J. P. Vaswani 'Dada' is head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission

Sadhu Vaswani Mission

The Sadhu Vaswani Mission is a noted charitable organization based in Pune, India. It is engaged in various philanthropic activities in fields such as education, healthcare, social service, animal rights, feeding of the poor and spiritual upliftment. It's spiritual head is the educationist, poet, U...

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He was born on August 2, 1918, at Hyderabad, Sindh

Sindh

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, in a Sindhi family. He passed the Bachelor of Science examination at the very young age of 17 years. For his Master's degree, his thesis was on 'The Scattering of X-Rays by Solids' which was assessed by C.V. Raman. He also worked as a Fellow in the D.J. Sind College, Karachi

Karachi

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. He then followed his guru and his saintly uncle Sadhu Vaswani, a mystic, philosopher, humanitarian, educationist and apostle of Indian Culture.

An internationally acclaimed thinker and philosopher, he has spoken at eminent venues including the British House of Commons

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 in London

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, the Global Forum of Spiritual Leaders in Oxford

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, the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago

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 and the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders at the United Nations

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 in New York

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He is the recipient of the U Thant

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 Peace Award. He has written about 75 books.

Quotation

"In the midst of your daily work,

in the tumult and storm of life,

pause for a while,

again and again."

External links

• Sadhu Vaswani Mission Official Website of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
• Dada Vaswani's Books Dada Vaswani's Books
• Shri Dada J.P Vaswani Incredible People Biography
• Dada J.P Vaswani's Interview An article on the new age guru Dada J.P Vaswani
• Dada J. P. Vaswani (Article) at the Sadhu Vaswani Center, NJ, website
• Books by Dada J.P. Vaswani
• Hindu Renaissance Award, 2002 - Dada J. P. Vaswani at Hinduism Today Magazine
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• Full Interviews with the Gurus, interviews by Mandy Stadtmiller
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  , New York Post
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