The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

HALF-HOURS WITH FAMOUS MAHATMAS. No.1 Yocr Mauatma Sri AcGAMyA PARAMAHAMSA GURU SWAMIJI is a certain Punjabi lala, who, on account of his tremendous voice and ferocious temper, has well earned for himself the name of The Tiger Mahatma. My first acquaintance with His Holiness was in November 1906, when he paid his second visit to England. I had seen his name in the daily press, but before calling upon him, I had read up what I could about him in his book: “Sri Brahma Dhara,” in the preface of which he is praised as follows: “He seeks to do good, he accepts money from no one, and lives a very simple, pure life . . . I. . . was much impressed by his great breadth of mind, his sweet charity, and his loving kindness for every living thing. ... These teachings... breathe love and kindness, and dwell upon the joys of pure clean living.” Forewarned is to be forearmed, and I had read the same type of “ puff” on many a patent pill box! On entering 70, Margaret Street I was shown upstairs and ushered into the den of Tiger Sri Agamya. Besides himself, there were three people in the room, two men and 284