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A firm believer in the value of education, Swami Rama provided countless scholarships to needy, deserving students. He sponsored at least two students every year for higher education opportunities abroad.
He established a charitable trust from which many students received scholarships toward college studies and built and upgraded to degree level a science college near Lansdowne in the Himalayas. He also funded a library for Garhwal University in Lansdowne Degree College. In addition, he founded two eye clinics.
In recognition of his selfless service in India and the United States, as well as around the world, Swamiji received numerous awards and honors. In 1977, he was honored with the Martin Buber Award for his service to humanity; in l982 he received the Gandhi Community Award. In l988, the Shiromani Award was bestowed on him for his service to humanity. He is a member of the International Platform Association, the International Writers association of Oxford, England, and the Poetry Society of India. He has also been honored by the Poetry Society of Chicago. He received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award from the NRI Institute in London. In l990 he received an honorary DDW degree (Doctor of Divine Wisdom) from New Seminary.
Swami Rama has also been included in Who's Who of Contemporary Authors and Writers, Who's Who of Men of Achievement, and Who's Who of International Intellectuals. Due to his excellent contributions to the spiritual literature of Sikhism, he was awarded Saropa from the Guru Nanak Foundation in New Delhi.
Each of the many facets of the unique personality of Swami Rama represents only one aspect of a magnificent diamond, whose brilliance humbly reflects the divinity shining within. To describe him as a yogi, scientist, philosopher, humanitarian and mystic poet provides merely a glimpse of the totality of the remarkable individual known as Swami Rama. Having reached the heights of spiritual enlightenment, he also strove with seemingly endless energy to attain perfection in his actions in the external world. His life embodied the human potential to "live in the world, and yet remain above."
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