We have a whole range of training programs designed to improve the quality of life of the people, including meditation. We make use of all that is present in a given environment. At our central headquarters we have good facilities for training. And of course every activity in the village is a kind of training. Two or more people can come together for mutual enjoyment of sensory pleasures or they can come together for constructive work.
People can come together for alcohol and cigarettes.
But they can also come together for meditation or to serve people who are in need, or for discussing problems in society. When people come together based on spirituality and moral values, such people can collaborate socially. It's very democratic. Sarvodaya operates in each village under certain rules and regulations, and is run by a democratically elected committee. When a village reaches a certain development stage it becomes an independent society, run by the villagers themselves.