Swami Ramatirtha

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Further to the message from

Hérberton from Curitiba-Brazil.

 

Ref Swami RamaTirtha

 

I have taken the liberty of posting part of John Phillips

article on Swami Rama Tirtha from the Magazine 'Vedanta'

(This section deals with his meeting with Swami Vivekananda)

 

" Rama Tirtha was a contemporary of Swami Vivekananda.

It was on Swamiji's mission in the Punjab that he came across

Rama Tirtha Goswami a Professor of mathematics at one of the

colleges. Some say that it was as a result of his meeting with

Swamiji that Tirtha Rama took sannyasa and assumed the

name Swami Rama Tirtha. He personally admired Swami

Vivekananda and invited him and his disciples to dine at

his residence. After dinner Swamiji sang a song beginning

with the words " Where God-consciousness resides, there

is no desire; where there is desire no God-consciousness. "

Rama Tirtha wrote " His melodious voice made the meaning

of the song thrill through the hearts of those present " .

 

A very friendly relationship sprang up between Swamiji and

Tirtha Rama. Before he left Tirtha Rama presented Swamiji

with a gold watch. Swamiji kindly accepted it, but put it back

in Tirtha Ram's pocket saying, " Very well friend, I shall wear

it here, in this pocket " .