Category: Sri Chinmoy

A new statue of Sri Chinmoy was recently unveiled in Perth, Australia.

World-Peace-Dreamer – Sri Chinmoy

The statue included a plaque mentioning Sri Chinmoy dedicated his life to world peace.

“…This work of art stands as a universal symbol of humanity’s hope that one day the dream of world peace shall inundate the entire world….”

Poem on Peace by Sri Chinmoy

O dreamers of peace, come.
Let us walk together.
O lovers of peace, come,
Let us run together.
O servers of peace, come.
Let us grow together.

A new collection of Sri Chinmoy’s quotes at Sri Chinmoy Centre.

Even the tiniest of hopes
Can show me the way
To arrive at my goal.

– Sri Chinmoy ¹

• Sri Chinmoy quotes

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photo and artwork – Pavirata Taylor

Sri Chinmoy felt running made an excellent complement to a spiritual life of prayer and meditation.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Sri Chinmoy ran 22 marathons. His first marathon was on 3 March 1979 in a time of 4:31:34. His fastest marathon time was 3.55.07 in the Toledo marathon ¹

Speaking on the spiritual significance of marathons, Sri Chinmoy writes:

“The marathon is a long journey. Of course, there is also the ultramarathon, but the marathon is unique and it will always remain unparalleled among long-distance runs. Just as the marathon is a long journey on the outer plane, so is spirituality a long, longer, longest journey on the inner plane. Your own spiritual run is birthless and deathless; it is endless.”

– Sri Chinmoy ²

A prolonged knee injury later forced Sri Chinmoy to give up running; instead he took up weightlifting.

The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team continue to promote marathons and other running races world-wide.

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• Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team

March 2nd is the 80th birthday of President Gorbachev, a good friend of Sri Chinmoy. Mallikarjun Rakala writes a short piece on the contribution of President Gorbachev.

At his first meeting with President Gorbachev, Sri Chinmoy said:

“You are the master-key of the global heart. You have liberated the world from bondage-night, and you have brought to the fore the inner freedom which we need so desperately. Before, people were in darkness, and now you have brought light to them.”

Sri Chinmoy, ¹

Through the practise of meditation, Sri Chinmoy taught the importance of living in the present moment.

A global man knows no past
And no future.
He knows only the Eternal Now
To illumine the confusion-mind
And feed the aspiration-heart
Of the world-family.

Photo Top: Sharani

On Monday, January 10th, 2011 a new statue of Sri Chinmoy was unveiled at Nagarkot, Nepal.

Sri Chinmoy visited Nepal in 1994 and 1999. In 1994, the mountain, Ghenge Liru, part of the Langtang mountain range, which stands in proximity to the statue was dedicated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace Mountain.

” What does peace do? Peace blossoms. What else? Peace spreads. What else? Peace illumines. What else? Peace fulfils.”

– Sri Chinmoy ¹

Statue overlooking mountain.

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Sri Chinmoy taught a simple message that the power of love needs to replace the love of power.

Sri Chinmoy expressed this philosophy in a number of aphorisms:

When the power of love
Replaces the love of power,
Man will have a new name:
God.

– Sri Chinmoy ¹

World-peace
Can be achieved
When the power of love
Replaces
The love of power.

– Sri Chinmoy ²

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Ocean Monk, a short film directed by Sanjay Rawal, was chosen as the winner in the FestivalsOnline competition by the St Louis International Film festival.

Ocean Monk chronicles the lives of a group of students of spiritual teacher, Sri Chinmoy in their search for inner peace amongst the surf and urban environment of New York. The film explores the relationship between surfing, meditation and the quest for self-enlightenment amidst this unlikely setting.

In the short preview period, the film generated a substantial number of views and comments, striking a chord with those seeking to discover a deeper meaning to life.

Now in its 19th year, the Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival(SLIFF) is one of the largest international film festivals in the United States. SLIFF showcases the best in cutting-edge features and shorts from around the globe. The majority of the more than 300 films screened – many of them critically lauded award-winners – will receive their only St. Louis exposure at the festival. More than 70 filmmaking guests will accompany screenings, and SLIFF will present major awards to Stacy Keach, Harry Shearer, Rob Nilsson, Stanley Nelson, and Jenna Fischer.

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[1] Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 98 by Sri CHinmoy

Sri Chinmoy taught the practice of concentration and meditation could be applied to any field of life. A new video – ‘ Surfing Monk’ shows how a few students of Sri Chinmoy incorporated their love of surfing into their search for enlightenment.

Ocean Monk Trailer from Ocean Monk.com

The video has been selected as an official film for the New York surf film festival and features Kelly Slater, Jack Johnson, Titus Kinimaka and Sri Chinmoy.

“..When you are surcharged with infinite energy, then no matter what you are facing, you will not be frightened. When you have divine energy in boundless measure, your divine energy enters into the wave before you touch that wave…”

– Sri Chinmoy. From conversation with Ian Cairns. Excerpt from My Heart’s Salutation To Australia, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy

A beautiful yellow rose variety named after Sri Chinmoy. It was grown at a nursery in Scotland. Sri Chinmoy described it as a ‘Scottish Blossom Fragrance’

The Sri Chinmoy Rose was inaugurated in 2004. The first bush was planted at the Hidden Gardens in Glasgow, on mid-summer, June 2004. The above photo is from a bush growing outside the Edinburgh Sri Chinmoy Centre on  Cannondale Street.

Sri Chinmoy has stated:

“The significance of the rose in the inner world is most important. The rose, like other flowers, has fragrance and beauty, but it also has something special, unique. There are very few flowers in God’s creation that please God to the greatest extent. The rose is one of those, along with the lotus. Rose and lotus: these are the two mystical flowers. These are the two flowers in God’s Heart-Garden that please Him most.”

Excerpt from My Heart’s Salutation To Australia, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy

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.