Recently, the World Harmony Run visited Iceland for a short run around the island. The World Harmony Run began on July 1st and finished on the 16th July in ReykjavÃk the capital of Iceland. The run passed through the great natural beauty of the island meeting many local people along the way.
World Service Plants is an international program encouraging the protection and improvement of the environment by restoring degraded ecosystems by planting native or indigenous tree species. The photo below is taken in France where members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre took part in a programme of planting trees.
Nature does not know
How to divide.
Nature only knows
How to unite
And multiply.
Excerpt from The Beginning And The Arriving by Sri Chinmoy (founder of World Service Plants)
Recently, the Sri Chinmoy Centre website, www.srichinmoycentre.org received a new interface and design. The site is based on a content management system called Drupal and offers various new features.
The new site has been developed by various members of Vasudeva Server such as Nirbhasa, Manavasu, Petr Simicek and Tejvan.
Recently, a team of international runners ran from London to Paris as part of the global World Harmony run. The runners set off from Greenwich, London and ran down to Dover through Canterbury and the fields of Kent. After crossing the channel on the ferry. The run continued from Calais to Paris.
The World Harmony Run Team visited many schools along the way.
The 14th edition of the 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race – the world’s longest certified road race – began today in Queens, NY.
Photo by Jowan from 3100 Mile Sri Chinmoy Center Galleries
Some recent videos at Sri Chinmoy TV
An interview with Sri Chinmoy. Sri Chinmoy talks about human love, divine love. Sri Chinmoy TV
Sri Chinmoy draws soul birds
More videos at: www.srichinmoy.tv
Love of Running – A film by Utpal Marshall to celebrate Sri Chinmoy’s 30th anniversary of running a marathon. Originally posted at Sri Chinmoy TV
Members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre observed this marathon anniversary by organising marathons in different cities throughout the world.
“…Today is March 3 as I write this post, the 30th Anniversary of Sri Chinmoy running his first marathon in Chico, California. Little did we know at the time that he would run 21 more marathons in four years and two ultra-marathons as well….” post by Arpan at Sri Chinmoy Inspiration
Sri Chinmoy Photo publishes a photo of Sri Chinmoy daily. This is a shot of Sri Chinmoy playing tennis. Tennis was Sri Chinmoy’s favourite sport and would play many games until a knee injury forced retirement.
I Play Tennis Everyday at Sri Chinmoy Library
Throughout the year, the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York offer free introductory meditation classes for people wishing to learn how to meditate. Recent classes have been well attended with over 400 people attending different sessions.
The meditation classes are based on the teachings of meditation teacher, Sri Chinmoy. Sri Chinmoy, born in India, lived in Queens, New York from April 1964 to his mahasamadhi in October 2007. As well as establishing a thriving meditation centre in New York, there are now Sri Chinmoy centres in over 60 different countries.
The essence of meditation is to experience the peace buried deep within. As Sri Chinmoy says:
” I meditate
So that I can inundate
My entire being
With the omnipotent
Power of peace.”
For more information about New York Meditation, kindly visit: NYC meditation.org
Also pages at Sri Chinmoy Centre – New York Meditation
Sri Chinmoy in New York Times
Photo by Jowan
Report by Manatita
It is undoubtedly true to say that Oslo city in the last couple of days was quite cold. Today, however, October 27th, 2008, at about 1230 hrs, the breeze was quite fresh and the sun was shining intermittently in and through the heavens. Here at Honnorbryggen, Aker Brygge Port, Oslo, Norway, a small but expectant group of about one hundred and fifty people, were gathered together, eagerly and enthusiastically awaiting a very special Ceremony. It was about 12.30 p.m; the second World Harmony Interfaith Walk, and the unveiling of the Sri Chinmoy Statue at the Eternal Peace Flame, was about to begin.
The Walk commenced about 12.45 p.m. Present were Interfaith guests, dignitaries, ambassadors, friends, well-wishers and spectators alike. Two Interfaith delegates carried the lighted World Harmony Run (WHR) Torch, which served as a symbol of friendship, harmony and mutual understanding of the need for universal peace.
The World Harmony Interfaith Walk arrived at the Eternal Peace Flame and the Statue at about 1300 hrs. There Husiar – one of the main organisers of the programme – acted as Master of Ceremonies and conducted the proceedings. To welcome the runners, a Norwegian Children’s Choir, known as Aspirant Kortet, and their lovely conductress, gave an enchanting performance of the World Harmony Run song, the Norwegian National Anthem and a sweet, childlike and traditional song called Fola, Fola, Blakken. As the WHR runners were introduced, they ran into the Ceremony, and were heartily received by all present. The Interfaith leaders were asked to lead the group in a minute of silence for peace. They all offered a prayer, and Husiar concluded with another minutes’ silence.
Present were the Deputy Bishop of Oslo, Olav Dag Haughe, Imam Hafiz Mehboob Ur-Rehman, Spiritual Leader of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Norway, Venerable Minh Tanh, Head of the Vietnamese Buddhist Society in Norway, Mr. Gopal Sharma, past President of the Sanatan Hindu Temple, Alia Kirsten Arnesan, Head of the Sufi group in Oslo and Rabbi….
The former Mayor of Oslo, Mr. Svenn Kristiansen’s speech preceded him, as it was uncertain as to whether he would arrive on time. However, he turned up immediately afterwards, and was honoured with the Torch Bearer Award of the World Harmony Run, for being an open-hearted champion of world peace. In his speech the former Mayor recognized the importance of the World Harmony Interfaith Walk, and expressed his pride in seeing people from so many countries working together to promote peace in their day to day lives and in their communities. Former Mayor Kristiansen also mentioned Sri Chinmoy and his gift of the Eternal Peace Flame, to the people of Oslo, his dedication to fostering religious harmony and oneness amongst peoples and nations. He also pledged his support for these noble ideals. He finally thanked the children and youth, recognizing them as the hope and promise of the world.
Athletics inspiration…
Tatyana Lebedeva, winner of the triple jump in the Athens Olympics and two time silver medalist in Beijing, first met Sri Chinmoy in 2004. Recently, upon returning from the Beijing Olympics she gave a very nice interview with the International Athletics Federation where she talks about how Sri Chinmoy has encouraged her. “His philosophy of constant Self-Transcendence left a deep trace in my life, and I always try to improve myself, no matter how tired I may feel.†she reflected in the interview. “It is impossible to live only in sport. I need to learn a lot, so that when I finish my sports career, I would have a chance to bring real benefits to the sport of athletics. This is my internal task and I formulated it thanks to the philosophy of Sri Chinmoy.†Tatyana has no intention of ending her athletics career just yet, and already has her sights fixed on Olympic gold in London in 2012. Read interview here…
Karteek swims channel for 9th time
Karteek Clarke from the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Edinburgh cmpleted the gruelling swim from Dover to Calais, making it his 9th time! Quite a few of Sri Chinmoy’s students have swum the channel, and in fact the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team (the sporting organisation founded by Sri Chinmoy as a service to the sporting community) holds the record for the team with the most Channel crossings.
Gandharva Loka Orchestra
In April 2008 and again in August 2008, two beautiful concerts were performed in tribute to Sri Chinmoy and his music. These concerts, called ‘Songs of the Soul’ featured well known musicians such as Philip Glass, Roberta Flack, Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov and Kristin Hoffman. One highlight of both concerts was the Gandharva Loka Orchestra, a 75 member instrumental and choral ensemble of Sri Chinmoy’s students, performing dazzling orchestral arrangements of Sri Chinmoy’s songs which brought the audience to their feet. The orchestra are now scheduled for a European tour in November, taking in the cities of Berlin, Prague, Munich, Milan, Zurich and Heidelberg and a North American and Canadian tour next spring.