The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
Rama did not forget his little bamboo and stroked
it and said: "This is a very good fellow. He serves
Rama most faithfully." During the nights, with the
light of a candle or an old Indian earthen lamp, he
would read the poet Nazir and go on laughing,
laughing. He was very fond of Nazir and admired
him for his freedom. He would say "He is Rama's
free boy. Rama minds not his little vulgarities. Let
them be. But he is of metal that rings with the
sound of God".
In Punjabi folk-literature, he was fond of Gopal
Singh's Kafis and he recited them shutting his eyes,
with the original pang of the poet himself. "Rama
knows Gopal Singh from his Sialkot days. This
good man went all the way to Brindaban on foot.
He danced all his life in self-intoxication."
He did not permit any one to speak to him against
any one. It is not good speaking ill of others and
indulging in low, mean personal criticism of
anybody. We must see the bright aide of
everything and every man and justify them as
ourselves."
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