The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
surprise to me, but I can hardly feel that it was a
misfortune for him. His short life on earth had yielded
him a rich harvest of experience, and perhaps its purpose
was fully accomplished. Peace be to him!
The Swami spent two or three weeks in Buffalo in the
spring and early summer of 1904. He gave numerous
lectures on both the dark and bright sides of life in India
and upon the Vedanta Philosophy, laying particular
stress, in the Indian lectures, upon the evils of the caste
system and the desirability of destroying it. He made
strong appeals on behalf of India, and succeeded in
forming here one of the societies which, as you doubtless
know, it was his aim to establish in cities throughout the
country (for the importation of Hindu boys to be
educated in this country). He proved an ardent and
eloquent pleader for this cause, and aroused much
enthusiasm among those who heard him. Buffalo,
however, is rather a conservative town in some ways,
and those who organised the Rama Society being mostly
busy people of only moderate means, they soon found
that the responsibility and work involved in upbuilding
and maintaining such an organisation were beyond
their powers. Therefore what money had been collected
was forwarded to the Society in Portland, Oregon,
which seemed to be very active and promising, and the
Buffalo Society, not long after the Swami's departure,
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