The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
leadership from many mouths would
unconsciously stray away into personal criticism,
when he would chant OM and say, "The temple
bell has gone. Hush! No personal criticism". And
make us repeat OM again. "You all get slack. The
repetition of OM must go on", he would constantly
urge. In this connection I recollect a humorous
incident which may be related here.
There was one young Madrasi boy come with me
from Lahore Technical School, Mr. Naidu, who, I
believe, afterwards, went to America to learn
applied chemistry and returned with success."
Naidu! Bring Dal" Swami Rama would say, while
taking his meals outside the kitchen, and Mr.
Naidu would promptly say just ―OM‖ in reply.
And as he would come back with Dal, he would
not say, "Here it is, Swamiji," but only "OM"! And
so abrupt and enthusiastic was his repetition on
every occasion, that once we all laughed for hours
on his 'OM' to everything and his one answer to
every question.
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He took us to the Yajna Bhumi of Pushkar and told
us how Pushkar Lake was sacred. It was the holy
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