The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
embodied to reach." Well, alright, Sweet Krishna, let
mine be the path of adoration of that manifestation
divine of whom it is said: ―All his household property
consists of a jaded ox, one side of a broken bedstead, an
old hatchet, ashes, snakes, and an empty skull‖. . . Mere
lukewarm approbation or toleration won't do. I want
active co-operation from every child of India to spread
this dynamic spirit of Nationality. A child can never
reach youth except he pass through boyhood. A person
can never realise his unity with God, the All, except
when unity with the whole nation throbs in every fibre
of his frame. Let every son of India stand for service of
the whole, seeing that the whole of India is embodied in
every son. Almost every town, stream, tree, stone, and
animal is personified and sanctified in India. Is it not
high time now to deify the entire Motherland and every
partial manifestation inspire us with devotion to the
whole? Through Prana Prathistha, Hindus endow with
flesh and blood the effigy of Durga. Is it not worthwhile
to call forth the inherent glory and evoke fire and life in
the more real Durga of Mother India? Let us put our
hearts together, the heads and hands will naturally
unite.
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To realise God, have the Sanyasa spirit, i.e., entire
renunciation of self-interest, making the little self
absolutely at one with the great self of Mother India. To
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