At his death one recalls a very poignant philosophical point he made in a wide-ranging interview with Indian television journalist, Rajiv Mehrotra, some decades ago. Asked about how he imagined his contribution to the world, he paused, with a shy and charming smile, then shared some brief, but stirring words. In a voice tinged with contemplation, he said: “After all, everyone’s life is a passage, and perhaps the most one can do is to have left something behind during that passage, which contributes and assists people to look to their future with more confidence, more stability and more hope.” Nothing could capture his mission and legacy better than his own words.
There might be many reasons for his extraordinary success in not only inspiring his community to join his goals, but he was also a global leader whose advice was solicited and his voice was heard by laypeople on several continents, monarchs and princes, political leaders and spiritual sages in the East and the West.
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