, for organizing the World Eternal Peace Conference and strengthening a better understanding and mutual cooperation for world peace with various embassies in Thailand. When his organizing plan for the World Eternal Peace Conference was spread out abroad, many prominent people ñ individuals and parties, came to meet and exchange peace views with him at the Religious Land Hooppha Sawan. He had to provide reception for those important guests. When he returned from abroad, he then organized the Exhibitions of the Religious Missionís Works for public relations.

There were other works for him: private companies invited him to serve as their advisor, he was invited to lecture and give interviews on various occasions and invited to perform the ceremony of ridding of black magic power as a public service, etc.

Dr. Suchart personally had always spent non-working time on purifying his mind and  practising meditation which enabled him to work efficiently,and to have tolerance in working for which he was always respected and honoured by those who worked together with him.

It is deemed that Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong had dedicated all his life time for the works of God and works for public benefit. He had no time for entertainment and enjoyment like common people.

With his genius, determination and truth keeping, he has strenuously worked in immense quantities until he was accepted by prominent leaders on the global level who appointed him World Peace Envoy for seven consecutive times before he was appointed as permanent World Peace Envoy.

It is regrettable that the work to organize the World Eternal Peace Conference had to halt at the end of the year 1981.

Obstacles

So far, until the beginning of the year 1986, the plan to hold the conference had not been achieved as planned since the International Federation of Religions (IFR) in association with the United Nations, the host to this proposed historic conference,  was ordered closed on December 29, 1981 by Secretary-General of the National Cultural Committee. It happened by influential and benefit groups as well as non-righteous ones who  have tried to overthrow the Hon. Dr. Suchart  Kosolkitiwong and his plan to organize the World Eternal Peace Conference, the event that contributed to the promotion of world everlasting  peace and strengthening more peaceful and harmonious human co-existence.

To clear the case for justice, the Committee of the IFR as well as of the Jinnapooto Memorial Foundation had filed a suit to the court against the National Cultural Committee on July 24th, 1989. The Supreme Court of Justice decided for the properties of Jinnapooto Memorial Foundation to be the nationís. The case was ended because the Committee of the IFR had no right to file a suit. The Hon. World Peace Envoy who was the Chairman of the Foundation decided not to file it because it had to take 10 years which was an obstacle for his work.

In 1986, the United Nations announced the year as the International Year of Peace. The Hon. World Peace Envoy who took refuge for four years and six months came out to file his 6 personal cases, which the Supreme Court of Justice decided to drop every case against him. He was then innocent from 10 years of filing the cases on July 18, 1991.

Even facing this great difficulty, the World Peace Envoy,  the Hon. Dr. Suchart Kosol-kitiwong did not give up his strong intention to hold the World Eternal Peace Conference since he had already dedicated his life for the cause of peace and for all mankind. When his cases were cleared, he put his peace activities into full swing to be in time before the next looming world war.

Although his peace work was temporary halted and the World Peace Envoy,the Hon. Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong had to retire to live in peace and tranquily, other world organi-zations whenever they held their conferences with significant topics for humanity, cordially invited the World Peace Envoy to participate in their conference, for instance:
-The First United Nations Seminar on Disarmament for the Asian and Pacific Region in Bangkok from 19thñ22nd January 1982.
-The First Session of the Provisional World Parliament in Brighton England from 4th-17th September 1982, the Second Session of the Provisional World Parliament in New Delhi, India from March 15th-29th, 1985 and the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the World Constitution and Parliament Association in Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.A. from June 27th-30th, 1986.
-The Fourth World Assembly of the World Conference on Religion and Peace in Nairobi,  Kenya from August 23rd-31st, 1984.
-The  World Affairs Conference at the University of Colorado in Boulder, U.S.A. from 6th to 12th April 1986.     -The Inter-Religious Conference of the Council for the Worldís Religions in Bad Nauheim, West Germany from August 13th-18th, 1986.     -The seminars of University degli Studi di Roma at San Miniato,  Italy  from  August 20th-30th, 1986. And so on.
From 1986-1991, while the cases were being processed in the Court of  Justice, the World Peace Envoy started working again by attending public functions through invitations of various religious and peace associations.
PROMINENT ACTIVITIES OF THE WORLD PEACE ENVOY In the years 1985-1990, the Office of the World  Peace Envoy translated  news from newspapers about peace, disarmament, the activities at Samnak Poo Sawan and sent it to the United Nations and also translated documents about peace, disarmament and other  interesting news which the United Nations or other organizations sent to be published in the newspapers of the country and reported to the UN Department on Disarmament Affairs.
From 1986-1991, the World  Peace Envoy, Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong was invited to join religious and peace ceremonies from various religious leaders and religious and peace organizations in Thailand many times.
From 1987-1991, the World Peace Envoy, Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong was invited to lecture on special Dhamma and gave Dhamma lectures on the 19th of every month at Samnak Poo Sawan, Bangkok and at  the Peace Pagoda at the Religious Land Hooppha Sawan, Ratchaburi Province.
On September 16th-21st, 1986, the United  Nations fixed it to be the International Year of Peace. The World  Peace Envoy sent circular message on this occasion to leaders in Thailand and abroad.
December 1st, 1986, the World Peace Envoy was invited to attend the Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition of ì1986 the International Year of Peaceî held at Ramkamhaeng University, Bangkok and was also invited to give a special lecture on, ìThe Youth are the Future Hope of Peace.î  This article was translated and sent to the United Nations to be a report.
January 23rd-February 2nd, 1987, he led the Twelfth Religious Mission for Peace to attend the 60th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary of Missionary Work of the Most Rev. Toshio Miyake, Senior Minister of Konko Church of Izuo, Osaka, Japan.
April 19th-29th, 1987, the Thirteenth Religious Mission for Peace to Colombo, Sri Lanka was invited to attend the 8th Year Anniversary Founding Celebration of the Universal Love and Brotherhood Association, Sri Lanka Branch joining to seek for peaceful means to cease civil war of Sri Lanka where the Tamil Tiger rebels fought against the Singhol.

More prominent work he did was to meet with H.E. Barkeer Markel, Cabinet Minister and former House Speaker of Sri Lanka, H.E. E.L.B. Hurulle, Minister of Culture of Sri Lanka, H.E. E.A.D. Athukorale, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He met with Muslim leaders of Sri Lanka , payed respect to the Holy Shrine of the Holy Tooth Relics, Sri Dalada, Maligawa, Kandy, payed a visit to H.H. Mahapundit Sirimalwatte Ananda Maha Nayake Thero, Patriarch of Siam Buddhist Sect at Malwatu Maha Viharaya in Kandy etc.     June 16th-July 12th, 1987, the Fourteenth  Religious  Mission for Peace was invited to attend the 3rd Session of the Provisional World Parliament of the World Constitution and Parliament Association at Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A. from  June 18th-28th, 1987.  The World Peace Envoy was unanimously voted by the meeting to be ìWorld Peace Envoyî for the fifth time and was nominated Chairman of the Disarmament Committee of the Provisional World Parliament and at the same occasion, Mr.Prem Chand Malhotra, Secre-tary-General of Gandhian Study Centre read the announcement of his honours and offered him a Gandhi Medal.     Moreover, he visited the hermitage of H.H. Swami Jayotir Maya Nanda, President of the Yoga Research Foundation in Miami and one of H.H. Sri Gurudev Swami Satchidanan-da, Founder President of Integral Yoga International, Yogaville, Virginia. He also met with Dr. B.B. Beach, General Secretary of the Council on Interfaith Relations of Seven-day Adventists in Washington, D.C.     There was a meeting to discuss with Mrs.Hanne Mastrand Strong and Dr. Maurice F. Strong, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Canadian tycoon at Baca Grande Ranch, Crestone, Colorado, U.S.A. He went to see the land to construct the religious land at Baca Grande Ranch, South of Colorado.     On September 12th, 1987, the World Peace Envoy (as Chairman of the Disarmament Committee of the Provisional World Government) considered to put it in the constitution of each country. He also proposed for destroying all weapons of mass destruction and sought ways to convene the Peace Conference by religious power for world eternal peace. The result was satisfactory and was accepted in large.     Later on December 8th, 1987, newspapers and the mass media worldwide announced that President Ronald Reagan of the U.S.A. and President Mikhail Gorbachev of the USSR jointly signed the Treaty on the destruction nuclear, medium range ballistic missiles launching from land into the air in Europe.     From October 22nd-November 18th, 1987, Fifteenth Religious Mission for Peace was invited to attend the Conference on World Security and World Order organized by the World Federal Authority Committee at Ouxtepec, Mexico and was nominated in the meeting to be a member of the ìRelation Committee of the Asia-Pacific Region.î     Prominent Work:     -Attending the Opening Ceremony of the Thai Buddhist Sunday School of Wat Thai, Los Angeles.     -Paying homage to H.E. Yasushi Akashi, UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs.     -Meeting with Dr. William P. Thompson. Associate Secretary General, World Confe-rence on Religion and Peace (WCRP) who replaced Dr. Homer A. Jack at  International headquarters in UN Plaza.     -Attending the special academic convocation at Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair, New Jersey, where the World Peace Envoy, the Hon. Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree on Human Letters from Prof. James. E. Wilson, Rector of John Dewey University Consortium of America under the sponsorship of International Association of University Presidents in November 7, 1987.     -Meeting with Mr. Philip Isely, Secretary-General of the World  Constitution and Par-liament Association, Colorado, and contacting with the Society of Prayer for World Peace of Japan in New York.     From May 31st-June 25th, 1988, the Sixteenth Religious Mission for Peace attended Special General Assembly about the Third Disarmament of the United Nations at the UN Headquarters, New York, U.S.A., he met with officials of NGOs Liaison officer of the Department on Disarmament Affairs at the UN Headquarters, having a meeting with Secretary-General of WCPA about preparing of the General Assembly of the world govern-ment in 1990.     On the same occasion, the World Peace Envoy and the committee notified the registration of the organization of Thai Theravada Foundation at Colorado, U.S.A. but the World Peace Envoy was toppled for the second time in 1991, he had no chance to run the said foundation.     In November 5th-16th, 1988 he led the Seventeenth Religious Mission for Peace to India, attending an International Conference for the Future of Humanity at Bhupanneswar, Orissa State and attending the conference about 15th International Humanity Unity at New Delhi.     December 19th, 1988, Prof. Dr. Phil Lane, Jr., lecturer of Education Faculty of Lethbridge University, Canada visited the World Peace Envoy, the Hon. Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong at Samnak Poo Sawan and also went to Hooppha Sawan.     December 28th, 1988, Prof. Dr. Phil Lane, Jr. from Lethbridge University, Canada and Dr. Homer A. Jack, Secretary-General of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, U.S.A. visited the Hon. Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong at Samnak Poo Sawan and visited the Religious Land Hooppha Sawan.     January 20th-February 9th, 1989, the Eighteenth Religious Mission for Peace was invited to attend the 5th General Assembly of the World Conference of Religion and Peace at Melbourne, Australia and visited the shrines and important temples in central Java, Indonesia and Singapore.     February 22nd, 1989, Dr. T.P. Amerasinghe, Attorney-at-Law of Sri Lanka and Vice Executive President of WCPA visited the World Peace Envoy, the Hon. Dr. Suchart Kosolkitiwong at the Religious Land Hooppha Sawan.     September 24th, 1989, Professor Dr. Phil Lane, Jr., from Lethbridge University, Canada visited the Hon. World Peace Envoy at Samnak Poo Sawan (the House of Divine Sages).     July 21st-27th, 1989, the Nineteenth Religious Mission for Peace was invited by Prof. Dr. Guiseppe Ambrosini to visit Diandra University and received the Legion of Honour at Rome, Italy.     November 17th-27th, 1989, the Twentieth Religious Mission for Peace was invited to attend the World Conference of the World Federalist Movement and Asian Youth Centre, Sri Lanka Branch.     November 21st,1990, the Hon. World Peace Envoy sent circular letters to campaign workers to protect world environment together with environmental song tape cassettes for cooperation in preservation of world environment. The World Peace Envoy said to every foreigner he met, ìHumanity has not more than 20 years left in environmental preservation or else there will  be the great floods.î     For campaigning for environmental preservation in Thailand, the Hon. World Peace Envoy promoted it, giving mottos, ideas and various suggestions until some of them were made into bumper stickers to stick on the back of vehicles and to put up as big posters along the roads.     Later the United Nations held the World Summit Conference on the Environment and Development at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 1st-12th, 1992 at which Dr. Maurice F. Strong was the SecretaryGeneral of the conference. The governments of 153 countries agreed by signing their names to acknowledge practical rules to preserve the world environment. This conference was the change for human societies. It was the beginning of the steps to ratify many items for the procession of restoring the world life heritage.     August 10th-September 10th, 1990, the Twenty-first Religious Mission for Peace was invited to attend the World Religious Assembly in the U.S.A., visiting Lethbridge University and different tribes of Red Indians in Canada who also attended the UN Disarmament meeting at Geneva, Switzerland.     October 8th-December 1991, the Hon. World Peace Envoy went on pilgrimage to India, Nepal and Tibet. It was his last journey.     The Hon. World Peace Envoy paid homage to the Four Holy Places of Buddhism three times: 1. In 1971 to bring back holy soils.
2. In 1981 to attend a conference. 3. In 1991 to do pilgrimage. From 1993-2004  the Hon.  World Peace Envoy, the Most Ven. Ariyawanso Bhikkhu was invited to do Buddhist rites and preach at the Ariyasaj Si Building, Samnak Poo Sawan Fellowsí Society, Bangkok on the 19th of every month and on special occasions, important days in Buddhism and important days of the Great Masters of Samnak Poo Sawan.
On May 8th, 1994, H.H. Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji Maharaj, the Supreme Spiritual Leader of Namdhari Sikh went to preside over the Nameboard  Opening Ceremony of Jay Jay Vegetarian Restaurant in Bangkok. Associate Professor Dr. Phichai Tovivich was the Organizing Chairman. H.H. the Supreme Spiritual Leader met with the Most Ven. Ariyawanso Bhikkhu at the Ariyasaj Si Building, Bangkok.
On October 30th, 1994, His Eminence Bir Singh Ji Maharaj, the Successor of H.H. Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji Maharaj, Supreme Spiritual Leader of Namdhari Sikh visited the Most Ven. Ariyawanso Bhikkhu at Ariyasaj Si Building. Samnak Poo Sawan Fellowsí Society, Bangkok.
On November 10th, 2003, Dr. T.P. Amerasinghe, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 6th Session of the Provisional World Parliament in Thailand requested the Most Ven. Ariyawanso Bhikkhu to be a co-organizer of the session and would come to join the 60th Birthday Anniversary Celebration of the Most Ven. Ariyawanso Bhikkhu at the Kuan Yin Inter-religious Park, Petchaburi Province.
On July 11th, 2004, Prof. Dr. Phil Lane, Jr., the International Co-ordinator of the Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development in Canada, visited the Most Ven. Ariyawanso Bhikkhu and organized the Red Indianís praying tradition ceremony to wish happiness to the Most Ven. Ariyawanso Bhikkhu at the Kuan Yin Inter-religious Park, Petchaburi Province.