The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
of solitude. He would ask his teacher to give him
leave for a little while to go to the temple to hear
sacred recitations and offer that much from the
time of his meals instead. He revered his Moslem
village teacher like a devoted pupil. Once he asked
his father to give his milch-buffalo to the Maulvi,
as he gave so much higher food to his little son.
After finishing his village school education, the boy
was admitted to the Gujranwala High School for
his Matriculation studies. It was here that he was
brought in close contact with that uncanny sort of
person, Dhanna Mai, whom the boy began
imagining as his God, his spiritual master. It seems
he made to this man an offering of his body and
soul in deep spiritual devotion.
He passed the Matriculation in March, 1888, and
migrated from Gujranwala to Lahore to join the
Mission College for his Intermediate, and
afterwards for his Degree examinations. The
following letters were written when he was a
College student.
This correspondence shows a sudden burst of the
blossoming of his personality evidently due to the
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