The late Dada JP Vaswani
ST. PETERS--The local chapter of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission will be collaborating with Freegan Food Café and Animal Defenders to distribute hot meals to persons in need in the St. Peters area on August 2, in commemoration of the 100th birth anniversary of the late spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani.
The hot meals will be given to a number of pre-identified persons. The Sadhu Vaswani Mission will assemble on August 2, at 11:00am to prepare the meals that will be distributed. The distribution will start at 1:00pm. Persons who are interested in being a part of the activity can participate, contribute and/or volunteer for this cause by contacting Soni at tel. 520-7275, Sona at tel. 522-9581 or Kantu at tel. 520-2399.
Sadhu Vaswani centres around the world, including in St. Maarten, have been putting to practice the ideals of love and service through their activities, which include feeding the poor and needy, distributing essential grocery items to needy families, giving educational needs to school children, holding medical camps and feeding birds, fish, animals and other living beings.
Dada Vaswani was born on August 2, 1918, at Hyderabad-Sind into a pious Sindhi family. Dada Vaswani was a universally acclaimed humanitarian, philosopher, educator, writer, powerful orator, and non-sectarian spiritual leader. He has also worked in the field of promotion of vegetarianism and animal rights. The spiritual leader died at his abode in Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune recently, just 21 days before his 100th birthday.
Dada Vaswani's birthday is celebrated annually as a Global Forgiveness Day. At 2:00pm on this day, young and old, across continents, observe the “Moment of Calm” by forgiving all those who have wronged them. Dada Vaswani was the spiritual head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, founded by his guru Sadhu TL Vaswani. The mission is a non-profit organisation headquartered in Pune. Vaswani has authored more than 150 self-help books.
For the past four decades, Dada Vaswani had been spreading the message of love and peace all over the world. Holding aloft in his hands the torch bequeathed to him by his spiritual guru, Dada, as he is fondly called, carries across the globe the message of India's deathless culture.
As he was a brilliant student, he was given a number of double promotions enabling him to pass the BS examination at the young age of 17. He was awarded a fellowship at DJ Sind College for standing first in his class. He gave up a career in academics to follow in the footsteps of his uncle and guru, Sadhu TL Vaswani. In 1966, when Sadhu Vaswani died, the baton was passed on to Dada Vaswani.
He received the U Thant Peace Award in April 1998 for his dedicated service to the cause of world peace. Animal lovers revere and admire him as an apostle of non-violence who strives tirelessly for the cause of reverence for all life. His humanitarian spirit transcends caste, creed, colour and religion. He teaches how to confront problems and challenges and gives vision of a world without wars. According to him, the root cause of wars is irreverence towards life.
