The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
no time be astonished to see that the very grass under
your feet stands up and bears testimony against you.
You will in time see that the very walls, the very trees
have tongues to speak. "The moral law is that you must
be pure. Harbour impurity and you must suffer the
consequences."
The kingdom of Heaven is within you,
The people of Europe and America do not wish to take
up anything unless it appeals to their intellect. Even
though we may not be able to prove the virtue of this
Mantram by the logic of the world, yet there is no denial
of the powerful effect which this Mantram, chanted in a
proper way, produces on the character of a man.
All the knowledge of the sacred scriptures of the Hindus
was obtained when the writers of these volumes had
thrown themselves into ecstasies by the humming of this
syllable.
All the Vedanta, nay all the philosophy of the Hindus is
simply an exposition of this syllable OM.
OM has a charm about it, an efficiency, a virtue in it
which directly brings the mind of one who chants it
under control, which directly brings all feelings and alt
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