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The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Story</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Swami</strong> <strong>Rama</strong><br />

nothing.<br />

Once he saw a few boats full of men and women<br />

coming to this side of the river from Muttra, <strong>The</strong>y<br />

were Indian Christians going out for a picnic.<br />

<strong>Swami</strong> <strong>Rama</strong> saw them and said: "Puranj! <strong>The</strong>y are<br />

<strong>Rama</strong>'s; <strong>Rama</strong> is theirs too! Can you arrange at all<br />

for a talk? <strong>Rama</strong> wishes to speak to them‖. He was<br />

almost bare with one ochre-coloured Doti on. I<br />

went towards the incoming party of men and they<br />

came and stood and listened to him, and they<br />

loved to listen to him. He talked to them in a very<br />

happy strain and during the the conversation he<br />

said: "<strong>Rama</strong> thanks Christianity for having<br />

elevated you. What Hindus could not do for you,<br />

the Christians have done. Your elevation to a social<br />

dignity and your happy looks delight <strong>Rama</strong>. <strong>Rama</strong><br />

belongs to you. You are <strong>Rama</strong>'s." <strong>The</strong>n he told<br />

them some stories of his American tour and<br />

exhorted them to love their mother country.<br />

* * * * *<br />

At Pushkar, <strong>Swami</strong> Narayan, his disciple joined<br />

him and I too went thither from Lahore with one or<br />

two friends. He was living in the Kishangarh State<br />

house on the bank of the famous Pushkar Lake<br />

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