Always Look At the Bright Side of Things Everything has two sides – the bright and the dark or, as I would like to put it, the bright and the less bright. A king had a dream in which he found that all his teeth had fallen out. He wanted an interpretation of the dream. A dream interpreter was sent for. He consulted the ancient books and said to the king – Sir, this is a most unfortunate dream. It signifies that all your family will die during your lifetime. The king was disappointed and ordered the dream interpreter to put in prison. Another dream interpreter was called and he too consulted the ancient books and said – ‘O king, this is a most fortunate dream. It signifies that you will survive all your dear ones. Long live the king!’ The king felt happy and rewarded the dream interpreter. Both the statements have the same meaning. But it is the way you put it or look at it that matters. So always look at the bright side of things. Dada J P Vaswani o...

The story ‘show me where god is not’ was told by Dada J P Vaswani. Little Mohan was returning home from the Sadhu Vaswani Gurukul classes. As her turned into the tree-lined quiet lane where his home was, he was singing aloud the song he had learnt at the Gurukul that day. He stopped to pick up a stone and examined it closely; he plucked a leaf to lift the caterpillar that was crawling on the pavement, and put it on the grass verge; he peered into a fluffy winged seed before blowing it away into the air. He climbed a little tree in the neighbor’s garden to peer into a nest and ensure that the younglings of the sparrow were safe inside – and all this, as he was still singing the song aloud. His neighbor called him: ‘Where have you been, Mohan? And what’s all singing about?’ ‘I have been to my Sunday Gurukul classes’ replied Mohan cheerfully, and the song is about God, don’t you know?’ “And what did they teach you in the Gurukul?” “That God is with us, He is wat...

This collection of Dada J P Vaswani Teachings is mostly from magazines, newspapers and books. It has been collected over a period of ten years.  Spiritual leader, philosopher, guide and who showed light to millions of people across the world, Dada Jashan P. Vaswani was the spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission in  Pune ,  India. Is not this hunger of every human heart, someone to love us? But this it the paradox of love, that you must love someone before you can receive love. The love that goes out of you to others returns to you. Love moves in a circle: and it is you who must make the circle move! Love gives and gives and gives and seeks no return. Therefore, love has nothing to lose and consequently, nothing to fear. When you have nothing to do, do not let the mind wander after useless things. But close your eyes, shut out the world, bring yourself in God's presence and offer to him brief prayers. That is the way of growing beautiful within! ...

Spiritual leader, philosopher, guide and who showed light to millions of people across the world, Dada Jashan P. Vaswani was the spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission in  Pune ,  India. This collection of Dada J P Vaswani Quotes is mostly from magazines, newspapers and books. It has been collected over a period of ten years. If while praying, we can think of worldly matters, why can we not, while doing worldly matters, think of God? Keep in constant touch with God and you will find Happiness always. Teach me O lord to observe all the rules of the Game of life, never to lose my sense of humor, and always to hold my tongue when it is so difficult to hold it. Full of meaning is life to him who renouncing the fruit of action dedicates himself to the atman, the spirit. Thoughts are things, thoughts are forces, and thoughts are the building blocks of life. Therefore we must keep our thoughts clean. Whatever we think about, we bring about. If we wish t...

Dada J P Vaswani, an icon of inner light and head of the Sadhu Vaswami Mission, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018. In Hinduism, ignorance is darkness and it can only be removed by the knowledge of light provided by a Guru. Dada J P Vaswani was the Guru who removed ignorance from the hearts of millions of people around the world. He showed the path of truth and wisdom. He was a symbol of peace and inner light. The universal teachings he shared included that of peace, bliss, reconciliation, tolerance, non-violence and forgiveness. There is no death in Hinduism. There is only transformation from one form to another. The time that Dada J P Vaswani shared on earth belongs to the ages. Born on 2 August 1918 in Pakistan's Hyderabad city in a Sindhi family, Dada Vaswani, as he was popularly known, was the head of the Pune-based Sadhu Vaswani Mission, a non-profit organisation involved in social work and charity. Mission runs numerous schools and hospitals. The ...

Dada Jashan P. Vaswani is the spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission in  Pune ,  India Never do anything which you would not wish to do during the last hour of your life. O foolish one, do not thank God for loving you: He cannot do otherwise. Thank Him for having ignited in your heart love for Him. Let it grow, from more to more, until it burns away all self, only God remains. The test of a man is how much he can bear and how much he can share and how soon he confesses a mistake and makes amends for it. More important than the body is the soul. The body is perishable. The soul is forever. The body needs to be fed but it is more important to feed the soul. The food of the Soul is Love, Faith and Service to fellow beings. If you are right, you don’t need to lose your temper. If you are wrong, you cannot afford to lose your temper. Like a boat on water that does not sink…live in the world but do not sink in worldly matters. Dada J P Vas...