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own words echo back, all his fear melted away and he was smiling."
Within a short time, Gurudev became known as a man who lived what he taught, who was a humanist at heart and a true friend to all life. Not a day went by when he did not give a talk. The many languages he knew—his native Kannad, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and English, he used as bridges to unite men and women of all traditions and cultures in the feeling of reverence for life. People from Hindu, Brahmin, Mohammedan, Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, Jain, and Parsee backgrounds as well as philosophers, writers, artists, social workers, potters, businessmen, politicians, and workers of all castes flocked to hear him speak. Many begged him to speak in Gujarati, for in that language, they said, his words were “sheer poetry.” It was the spontaneous poetry of his heart. Once the Swami Ramdas who
Swami Ramdas at Gurudev's talk
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