The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
place of Brahma Yajna which was celebrated here
with great eclat. All gods and men had assembled
but the conch shell would not sound, and it was
the sound of the conch shell which was considered
to be the voice of God declaring the Yajna to be a
success. While this ceremonious Yajna was going
on at this place, the true Brahma Yajna was going
on in the heart of a lonely grass-cutter. He was not
of their caste. He was so deeply immersed in God,
that, when by chance, the scythe with which he
was cutting grass struck his own flesh and
wounded it, there came the colourless blood of
grass from his veins and not the red human blood.
With this wound, the man rose in divine madness
and began dancing. And as he danced the trees
and mountains began to dance with him and the
leader of the Yajna came and fell at the feet of this
holy man and, requested him to honor their Yajna
as the conch shell did not sound! And when this
holy man joined the Yajna, the conch shell
sounded, and even the Gods were surprised, "This
is Vedanta" Swami Rama ended. After relating any
beautiful story of self-realisation, he would say,
"This is Vedanta."
At Muttra, he would take his admirers in crowds
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