Editing Prem Rawat (section)

===Media===
From Prem Rawat's first travels in the West, he and his followers attracted media attention. In an interview in ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' in 1973, Prem Rawat said, "I have lost confidence in newspapers. I talk with them [about this] and the next day something completely different is printed."<ref name="Spiegel73">Der Spiegel - 8 October 1973</ref> In 1973, the Divine Light Mission's 50-member public relations team concluded that Prem Rawat's credibility had been compromised by his youth, his physical appearance, and the Rolls-Royce, as well as the Detroit "pieing" incident and an allegation of smuggling (which was never prosecuted). The head of the team said that they needed to get the public to look past these factors to judge Prem Rawat's credibility.<ref name="Carter1973">"The Guru Who Minds His Mother", MALCOLM N. CARTER. Associated Press ''THE STARS AND STRIPES'', 4 November 1973 Page A6</ref>

Rawat commented on criticism during an interview on a Taiwan News channel in June 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.pts.org.tw/macroview/taiwan_outlook/index.php?id=405|title=台灣宏觀電視_Taiwan Outlook|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109005522/http://web.pts.org.tw/macroview/taiwan_outlook/index.php?id=405|archive-date=9 November 2014}}</ref> "So far I'm concerned, my focus in life is not to appease critics, but is to bring the message of peace to people. ... When you've been doing what I have been doing for 5 decades plus, yes you're gonna get critics. ... People said, "He's going to fade away." Well, how about fifty-two years. And I'm still doing strong, because it is about my conviction. And my conviction is "peace is possible". And I will do everything that I must do, because it's important to me that people find that peace in their life."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocacmactv.net/mactv_en/video.htm?sid=53570&classid=12 |title=View Taiwan from OCAC : Welcome to Taiwan Macroview TV |access-date=22 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108230346/http://www.ocacmactv.net/mactv_en/video.htm?sid=53570&classid=12 |archive-date=8 November 2014}}, (from 21:00 on)</ref>

Biographer [[Andrea Cagan]] described Rawat as a man who loves life and is focused "on spreading the message of peace."<ref name="AndreaCagan"/>

In 2014, independent filmmaker Cynthia Fitzpatrick produced ''Inside Peace'', a documentary about several inmates who had participated in TPRF's Peace Education Program while incarcerated at Dominguez State Prison, Texas. Premiering in 2015 in the United States and the United Kingdom to a positive critical response, ''Inside Peace'' received several awards. PBS aired the film across the United States in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidepeacemovie.com |title=Inside peace website}} : trailer, making of, press and awards.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peace-behind-barbed-wire_b_6760860 |title=Peace Behind Barbed Wire|date=26 February 2015}} ''Huffpost'', 2015.</ref>

In 2019, Penguin Random House published Prem Rawat’s book, ''Peace Is Possible - Thoughts on happiness, success and relationships for a deeper understanding of life''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rawat|first=Prem|title=Peace Is Possible - Thoughts on happiness, success and relationships for a deeper understanding of life.|publisher=Penguin Life|year=2019|isbn=9780241385449|location=United Kingdom}}</ref> In 2020, Penguin Random House also released Prem Rawat’s book, ''Escúchate'', the Spanish-language edition of ''Hear Yourself.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rawat|first=Prem|title=Escúchate|publisher=Penguin Random House|year=2020|isbn=9788403521919|location=Spain}}</ref> The English version was released by Harper-Collins on 14 September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hear Yourself|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/hear-yourself-prem-rawat|access-date=29 September 2021|website=HarperCollins|language=en}}</ref>