Since 2005, the 7th of November is celebrated as the “Day of Goodwill” in honour of Master Sri K. Parvathi Kumar (7 Nov. 1945 – 1 Nov. 2022). Throughout his life, work and inspiration, much goodwill work manifested globally. In 1985, Sri Kumar founded the Circle of Good Will India, and the Circle of Good Will, Switzerland is inspired by his work. And this work keeps on unfolding, also after his passing. We do not focus on passing but on continuity and unfoldment. In this sense, we keep on with the wisdom teachings and practical goodwill activities with his inspiration.

This year, we celebrate November 7th as the Day of Goodwill and the 79th anniversary of Sri K. Parvathi Kumar (it is the 80th anniversary in Indian counting). There will be a streaming of the celebration in Visakhapatnam, India, via YouTube starting from 6pm IST (CET: 13:30, ART: 09:30 EST: 07:30 am, PST: 04:30 am) with the evening meditation, followed by a talk by Sri Navaneetham (in Telugu) until 07:00 pm IST.

There will be a transmission via Zoom WTT-Global of the English talk of Sri Guru Prasad, President of WTT-Global, which is scheduled for 1 hour, starting at 7pm IST. (CET: 14:30, ART: 10:30 EST: 08:30 am, PST: 05:30 am). Zoom will be opened 15 minutes in advance (6:45 IST). Login details on request (info@worldteachertrust.org). The talk will be translated to French, German and Spanish. Guru Prasad said that he will speak slowly to enable people from the West to understand well and to translate.
The program will continue afterwards in Telugu with transmission via YouTube. There will be no translation from Telugu.

There is an ocean of profound wisdom, of practical goodwill, and of spiritual guidance which manifested through the Master KPK. It keeps on inspiring and uplifting many people and seekers all over the globe. And many of those who have been impregnated by him as a role model, now express it in their lives or share it with other seekers.

Here is a short extract from Master’s inspiring talk during the 2018 birthday anniversary and Goodwill Day celebration:

“If I observe all the goodwill activities that have been happening on the occasion of my birthday, I must say that I am ever grateful to you each one of you. I bow to the Divine present in each one of you.

Generally, we think that there is lot of bad happening in the world because that is what we dominantly see in the news and media. If some good activity is reported in the news, there is overwhelming response and everyone feels happy about it. This is naturally present in human nature. Master Devapi said “Every man has a heart. Remind him through your good deeds.” If you serve the needy ones who approach you, without expecting anything in return, then the other person remembers you in his heart for a very long time. A deed of goodwill performed without expectations will remain in the hearts of those served for a long time. That is what Master Devapi meant through his statement. So, if someone needy approaches you, you respond in the right manner by seeing the Divine in them. If you constantly do this, then the Lord feels very happy and grants you with name and fame. That is due to his compassion.

You need not go and search of what good deeds you have to do. If you are prepared, then time and nature will bring the work to you. You just have to respond appropriately. A Grand Master said “Out of small duties properly performed, will emerge larger responsibilities culminating in world service.” So, whether the work is small or large, whether others will recognise or not and so on; does not matter. You just perform your duty which comes to you to the best of your abilities. If you are attentive and dedicated in performing your duties, then nature leads you to greater work. Nature likes those who take up responsibilities because she knows that responsible one can take care of large number of people. So, we should learn to stick to our duties whatever they might be and relate to the Divine through them. Then automatically you are accorded with more and more duties and you are recruited into the Divine plan. Do not start activities on your own will.

I never started anything in my life as per my will. I just responded to situations and duties that came to me. … I just did whatever work came to me. Master EK just told me to keep observing WTT and its activities. I just kept observing while the activities kept happening. Witnessing is very important in yoga. If you are a good witness, then activities just keep happening through you. Even people around you get inspired and they too start doing many things. That is how so many goodwill activities have been happening around the globe.”

So, may we keep working relating to the Divine and never feel great about the work we do.

A blogpost of 2 November 2014, 10 years ago, about “An Office Lesson – Story of an Encounter with Sri Kumar“.

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