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Inspirational Quotes by Dada J. P. Vaswani (Indian Hindu Philosopher)

Inspirational Quotations by Dada J. P. Vaswani (Indian Hindu Philosopher)

Dada J. P. Vaswani (1918–2018,) fully Jashan Pahlajrai Vaswani, was a non-sectarian spiritual leader from India. He was the spiritual head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, and a promoter of vegetarianism and animal rights.

Born to a Sindhi family in Hyderabad, Sindh, now in Pakistan, Vaswani passed the Bachelor of Science examination at age 17. His master’s degree thesis on “The Scattering of X-Rays by Solids” was assessed by the Nobel Physics laureate C. V. Rāman.

After working for a short while as a fellow in the D. J. Sind College, Karachi, Vaswani gave up a career in academics and became a spiritual guru in the footsteps of his illustrious uncle and guru, Sadhu Vaswani, fully Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani. For nearly five decades, J. P. Vaswani led the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, a non-profit organization that is headquartered in Pune, India, and runs charitable and educational establishments around the world.

Vaswani wrote over 150 books on spiritualism and self-help, notably Burn Anger Before Anger Burns You (2001,) Life after Death (2005,) Snacks for the Soul (2007,) and 100 Stories You Will Never Forget (2015.) Popular compilations of his teachings include Dada’s Wisdom: Advice & Thoughts for a Happy Life (2014) and Ruzbeh Bharucha’s biography, A Perfect Disciple, A Reluctant Master (2016.)

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Inspirational Quotes by Dada J. P. Vaswani (Indian Hindu Philosopher)

The true teacher is a lamp-lighter. He keeps on kindling lights in the lamps (students) that come to him. He is not a pump who keeps on filling the brains of students with facts and figures.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

The very first right of every animal is the right to live. As you cannot give life to a dead creature, you do not have the right to take life away from a living one.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

May my face be always turned to Light!
May my footsteps always lead me to the right:
And even if I stumble, may I be granted
The strength to rise and get back to the Path.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Never do anything which you would not wish to do during the last hour of your life.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

When will the day come when, out of the very depths of a yearning heart, will come forth the cry: ‘I need nothing, neither pleasures or possessions nor power do I need. I need Thee and Thee alone!’
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

I don’t believe so much in religion as I do in spirituality.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

He who loses himself in his teacher is the true disciple.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Life’s greatest achievement is to establish a living link with God. Let everything else be taken away from us, but let the link be maintained. For this, it is necessary to develop awakened consciousness.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

All good things come from God!
And they come like the tide
At their own right time!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Debates and discussions cannot prove the truth of life. Only experience can. You know whether a shoe fits you only by wearing it!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

I seek to tread the path of humility and love. The wisdom of the ages, the wisdom of the sages, is in this one world – Love. Love everyone not only those that are good but those whom the world regards as evil. Love not only men but all creatures who breathe the breath of life. Love every ray of sunshine, every drop of water,, every grain of sand. And I ask you to bless me that I may try, in my daily life, to bear witness to this teaching.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Man lives not by the beats of his heart, but by the grace of God. Alone the grace of God sufficeth.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

If in your thinking, there is no evil, you verily dwell in Heaven!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Happiness belongs to those who live for others!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

The source of energy is within you! It is inexhaustible.
It is the Divine within you!
To contact it, practice silence everyday!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

The call of life is: Onward! Forward! Upward! Inward! Godward!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Without God we can do nothing. With God there is nothing that we cannot do!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

More than developed brains, we need enlightened hearts!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

We identify ourselves with our mind and body. But we are neither the mind nor the body.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Which is the best exercise for the heart? Reach down and lift up as many as you can.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Religion divides, creates discord, but spirituality unites.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Fulfill all your obligations, attend to your daily duties, be attached to nothing, no one—and be ever ready to depart when the call comes!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Everyday I must try to do something I think I cannot do. That is the way to develop strength, courage and confidence.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

You may develop a thousand virtues and be reckoned as the greatest in the land. But the lotus of your heart will not blossom until you receive the grace of the Guru, the grace of God.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Love the world, and you become worldly.
Love the Lord, and you will grow Godlike!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

The way to peace and joy is the way of letting go. Let go of people and things: let God take over!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

If there is a language, which the deaf can hear and the blind can see, it is the language of love!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

The hands that help are holier than those that turn the beads of the rosary.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Great thoughts are nourishment for our soul. If you do not have such thoughts of your own, you can always borrow them from some of the great ones of humanity.
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

Men are so busy changing conditions and circumstances that they have no time to change themselves. Until man learns to change himself all other change is futile!
—Dada J. P. Vaswani

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