The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
dissolved.
As you probably know, the Swami lectured in a large
number of places throughout the United States. I do not
know all the places he visited before reaching Buffalo,
but from here he went to Lilydale (a very prominent
spiritualistic centre in this state), Chicago, Boston,
Greenacre, Maine (where representatives of many forms
of faith lecture every summer), New York City, and we
finally heard from him way down in Florida where he
had gone to recover from the fatigue of his work and
travelling.
The Swami greatly attracted people over here, not only
by his learning arid spiritual wisdom, but also by his
cleverness, his sweet and gracious manners and (not
least in this country) by his simple democratic ways
and, amiable adaptability to the conditions about him,
despite the fact that he came from a land of rigid castetradition
and was himself a high-caste Brahmin. He
would meditate along by the hour, in true oriental
fashion, or willingly converse on philosophy, or joke and
laugh with visitors, or join in a game of ball, as occasion
offered.
He was keenly observant of the spirit and institutions of
America, as also of its failings, and he realised that India
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