Hindu Medicine c5.s1.5

c5.s1.5

It was in this lecture course that I saw Zimmer for the first time, and I shall never forget the impression which he then made upon me. A tall man, rather heavily built, his broad shoulders somewhat uneven, he stood before the few students in his characteristic attitude: his body erect, his massive head slightly tilted to the left. His face, —very unusual in its contour, its features stern rather than gentle,—showed no emotion. His eyes, deep-set under thick brows, were fixed upon his manuscript—he was reading the story of Dharmarutschi which tells of the cycle of incarnations, of the path followed by the Enlightened One and of that followed by the uninitiated. Only occasionally did Zimmer glance at us. If he saw us at all, if he paid any attention to our presence, it was in order to make sure that we were following him into that realm into which he himself was transposed. For his outward calm was apparently that of the body