In Memoriam

 

In loving memory of Dr. Ram Mohan Mallya.

“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of the mountain, or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha - which is to demean oneself.” Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

What can I say about the passing of a kind, decent and honourable man who is loved and remembered by so many?
I could say he was the best human being I ever knew.
I could tell you that he was simple, down-to-earth, honest and true. That he loved Nature and children and science with total abandon. That he gave more gifts than Santa Claus.

Living his entire life in the service of others, he did not have a selfish bone in his body.
He shared his resources, knowledge and wisdom with everyone he knew.He gave and gave and gave, unceasingly, without fanfare or fuss. Uncomplaining and cheerful, he saw the positive potential in life and in all others – in particular, in the young and the poor and the dispossessed. 

Those many who knew him, all of whom experienced his unfailing kindness and warmth ,will never forget him.

A light has gone out in the world. A living flame has finally died.

And yet, descendants of this flame , lit in so many others, burn on, transmitting kindness, compassion, wisdom, creativity, generosity, basic goodness and humanity……as one candle lights another, this handing down of light down the generations creates its own immortality.

In the collective memory of the hundreds of people whose lives he touched, he shines forever like a star in the sky.

At last, he rests in the perfect peace and bliss of infinite Brahman.

May his blessings flow to us always! 

“The great teachers and prophets, and the inspirers of humanity of all times have not become what they were by their miracles or wonder-workings; these belong to other people. The main thing that could be seen in them was their loving manner. ... One may ask: How to cultivate the heart quality? There is only one way: to become selfless at each step one takes forward on this path, for what prevents one from cultivating the loving quality is the thought of self. The more we think of our self, the less we think of others.” Hazrat Inayat Khan.