Frasi di Jayachamaraja Wodeyar

Jayachamaraja Wodeyar fu maharaja di Mysore dal 1940 al 1947.

✵ 18. Luglio 1919 – 23. Settembre 1974
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Jayachamaraja Wodeyar: Frasi in inglese

“May those in distress become happy, May the sins of animate and inanimate beings disappear, may the evils of the universe be destroyed.”

At the conclusion of his speech on Indian tradition he recited a passage from Matsyapurana, quoted in "Jayachamaraja Wodeyar – A Princely scholar".

“the speed and energy of a demon, not an angel or superman as one would ardently hope for.”

His opinion on Arturo Toscanini’s recordings which indicated his “understanding of music—individualistically interpretive, personal and profound—allowed him to see beyond known and accepted horizons. Quoted in "Medtner, Music & a Maharaja".

“It is important that the freedom we have attained after a hundred years of struggle should be felt and enjoyed by the millions. Let us therefore model our Swarajya after the conception of Rishis. Let us aspire to achieve the Rama Rajya of Gandhiji’s dreams.”

Known for his erudite scholarship in Indian philosophy and Dharma, he gave a talk on the Radio on the occasion of the ninth year of the Republic in 1958. Quoted in "Jaya Chamaraja Wodeyar".

“My view point is essentially that of questioning layman, who enquires in order to find out the why and whither of human conduct and the achievements of history as well as the prospects of civilization.”

During his scholarly lecture tours as a philosopher, in Ghana, in Jayachamaraja Wodeyar – A Princely scholar http://www.mysoresamachar.com/j_wadiyar_ann2.htm

“He was not merely the organizer and architect of our freedom, he ennobled our very being. As the apostle not only of truth and ahimsa but also of purity and public conduct he raised us, and indeed the whole of mankind, to a higher level of social and political life.”

In his homage of reverence, love and thankfulness in memory of Mahatma Gandhi, at an Independence Day lecture in 1959 as Governor. Quoted in "Jayachamaraja Wodeyar – A Princely scholar".

“as Beethoven wished it to be.”

His opinion on Herbert von Karajan’s Vienna Philharmonia’s recording of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.Quoted in Medtner, Music & a Maharaja http://brigadeinsight.com/?p=7706