103rd Birthday Celebrated By Sadhu Vaswani Centers Across The World 

Pune, 4th August 2021: Sadhu Vaswani Mission and its centres across the globe held online programs in celebration of the Spiritual Master Dada J.P. Vaswani’s 103rd birthday. Prayers and Satsangs featuring recorded discourses by Sadhu Vaswani and Dada J.P. Vaswani and talks by Didi Krishna Kumari were broadcast globally.

Seva activities in cities around the world marked the celebrations. Dada’s birthday is observed as Global Forgiveness Day with 2 PM on August 2 designated as The Moment of Calm – a time to forgive all and experience the peace within.

The celebratory online programmes were held from 31st July – 2nd August 2021.

31st July, the evening session featured soulful bhajans, recorded-talks by Sadhu Vaswani and Dada’s talk on ‘The Magic of Love’.

1st August, evening program featured recorded Questions and Answers with Dada on ‘Walk the Way of Forgiveness’.

2nd August, Dada’s birthday – afternoon, evening and vigil midnight programs were held. ‘Let Him In’ was the theme of the evening program. The Moment of Calm was observed with 2 minutes silence and forgiveness meditation by Dada.

Viewer comments included, “May your birthday renew more love, compassion, dedication in us.”

This year, Moment of Calm Campaign organised a 5-day online program titled– ‘Doodle to Happiness – It’s time to think differently’. It had 4500 participants in the online groups. The campaign’s message reached over 100,000 people.

Experiences shared by participants included, “I spoke to my son about some past happenings, cleared the misunderstanding, and we both chose to forgive each other. The talks have brought a new ray of joy and happiness in our lives.”

Another said, “It has been a beautiful journey. The city girl doodle videos are fun, light and enlightening. It threw light on how we unnecessarily had been picking up negativity and radiating that through the day. I also gained clarity on what we could do instead to be positive, radiate the same and how one person’s choice can impact and influence others. Thank you for the beautiful experience.”

While another, summed it up nicely, “The whole idea of this story line of city girl, small video message by Krishna Didi, meditation which touches my heart and soul secrets, has created a ripple effect and I feel at peace.”

To mark the celebrations, online programs were held by Sadhu Vaswani Centers covering many time zones including New Jersey, Washington DC, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Accra, Chennai, Mumbai, Bilaspur, Jakarta, St. Marteen, Toronto, amongst others.

Addressing a global audience, Didi Krishna Kumari said, Dada’s love was unique yet it was universal. He spread the fragrance of love wherever he went; he transformed whatever he touched with the magic of his love. To him, to love was to give, give, and give. He often said to us: to live is to give and those that do not give are no better than dead souls. To Dada to live was to love, to live was to give, to live was to serve, to live was to bear the burdens of others. And the best giving is forgiving.

Didi Krishna also graced several programs virtually, including ‘The Power of Forgiveness’ held by Gurukul, Jakarta, ‘Rising in Love’ organised by Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies, Pune, among others.

The celebrations concluded with the observance of the vigil from 10:30 PM – 12 Midnight.

Seva activities were organized to mark the celebrations. Sadhu Vaswani Mission headquarters began the flood relief sevas aimed at helping over 1200 families with each relief package containing 2 chattai, 2 chaddars, 4 blankets, 4 towels, 4 napkins; and hygiene material including 4 bathing soaps, 4 washing soaps, 4 dishwashing soaps, 2 tubes of toothpaste, 5 toothbrushes, and 2 bottles of coconut oil, and is estimated to last for 2 months.

Other Sadhu Vaswani Centers organised seva activities in their local communities.

Medical sevas were carried out by Sadhu Vaswani Healthcare institutions in Pune offering free or concessional treatment to all.