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America The Beautiful

Sri Chinmoy moved to America from his native India in April 1964, during his time in the US, he wrote several books and articles about the spiritual qualities of America and those inspired souls who helped found and build up the nation.

“America’s special strength
Lies not in frightening the weak
And challenging the strong,
But in strengthening the weak
And illumining the strong.”

– Sri Chinmoy

In this new book – America the Beautiful, many of Sri Chinmoy’s writings on America and great Americans such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King and others, have been drawn together and published in this new book.

25th Weightlifting Anniversary

Sri Chinmoy took up weightlifting in 1985, aged 54, for the next 22 years, Sri Chinmoy achieved many significant lifts showing the power of self-transcendence even in the evening of his life.

Recently, an event was held to commemorate Sri Chinmoy’s 25th anniversary of his weightlifting. It was attended by many dignitaries and figures from the weightlifting world, such as Bill Pearl who often acted as Master of Ceremonies for Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting performances.

3100 Mile Race 2010

This years edition of the 3100 Mile self-transcendence race began on June 13th, with 11 runners at the start line.

photo by Utpal

Useful links for Following 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race

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12 / 24 Hour Self Transcendence Race Basel

Members of the Swiss Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team organised a 12 hour and 24 hour race in Basel, which attracted 122 runners from 13 countries.

To view short video of event see: 24 Hour Race at Sri Chinmoy TV

In the 24 hour race Ludger Robert Boewer won with distance of 238 k.
Among the women Heike Christ finished 1st Place with 208 k.

The fastest 12 hour runners were Thomas Herget (134 k) and Dorothea Pfeffer (115 k), also from Germany.

12 – 24 Hour Race – Results at Sri Chinmoy Races

Weekend in The Alps

Recently, several European centres met up in Salzburg for a weekend of games, sport, music and meditation in the beautiful surroundings of the Swiss Alps

Report by Standa Zublaty, Czech

Over the weekend of 22-23 May, members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre met up for three days of sport, music, meditation, games and above all – the beautiful nature of Austrian Alps near Salzburg. Evening programs included a few musical performances, meditations and comic quiz games. During the day various activities such as running, hiking and boat trips were organised – giving people the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of nature.

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Learning to Meditate

Question: How can we learn to meditate?


Sri Chinmoy: The best way to begin to learn how to meditate is to associate with poeple who have been meditating for some time. These people are not in a position to teach you, but they are in a position to inspire you. If you have some friends who know how to meditate, just sit beside them while they are meditating. Unconsciously your inner being will be able to derive some meditative power from them. You are not stealing anything from them, but your inner being is taking help from them without your outer knowledge…..

(Continue reading excerpt from Meditation: Humanity’s Race And Divinity’s Grace, Part 2 by Sri Chinmoy)

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Jharna Kala Collection

During his lifetime, Sri Chinmoy created many beautiful artworks, he termed these Jharna Kala or ‘Fountain-Art’ paintings.

jharna kala

In the late 1970s, Sri Chinmoy gave 200 Jharna Kala paintings to the Zurich centre in Switzerland. These are often displayed at galleries in Switzerland and throughout Europe.

To view a selection of these paintings, you can view them here – Jharna Kala Zurich collection

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Global Harmony and World Records

Ashrita continues to break a diverse range of Guinness World Records, in his latest blog post you can read about the challenges of balancing on a circus ball and 100m frog jumping by the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Ashrita – stilt walking in a record attempt for fastest 100m on stilts.

Read: ‘Discovering Global Harmony’ – Ashrita’s recent record attempts – including longest time standing on a rolling globe barefoot – over 40 minutes

    “….Back to the record attempt. The time flew by. When Steve called out, “40 minutes”, I suddenly remembered that there were only 4 minutes of tape left. Vinaya made a frantic search for another video camera and tape but, amidst all the hubbub, I lost my concentration and fell off the ball with only a few seconds left on the tape. It didn’t matter. I was elated and so grateful to have been blessed with such a powerful experience of self-transcendence….” – from Ashrita’s blog

Inner Peace

Question: How can we find lasting peace?

Sri Chinmoy: My first poem in English runs thus: “A sea of peace and joy and light/Beyond my reach I know.” (1) Almost every aspirant feels at the dawn of his spiritual life that peace is beyond his reach. The mind is always bothering us. The mind is constantly taking us from one place to another, from one object to another in the inner world and in the outer world. But a day comes when we feel in our inner life that there can be nothing worth achieving but peace.

It is peace that operates in the inner world and the outer world in the life of an aspirant. Eventually a day comes when he cannot separate himself from peace. Now he is crying for peace. He does not have peace here, there or anywhere. But as the mounting flame of aspiration within him gets the opportunity to reach the highest, the inner peace starts functioning most intensely and most powerfully in him. Then one day he notices that he abides in the sea of peace; he can never be separated from peace. His existence, inner and outer, is flooded with peace. For that experience, what we need is aspiration. Aspiration is the key.

Excerpt from Perfection And Transcendence by Sri Chinmoy

(1) The Golden Flute by Sri Chinmoy

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6 and 10 Day Race 2010

The Self-Transcendence 6 and 10 day race, organised by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team is well under way with  many runners clocking up big mileages.

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Photo by Jowan. The sleepless action of the race.

The race was initiated by founder Sri Chinmoy, who himself ran several marathons and ultra-marathons. These ultra day races offer competitors and helpers an opportunity to transcend their own limitations – both physical, mental and spiritual.

“Self-transcendence gives us joy in boundless measure. When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves. “

Excerpt from The Vision-Sky Of California by Sri Chinmoy.

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Photo by Alakananda. – Smiling through the rain and miles. The 10 day race never stops

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Songs of the Soul Concert NY

On April 14th, 2010, a near capacity audience enjoyed an evening of soulful music dedicated to the music of Sri Chinmoy at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in Manhattan, NYC.

The international Gandharva Loka orchestra offer a rousing finale to the concert

Paree’s International singing group open the concert with a soulful peace song composed by Sri Chinmoy.

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