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The Indian Osu Temple at Accra is now adorned with the life-like presence of Spiritual Masters Revered Sadhu T.L. Vaswani and Dada J.P. Vaswani. The sacred ceremony was held on Dussehra on October 19, 2018.

October 12, 2018 marks the third month when Rev. Dada J.P. Vaswani moved on from the seen to the unseen on the 12th of July, 2018. On this day, special programs were organized at the Pune Mission. The morning session included a period of silence commemorating the time of Beloved Dada’s passing. The afternoon session of bhajans & kirtan left many teary-eyed. “His love is unforgettable. I remember the glimpse of God that we would get each time we looked into his eyes.” said Naina Budhrani. A seva of daily supplies, school supplies and groceries benefitted the children of of The Ayodhya Charitable Trust, Residential School for the Deaf. They were specially brought in and also treated to a sumptuous lunch prasad. “It’s a beautiful place to be. We and our students love to visit the Mission. It has done a lot for us. Dada is our benefactor,” said Dipali Shete, a tutor at the school. “The seva that was conducted, shows the impact he has left on this world. It shows how he continues to inspire us from the beyond,” remarked a satsangi. The afternoon session concluded with the serving of langar. The evening witnessed soulful bhajans and awakening upadesh by Rev. Dada J. P. Vaswani. ‘Cultivate faith in God if you want to walk the spiritual path. As your faith in God increases, your inner shaktis will be revealed to you. Then you will not fear anything because God fulfils your needs even before the need arises. We should seek this gift of faith in God from God,’ was the message from Dada’s video talk. “His voice always encourages me to move forward towards leading a life of positivity,” remarked Vinita Tolani from Muscat. The program concluded with the Deepak Yatra at Rev. Dada’s Samadhi.

Sadhu Vaswani Mission Mumbai commemorated the Meatless and Animal Rights day on 12th October at K.C. College. There was inter-collegiate poetry, animal cutouts, singing competition among south Mumbai colleges and also schools.  It was attended by school students and colleges of prominent colleges. The auditorium was packed with students. Principal Hema Bagla and Manju Nichani from the Mission addressed the meeting. Thought-provoking video clips were shown.  The students participated in a Quiz on Animals. The audience was enthralled by the melodious songs by singer Amrish. The program ended with prize distribution where winners were given cash prizes and certificates. Trophies were given to institutions who participated wholeheartedly. The students pledged to be veg on 25th. The children were treated with a sumptuous lunch.

On the blessed day of Ganesh Chaturthi, 13th September 2018, the consecration ceremony of Dada J.P. Vaswani’s samadhi was held. It started with kirtan session at 12 pm which continued for half-an-hour. Then the havan was lit by Krishna Kumari. At 12:30pm, the consecration of the sacred samadhi commenced with a pooja of the tools performed by the committee members. Devotees from different parts of the city joined in for the karseva. Long rows of men, women and kids of different age groups came to offer helping hands and be a part of this historic event. Even physically challenged devotees toiled together in building of their great saint’s shrine. The little children of Sadhu Vaswani Gurukul Classes also put in their cute acts of seva - little offerings that are very dear to the Lord, as the Master teaches us. The seva continued from 10am to 6pm daily. A great turnout of eager and devout sevaks had the major work completed in just 4 days! At the evening of 16th September, the nature too responded with a beautiful rainbow seen over the Mission as the last of them downed their tools. The major portion of karseva was completed on the 16th. On 15th September, staff of all class levels of the Mission joined hands in karseva. Ms. Laxmi remarked, “We all start our day here at the Mission with the collective prayer session. And today, instead of prayer, we started with this karseva! And I realised how the vibrations of all of us doing seva is going into the sacred place where the Samadhi is being constructed.” A Class IV employee smiled, “Everyone looks so happy today for a great start to the day with this karseva - that we were yearning to do.” The work resumed on 18th September by the skilled craftsmen.17th September was Vishwakarma day, dedicated to the Divine Architect God, one who created the city of Dwarka that Sri Krishna ruled. The workers took a break as a mark of reverence. Yet there was one huge machine plying carefully into the earth at the Samadhi site - working in reverence to the One who has been the Divine Architect in our lives - Rev. Dada, who works without breaks, and answers our prayers all the time. Sparse seva continued through the days where even St. Mira’s school students toiled in a labour of love for the Beloved Master. Said another volunteer, “I am so happy. Am so glad that I got the messages and could fly in from Kolkata!”It was a young mother’s birthday on the 19th and she wished to do karseva, not only for herself but for her newborn too. This opportunity would not come along again, in building the Sacred Shrine of the Great Saint. The couple rushed from Sholapur. They had stones touched by the infant as they hauled away in seva. Saturday, the 29th of September had a large turnout of volunteers converging from all over and abroad - including Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Lucknow, Chicago and Dubai. Said Gautam from Mumbai, “I have been trying to come since the karseva started, but I was unable to make it. Finally, Dada called me here today and I feel so grateful.” Prerna remarked, “Am so glad that I got the messages and could fly in from Kolkata!” It also became an outing for families too with their young ones revelling in this outdoors activity of karseva. A 7-year child from Ahmedabad, Tamana, smiled, “This is my first visit to the Mission and I feel very happy to do the karseva.” And a speechless volunteer, Sunita Dudia, from Jodhpur related her coming, “I saw the Mission’s update of the karseva of 17th Sept. when a rainbow had appeared across the sky at the Mission. That night I saw a dream with Dada in that rainbow. It is really a miracle, I have no words to express.” The last days included finishing works including brick work, plaster, painting and cleaning which was completed by the skilled workers. The Akhand Jyot was placed at the Samadhi on Thursday, 4th October.

LIVE UPDATE from the Sacred Anjali Samadhi | Sadhu Vaswani Mission Pune | October 8, 2018  With a humble pooja, the concrete cover was put up at the Anjali Samadhi marking the completion of this phase of construction work. Soon after, at the daily session in Sacred Kutiya, Beloved Dada spoke to us all through the Vachan (thought):  Vachan from Anjali Sangrah Page No:-363 Title:- Samadhi-a Jey Sandull Taan  Aadhee-a raat ajeeban vattaan, naon nyaapo aayo, aayo: Bhittko chcho pyaa darbadar, achee vishraam paayo! paayo! Paaey jaamo aa! insaanee, tavhaan sadqey sattham soor: Daadal agyaan veyhee veyhee, huaa Daadal khaan tavheen duur! Na paroorr paatav-a pyaar jee, nakee sunjaatav-a aahyaan keyr? Hikk hikk khey huee mastee pehenji, maapyav-a mittee-a jaa dheyr! Tarsee tarsee saal ghannaa, hee cholo ta kayyam tyaag: Nind-a mein huaa suttal sabheyee, visaarey pehenjo maag! Pushpan maan aen patan maan, veyttho avhaan khey nihaaryaan haann: Samaadhi-a jey sandull taan, karyaan avhaan saan roohh rihaann! Aahyo aanjaa avheen pyaaraa muunkhey, na damm bi muunkhaan dhaar: Veysar chcho na sabh visaaryo, uthee halo avheen hun-a paar! Poorey akhyoon, boottey kan-a, sunno anhad jo awaaz: Vich dil mandir neenh-a nazaaraa, vajan surandaa saaz! Pann vinjaaey pann maan, bhanjee shak gumaan: Pakirr un-a jo palaand Anjali, jo toh vatt ho mehmaan!

The students of St. Mira’s Primary & Secondary Schools, Pune and Sadhu Vaswani International School, Pradhikaran took out a rally today, October 4, 2018, for the love and compassion towards animals and their rights. The anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi, a nature lover and patron saint of animals is observed as World Animals Day. The Mission Primary schools have been celebrating this day since the 1950s in the city of Pune. This activity is inspired by Rev. Dada J.P. Vaswani’s teachings that say, "Every animal has some fundamental rights. The very first fundamental right of an animal is the right to live. No man can take away that which he cannot give. Since we cannot give life to a dead creature, it goes without saying that we have no right to take away the life of a living one, just to pamper our palates and indulge our taste buds.” The children uttered slogans like, "Stop All Killing", "Live and Let Live”, "Birds & Animals are our brothers & sisters" - carrying their handmade placards and posters that had pictures of different animals and catchy quotes. The procession started from St. Mira's Primary School, circled around the Sadhu Vaswani Path and ended back to the Primary School premises. The school also conducted a drawing competition to nurture the thought in art form which was very well presented by the students. “It is indeed a very touching event of the year, when the school management also gets emotionally involved in the event.A great way to educate young minds and encourage the love for animals!” said the Principal of Primary School, Ruby Karna. The students of pre-school of Sadhu Vaswani International School Pradhikaran, also went on a march on the streets spreading the message of saving animals, being compassionate towards animals with a touch of promoting vegetarianism. The students painted their own animal - head gears to represent all animals’ community as our younger brothers and sisters. “The message was well received by the people in surrounding communities,” remarked the Principal Aarti Patil. Sadhu Vaswani Mission encourages the love towards animals and birds as the Revered Founder Sadhu Vaswani believed that “Creation is one family.”

Rose Day - Day of Hope for Cancer Patients - is dedicated to those battling cancer all over the world. At Kolkata, the youth group of Sadhu Vaswani Center, Bridge Builders, teamed up with the students of Chowringhee High School and Rotary Club to hold the Moment of Calm forgiveness session with the cancer patients in Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital. Forgiveness brings not only spiritual benefits but also health benefits, releasing one of negativities such as grudges, anger & resentment that adversely affect the physical body. The Chowringhee High School has a DAILY practice of observing The Moment of Calm, inspired by Rev. Dada JP Vaswani.

Dada’s physical presence, “Dada believed in humanity, Imam Hussain only preached humanity. They will continue to live with us!”.It was a perfect setting on the International Day of Peace. The Muharram procession halted at Sadhu Vaswani Mission, many of the participants were moist-eyed for missing Continuing the annual tradition, Sadhu Vaswani Mission volunteers served the hundreds of Muslim brothers and sisters with drinks and refreshments.

Karachi, September 1, 2018 Inspired by the great Master, Sadhu Vaswani Gurukul classes started in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, 1st September 2018. Thirty children attended the class on the inaugural day. Under the guidance of Dr. Vinesh & Nirmala, the class started with chants of Gayatri Mantra. It was followed by Yoga. Children learnt the value of empathy from The Gurukul - authored by Rev. Dada J.P. Vaswani. Promila Pinjani spoke about the significance of Janmashtami. At conclusion, the little ones enjoyed the sumptuous prasad. Gurukul classes will continue on every Saturday. Children of age 4 to 15 years can join the classes. It’s a free life enriching class to your little ones! The course includes life lessons imparted through fun activities, vedic teachings, yoga, meditation and more. The emphasis will be on moral values, character building & seva. The motto of the Gurukul Class is ‘Kuch na kuch kar jayenge’.

On 7th September, Sadhu Vaswani International School, Pradhikaran organised a fun activity for the kids of Sr. Kg. where these tiny tots dressed up as vegetable vendors and sold vegetables. It looked like a real vegetable market bustling with enthusiastic pitches of these little hawkers like 'Sabzi lo' 'Bhaji lo'. They made a profit of Rs. 3200 - money that is hard-earned, and not acquired as handout - even for doing seva.

Day 7: The food distribution was done with another 4000+ packets. Sadhu Vaswani Center Ahmedabad worked with the Indian Western Railways in arranging a special High Capacity Parcel Van to send relief materials to the flood victims. 23 tons of materials, including medicines, water bottles, bedsheets, napkins, blankets, mosquito repellents, and food items were collected and loaded. The extra bogey was attached to the Porbander Kochi Express train in Ahmedabad  at 3AM and reached Ernakulam the next day and was received by the office of Ernakulam Dist Collector, Mohd. Y. Safirulla K (IAS) for distribution. Day 8: It was one of the most important days of the Onam Festival. According to history, King Mahabali lost his land of Kerala to the Gods, yet received a boon to visit his homeland once a year. All the festivities during Onam are mainly preparations to welcome him. This year, it was a solemn time as many of the residents were themselves homeless and many others were without water and electricity in the affected areas. To keep their moral high and bring smiles, the team cheered them up with their warm smiles and added a sweet to the meal - a ladoo, along with their favourite sambhar rice with uperi (Kerala-style okra) & pickle. Day 9: The volunteers had been working in sweltering heat with the humidity coming off the air rising from the drying soil. The muddy land, the broken trees, the mosquitos made it a rough terrain for the volunteers. Today, after finishing the distribution of food packets, they took some time out to celebrate Raksha Bandhan, known as Avani Avittam in South India. Day 10 & 11: Dada’s samaritans continued to toil to provide relief and every day, the team kept going further into the interiors, where the recovery was still wanting.  The team ended up serving 20 areas in Paravur – Neendoor, Pattanam, Pooyapilly, Parayakad, Kootukad, Chendamangalam, Kottayilkovilakam, Karimpadam, Pallanthuruthu, Thekkumpuram, Kumaramangalam, Munduruthi, Palathuruthu, CP Thuruthu, Kochuavara Thuruthu, Kozhi Thuruthu, Pattam, Tholathuruthu, Elanthikkara, & Puthenvelikkara. Day 12: The well-known local MLA V.D. Satheesan was deeply moved by Sadhu Vaswani Mission’s efforts. He visited the camp and thanked them for coming all the way to help the Kerala residents. He expressed, in glowing terms, that the Mission has worked in an organised, outstanding manner, and was unique amongst others. And expressed his keen interest to visit the Pune Mission. The Paravur area has partially recovered with water services restored and the home kitchens getting active again. Some businesses have opened up with people returning to work. Schools too had reopened.  The team neared its end of the relief mission - closing out the food distribution drive with about 3000 meals prepared and distributed. In total, 30,000 food packets were served over the 12 days. Day 13: Bidding Adieu! In the final phase, a parting gift was distributed to the most-affected ones in the Paravur area. The kit consisted of a T-shirt & a lungi for men, a gown for ladies, a bed sheet and a towel. The material was procured with help of Coimbatore Sadhu Vaswani Center and supporters. The goods arrived in the morning, and were unloaded by volunteers themselves, opened and kits were made. Then it was taken even on two-wheelers and on foot into the interiors where the truck could not go. Day 14: August 31st – it was the day to return home! Yet, it was another opportunity to serve. The local MLA V.D. Satheesan guided the team to one of the most interior and badly affected area where a small distribution camp of approximate 138 affected families was organised. Satheesan came personally and briefed the crowd about the tremendous effort put in by Sadhu Vaswani Mission, especially the central kitchen setup. With one hand the team waved goodbyes, and with the other hand they kept giving away apples – about 1200 pieces. Some people shared their sad stories, while others courageously smiled and with moist eyes, thanked the Mission for coming all the way from Pune. An ex-armyman said, “The Mission volunteers offered their services unequivocally. We were served with food items like biryani, rice etc. and even before leaving, they are distributing apples. Where the vehicles could not reach in the remote interiors, they carried food on their heads to reach the people. I can't express how troubled we were. I hope someday I too get a chance to come to their service.” In the afternoon, the team took to the other interior zones to distribute the remaining kits. “The experience was saddening and heart wrenching after witnessing in person the damage and losses to the residents of Paravur. They will take lot of time and help to come back to normal life,” they said. The flood waters had reached the roof-lines in most of the houses. The waters receded, but left behind massive layers of sediment and mud. Life-savings go into buying TVs, refrigerators, appliances and electronics and they were all damaged by the flood waters. The people had never experienced such kind of disaster before. As Dada’s team returned to Pune at night, they felt grateful to the Lord and the Mission for giving them the precious opportunity to serve this cause. Sadhu Vaswani Mission is deeply grateful to all the supporters and volunteers to make this relief operations possible!

A team of volunteers from the Mission reached Kerala on 18th August and set up base at Paravoor, one of the worst affected areas. Supplies were procured. Food is freshly cooked and then with a truck, the team sets out to distribute into the affected interiors of Paravoor. “Damage is extensive. Affected people have lost everything. People were so hungry they put bananas, bread immediately in mouth as soon as they received," reported the volunteers. Another team of volunteers has joined them at Kerala to cover more affected areas. The food production has been scaled up to 4000 packets. One of the volunteers commented, ‘When we reached Paravoor and got the hall, the vendor outside gave us tea but did not charge us. The locals are offering us their help, house, vehicles and support... We are touched by so much love and support we have received...” Mr. Ramakrishnan, Superintendent Excise Dept. said in a message to them, “Hat's off to your team Sir. Dada Vaswani's blessings will help us to do the best service.” ON 24TH AUGUST - TRAIN LEAVES IN THE MORNING WITH 23 TONS FOR KERALA FLOODS RELIEF. Sadhu Vaswani Mission Ahmedabad worked with the Indian Western Railways in arranging a special High Capacity Parcel Van to send Relief Materials to the flood victims in Kerala. 23 Tons of Materials, including medicines, water bottles, bedsheets, napkins, blankets, mosquito repellents, and food items were collected and loaded. The extra bogey was attached to the Porbander Kochi Express at Ahmedabad today, Friday at 3AM IST and will reach Erankulam tomorrow, Saturday noon. Materials will be received by the office of Ernakulam Dist Collector Shri Mohd. Y. Safirulla K (IAS) for distribution to the victims. The Mission is deeply grateful to the supporters and the contributions in carrying out this mission of mercy in the disaster affected areas of Kerala. The Mission’s humble efforts continue in full swing under the grace and inspiration of our ever-living Beloved Master Dada J.P. Vaswani. Day 1: The Sadhu Vaswani Mission Pune Kerala relief team started their march as soldiers of the army of God on the early morning of Saturday, 18th August. They reached Coimbatore by afternoon and met with the local community leaders, & other members of NGOss such as CBE4KERALA. Day 2: After assessing entry points to Kerala and affected zones, they moved to Palakkad on Sunday morning, which was the most suitable entry to Kerala. They met up with the local MP and later visited some affected areas of Palakkad. Palakkad was in the mode of recovery as it was amongst the first few areas to get affected around 9th to 10th of August. Some local government officials came forward to help, in the form of the Master’s angels. They arranged a meeting with the Collector. They were informed that lot of supplies have reached but roads were closed further for aid to move on. The team also met Dr. Sreeram Shankar, head of Sewa Bharti and Mr. Kailasamani of District Head of Indian Red Cross. It was decided to move to Paravoor which is one of the most affected areas. There were 20 kilometres of road blocks, landslides, but the govt. officials promised a police convoy too, in case of problems. Day 3: It was action time. The team started early morning at 5.30am to Paravoor firmly believing that the Beloved Master would guide them and clear all the hurdles. And so it happened! There were no road blocks! The 20km jam disappeared, with no landslides to hinder! On reaching Paravoor, the team met the local MLA Mr. Satheesh. The condition was grim. Though the water had started receding, most of the houses are damaged or washed away due to the 4 to 8 feet water levels. After an extensive search, the team found a suitable venue to start the food kitchen. Now the challenge was of supplies – the raw material, cooks, cooking equipment and gas cylinder, water etc as everything was closed. Day 4: With God's Grace and the local support of the Councillor, everything got arranged and the team set out with a small target of 300 breakfast packets of Upama and 400 lunch packets of pulaav and pickle. When they reached out to the affected areas, the packets got over in a matter of few minutes. People were hungry, having returned to their homes with no food, water or electricity. There no transport available either nor were provision stores open. The team saw the rich and poor equally hungry wanting food. Extra items like biscuits, rusks, bananas, bread and water bottles were distributed. Seeing the desperate need, the team set a target of 2000 for the next day. They got procured more supplies from Palakkad in terms of raw food items like rice, oil, dal etc. which was unloaded by all of them - the Mission team, the officers, and the local people. DAY 5: The cooking started at 1.30am so that distribution could be done from 10am to 1pm. The menu was a packet of biryani with dahi kachumar and pickle and water bottles. The first van left at 9.30AM and distribution was done as planned by 2pm. The food was tastier as they could know the local requirement. The food finished much before than planned, and left the team with mixed emotions as they couldn’t feed more due to constraints of materials and also manpower, space, distribution vehicles and volunteers. Yet, they took on the daunting task to double up the production to 4000 packets. At the same time, the Mission team was thinking of reaching out to more affected areas, especially to Kuttinad which is one of the worst affected near Alleppy Allapuda. DAY 6: Quantity is scaled up to 4000 food packets, with cooking going on the whole night. Today’s menu is local dish errisery, plain boiled rice, cabbage thoran and lemon pickle.