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We will Definitely Find True Peace... Africa' project and was featured on the front page of the Pretoria News on 20th October 2008 with the title "Give Peace a Chance", which reported on the release of a thousand peace lanterns, a first for Africa. After this big news the Peace for Africa project started to attract wider interest from the South Af- rican people. During the proceedings, the vision of Luang Por Dhammajayo for creating peace was mentioned as follows: "This project is part of a 40 year endeavour by the Abbot Dhammajayo Bhik- khu from Thailand to bring peace to the world by meditation. He wishes to see peace arising in all human beings." Therefore, 'True Peace' will definitely happen in our world, but it will not come about from reading, discussing, having seminars or even wars. 'True Peace' will occur once we still our minds. This ef- fort must come not just from one person or a group of people, but collectively from all peace loving people and organisations worldwide. For peace to have a wider influence, we must start from the smallest point (which is within each and every one of us) by meditating and putting our minds in the centre of our bodies. When our minds are happy and at peace due to meditation, we will experience the dawn of peace in our hearts, and this 41