The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
Scholarship to go to England to compete for the
Blue Ribbon in Mathematics, but someone else got
the scholarship. Later in his life he told me ―Rama
thought of becoming a senior wrangler, but if this
body did not, another Indian (meaning Mr.
Paranjpye) won it. It is thus that the desires of a
desireless person are fulfilled‖.
He writes on 18th February, 1894: ―There is
nothing in the world on which one could depend,
They are blessed by God who put their faith in
Him alone. They are the True Saints. At the feet of
such holy men, the world with all its paraphernalia
crouches in entire submission.‖
While in the Government College, he began living
on milk diet alone, gave up wheaten bread but
occasionally indulged in boiled rice. His fare was
very simple and light, and his dress still simpler,
He always wore coarse and cheap Khaddar.
In 1895, he took up a job of school master and went
to Sialkot and took up his appointment as second
master, in the Mission High School. It is here that
he had to borrow a paltry sum of Rs. 10 from a
friend, who readily lent it to him. As long as he
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