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grasp like the rainbow And the personality of a harmonious and integrated sage like Muniji is even more elusive, because it is even more attractive and has achieved a finer synthesis
Words cannot capture the serenity, the graciousness and the ineffable charm of such personalities any more than they capture the heavenly beauty of the rainbow The biographer can disentagle the variegated threads of these personalities, examine their woof and texture, analyse the ingredients, but he cannot fix in words the magic of their harmonious blending The only way to apprehend such great souls is by personal contact, by experiencing at first band the joyous and uplifting impact of such a soul on oneself The purpose of this booklet will be more than fulfilled of those who read it are drawn to spend half an hour with this unique sage and experience personally the spell of the Master
I have had the good fortune of spending a few half-hours with Muniji, thanks to my former pupil Shrimati Gunial Desai The first time I met him, we discussed the problems of education and discipline I found to my great delight and surprise that, though Muniji is an ascetic and follows scrupulously the established traditions of his Order, he brings reason to bear upon the problems under discussion, he takes into account the forces at work in modern times and
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