New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Eighteen minutes of tranquility descended on the world organisation's headquarters consumed by global turmoil as Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar led a meditation session to show a path to world peace.

At that very moment on Friday, the Security Council down the corridor was grappling with "threats to international peace and security" in a bitter debate, having earlier in the day disposed of topics like "children in armed conflicts", the tensions in the Middle East and Africa, and the Ukraine War.

In the oasis of peace at the Trusteeship Council Chamber, Ravi Shankar, who runs the Art of Living Foundation, presided over the "Meditation for Global Peace and Harmony" on the eve of World Meditation Day newly...