Saint Mira

Author(s): T L Vaswani
Publisher: Saint Miras English Medium School

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SAINT MIRA
In his quiet, humble work for the “Youth Movement,” his emphasis was on shakti (vitality). He organised two “Youth Conferences," at one of which the ceremony of unfurling the “Youth Flag” was performed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. At the “Shakti Ashram” at Rajpur, Dadaji endeavoured to train youths drawn from different parts of the country in the "School of shakti” for the service of India. The “Shakti Ashram" arrested the attention of a number of prominent persons and was visited, among others, by Mahatma Gandhi who planted a “Youth Tree" on the occasion of his visit to the Ashram.
Of Dadaji it was said, in those days :-“Who are the leaders of India, today? In the West, among the names known for spiritual life and teaching are Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore and T. L. Vaswani. India is blessed with Vaswani who asks the youth of India to build a bridge of brotherhood between the East and the West." V.I. Cooper of New York spoke of him as "the Faraday of spiritual science." Baron Howen of France called him a "living leader of the world.” Dr. Cousins, the Irish poet and mystic, called him a “forerunner of the New Age" and a "thinker and revealer of the deep truths of the Spirit.” Prof. Horwitz, the American thinker, spoke of him as a "path-finder and pioneer." Mon. Paul Richard, the eminent French savant, speaking of him, said :-"I have been blessed. For amidst the deserts of Sind, I have found a true Prophet, a messenger of the New Spirit, a saint, a sage, and a seer, a rishi of New India, a leader to the Great Future, Sadhu Vaswani."
During a recent visit to Poona, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Predent of India. addressing a public meeting, said : " Sadhu Vaswani was a true pilgrim who considered his work to be the spreading of enlightenment and comfort among the youth of his country.........Sadhu Vaswani created a new climate, a new atmosphere."