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Dearest Guru,
Your most soul stirring song, Nami Juga Avatar, has become my life mantra. My deepest gratitude to you for all that you have done for me and the entire world. Trishatur
It is my deepest hope that Guru’s Light and consciousness will be received by humanity in ever-increasing numbers on into eternity. And that his Light will illumine the hearts of our world’s religions to reveal our common cry for the divinity of oneness. And earth can become a sanctuary of peace within the universe.
May the blue of our sphere finally become a true reflection of our shared divinity.
Thank you, Guru, for touching our lives to make this so.
This inspired me and brought a break to my sadness after finding out that Guru had left the body:
Guru passed away on a most auspicious time – exactly at the beginning of Navratri, which is a Hindu festival where God the Mother is adored and worshipped extensively. It is the holiest and best time out of the whole year to pass away according to Hinduism. Guru appeared in my dream the night he died and he started the very first prayer to the mother Supreme for Navratri.
-Guru you are eternal, all knowing and forever comforting.
While your passing has brought sadness, tears and much regret from myself, I can still feel you here. Your presence is very much alive in my heart as well as in your pictures, writings, art, music and of course your disciples. I am still in denial that these eyes of limitation will never see you in the physical again as it feels that you are still on earth with us.
Your ever flowing love and its continuing depth is an awe to my mind and ambrosia for my heart. I am so grateful that I have been blessed to be in your presence.
Aneeka.
We did not get to meet and I had so looked forward to meeting him this summer as I have been an admirer of his work. We travelled to New York this summer but the event we were scheduled to do was cancelled. I guess it was destined to not happen…how sad. We had a special Native American gift to recognize his lifetime achievement.
Dearest Guru,
It is absolutely impossible for me to offer adequate gratitude for the infinite blessings and boundless compassion you have showered on me, my spiritual brothers and sisters, and the whole world, for all these years. Countless times you have protected, guided and saved all of us. Yet we must try our best to express our gratitude, and perhaps the best way is for all of us to become a life-long expression of your teachings, your love, your service to the world. From this moment on, let us all try.
Eternally,
Saral
Thank you Guru, for how much you have helped my life’s course…You are so special. Please continue to help the world from where you are. We need it.
Love, Lisa
Some of these comments are all heart, heart, heart. That is what he would have wanted. Reading them is taking away all my sadness.
Thank you Tejvan, Shane and many others who are working even now to keep a flow of love going between those who loved the Master and need to find comfort in each other’s words.
Sahayak, you took things to the next level. That is so touching.
There is a song he wrote which is not much published, because it was only to be sung after he left the body:
When I Am Gone Away
When I am gone away
Remember me, O children sweet,
No, not because I failed,
No, not because I cried,
No, not because I tried,
No, not because I saw my Lord in you,
No, not because I served my Lord in you,
No, not because I fulfilled my Lord in you,
No, not because I was your Pilot true,
No, not because I was your Infinite blue,
Oh, but because my life was all gratitude,
Gratitude, gratitude
To you, to you, my sweet children, to you.
[unofficial]
* * *
In a 1976 book, Neil Vineberg tells this story:
Neil: One day during April, Sundari received a request from the Master to have one more song transcribed.
Sundari: Guru really had a bad cold when he called me. He was sneezing and coughing and he just sounded miserable. He asked me to write out “When I Am Gone Away” and he said to listen to the tape of the song at Tanima’s place. When I got to her place and told her Guru’s request, she suddenly became really worried and upset. It seemed that Tanima was told by Guru never to sing that song until he had left the body. So now I got really upset.
Neil: Tanima located the tape containing “When I Am Gone Away.” Sundari locked herself in another room and sadly began transcribing it.
Sundari: The poem is the saddest thing in the world and the way he was singing it was heartbreaking. I couldn’t stand it. I was crying the whole time writing it out. So I took the song over to Guru’s house and thought, “This is it! Guru is going to leave the body!”
Neil: Fortunately, Sundari did not hear another thing about the song for months. “So we all breathed a sigh of relief,” she said.
from Sri Chinmoy: The Silence-Sound, by Shambhu Neil Vineberg
I received the most sublime blessings of my life in luminous silence from Sri Chinmoy. I’m very deeply grateful to the Supreme for providing me in this life with what Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886) called “the three greatest gifts a soul can receive: human birth, longing for God, and discipleship to an enlightened soul.â€
Peace Be Upon the soul known as SRI CHINMOY (1931-2007) forever.
We need such masters in our life to guide us to the right path. I have heard about him and listened several music he played but never fortune to get blessing directly from him. Guruve Nama ha.
I was a boy when I lived across the street (almost 40 years ago on 149th St. in Queens) from the Aum Center. Sri Chinmoy spent some time with me teaching me the basics of sprinting…I am thankful for the time he spent with me, and the track shoes he bought me. I went on to run track for Tulane.
I want to thank my Guru for giving me guidance in all these 22 years. I just do not know how to express it in words. I am grateful to Guru for giving me countless opportunities in life to change my wrong direction and I know that this is really out of his infinite compassion. Sometimes I just feel that I do not really deserve this at all.
Guru’s sudden departure is a very sad loss to all of us. May he rest in peace.
To seekers who are still grieving, dive into your heart, you will still feel and smile with him.
I was moved musically and spiritually when I had the good fortune to see the Mahavishnu orchestra with John McLaughlin. it was under Sri Chinmoy that John and Santana pushed music to its farthest limits. Thank you Sri Chinmoy
Between Nothingness and Eternity.
It is supremely true that death is not the end and that we are immortal soul in essence.
But now my eyes full of tears, my mind full of memories and my heart full of gratitude want to tribute to the beauty of Master’s physical presence.
I always enjoyed the most receiving inner wealth through ordinary things, and Sri Chinmoy was expert in that. It was so easy, so easy, so easy with Guru. He would joke with us and sea of joy would flaw upon us. He would shake his feet or rub his nose and that joy would double. He would silently walk among us or we would walk in front of him and we would immediately swim in peace. I adored that dark body, beautiful hands, childlike smile, sparkling eyes, the way he talked and walked. I was looking at him and couldn’t believe how naturally, spontaneously and beautifully divine reveals and manifest itself. Many times I lost a sense of difference between earth and heaven just by eating ice cream or a cake with my Master, smiling at each other, or singing with him or listening him joking and myself wholeheartedly laughing at those jokes. Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude my Beloved Guru for the most precious gift we could ever get and that was your earthly company.
Love, condolences and blessings to my brother Salil and all his friends in the spiritual community. May your hearts be strong.
Sri Chinmoy has physically left us, and left a hole in my life that I am only beginning to comprehend. Spending time in New York with my Guru and spiritual brothers was a magical time – a time I never really expected to end. I cannot believe he has gone. I can only pray that God gives me the strength to do what He wants, and make Guru proud of me.
“Lord, allow me not to forget You.
If ever I forget You,
Do torture my heart ruthlessly.
If excruciating pangs shall compel me
To forget You,
Do awaken me with Your infinite Compassion.
My Lord,
If ever the sleep of death attacks me,
Do come and protect me.
Do remain inside my sleeping heart.
I have not asked You for anything
Meaningful and fruitful.
Do allow me not to forget You.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Guru, never allow us to forget you. That is my eternal request to you.
Beloved Guru, thank you. I felt you were going somewhere else, but I realised just today that you passed away. After some arrangements, I know that your spiritual guide will shine more than ever in my heart. From now on my meditation will become stronger, deeper, more peaceful, to listen to your beautiful singing voice, to feel the peace of your blissful soul and to cherish your presence forever in and with my soul. God is with you, you are, you were and always be with him, within him and him with you and within you. Blissful soul, thank you for bringing the beauty of a ray of light, early in the morning, that strikes my eyes and makes me feel more intensely their coulour, thank you for showing me the miracle of a blossoming flower, thank you for letting me listen to the singing of the birds and to the quietness of ancient oaks in gardens.
Dear guru, I am so happy that I had the chance to meet you in NY this year and feel the divine power all around you. You had been for me a tender grandfather too, that taught me the wiseness of forgiving and the responsibility of freedom. I am blessed guru, thank you. With love, Francesca
Dearest Guru,
At the Khumba Mela of 1977 in Prayag (Allahabad) India, I gave a copy of your beautiful Jharna Kala rose to Ma Anandamoyee. She looked at it for a very,very long time while saying atcha, atcha,atcha which means wonderful,wonderful,wonderful.
Ram.
Dear Master, I know you are in the highest Delight receiving Heaven’s thunderous applause. From here, I am humbly joining with my heart and soul.
You embraced and served humanity with your vast heart and awakened us to an unkown kowledge of ourselves. You speeded up the progress of everyone you met . You never stopped and your message will never stop because you spreaded endless seeds that have grown in the heart of this planet. You reached a height and shared it with all those who believed it or not. You lifted the world with an embrace that will never vanish.
You didn´t like the word impossible, so my only wish is that somehow it will be possible to thank you for all you have done for me and the world.
Hareen
Namasté..
i just got to know his work recently but he was great inspiration…….. me and my partner will miss him, but i do hope his work will still be alive in his disciples and in all of us 🙂
For me Sri Chinmoy is true Winner of Nobel Peace Price. His unique Wisdom, His path of the heart can bring Peace, Love and Hapiness to Mankind. It is very simple but how can it work? Just through opening our hearts in meditations, again and again, day by day…What a small price for solving all sorrows and dreads of this World!
So let us all follow Sri Chinmoy’s example and never give up!
Romana
To offer Guru Sri Chinmoy a gratitude flame in the core of my heart, one to keep burning for the rest of my days on earth, is in itself an honour. Without His inspiration and guidance I would be only a fraction of the person I am. Victory Sri Chinmoy! Victory for Eternity!
Dear Guru,
You made me cry, you made me smile
This will not be different now
Since you are freed from your physical burden
I feel your spirit even stronger than before
Your presence is real, your guidance is strong
And with your passing away you left me more mature
I am so grateful to have met you
Your disciple for ever,
Janneke
I’m just going to carry on as before. The transition is only from A to A+. Sing to me and you sing to him. Don’t disperse build more.
My Lord Beloved Supreme
May Thy compassionate guidance
help me to live Sri Chinmoy’s message of love
to always give love and give love and give love
conciously and unconciously
to make Sri Chinmoy’s rainbow soul
supremely happy
and divinely proud of me
I shall reply Sri Chinmoy’s message
of unconditional love divine
with a message of gratitude and a message of loyality
until I take
the last breath of my life
During my last fews years of living near Guru’s center in Jamaica, I have known him from close proximity. He lifted me and my mother. When he used to see me on the street or shops, he used to talk to me, in bengali. We used to talk breifly and say hello to each other. What a wonderful man !! I feel proud to be from Chittagong, where guru was born. Guru – Thank you so much for giving me a chance to know you, to talk you. Bless me from heaven. You will be missed, but not forgoten.
I never stayed physically close to my Guru. And even now I know that Guru has just given up his physical body and will continue being in our hearts and keep watching over us for ever.
Dearest Guru,
All of my deepest love isend to you, you are the fountain of my life, I thank you so much for your Light and love ,as I breathe and live I will thank you every second of my existence, I live to receive and manifest Your Light, you are my dearest Guru, I walk on earth to represent and manifest You, my dear sweet Guru, I carry You in my heart forever I am your disciple, with every breath I will thank you, your child, rich navroth
My sympathy goes out to the Sri Chinmoy community. May comfort and light surround your hearts and illuminate your next steps…
Yogyakarta, Indonesia,
October 15, 2007
Dear Our Beloved Guru Sri Chinmoy,
We can’t believe when we heard about you but we believe that you are still there as always for the whole word with your big love.
Thank you so much for your love and joy to our family and many people in our country, Indonesia.
Having a beautiful experience with you in Jamaica, New York in June 2006 is an unforgettable memory. We remember that we went to court everyday for meditating, singing, and listening your beautiful music; we followed you meditating in UN; we gathered with the others to celebrate Father’s Day; we took a nice picture in front of your house; we visited your wonderful museum and celebrated Prince Dipokusumo and also Adhityo’s birthday.
Then several months after we came back to our home town, a beautiful, cute and adorable baby girl was born. We name her Saraswati. It has so much bless we have that we can’t write one by one.
A beautiful memory on the Christmas trip in Penang, February 2006 that we were there for the whole family and you lifted us up. It was a remarkable experience. Another memory that keep in mind when you and your brother, Sinuhun met for the first time in the real world in the Surakarta Palace in 2003. Hopefully, you will meet him in the beautiful and peace place.
Also we still remember when you lifted up Prince Dipokusumo and his big family from Surakarta Palace in 2003 with the witness of Sinuhun. It was a remarkable memory that we never forget.
Guru,
You are our inspiration and motivator to create many beautiful things in this life.
Several weeks before you passed away, Princess Febri and her sister, Lia, with Michael and Abishek made several events “Silence Meditation†for students in Solo, Indonesia with the “peace birdsâ€. We try to spread your vision and message for peace and harmony in the world. From the “Oneness Heart, Tears, and Smileâ€, you gave many joys to many people at many places in my home country, Indonesia when the earthquake happened.
We will continue your mission to make this world more peaceful and harmony.
Guru,
We won’t say good bye to you because we believe that you have a special duty from GOD. Your spirit, your love, your energy, and your soul will still leave in our heart, forever.
Many thanks for our beloved Guru, father, uncle, grandfather Sri Chinmony. We love you.
From Surakarta Palace — Indonesia
Prince Dipokusumo
Princess Febri
Adhityo, Maharani, Gayatri, Saraswati
Hartono Brotoasmoro
Lia
Haryo
Ama
Jojo
Dearest Guru,
I am gratful I had the opportunity to see you during your visit to San Diego in June 2007. I am deeply saddened by the fact your physical being is no longer with us. However, I take comfort in knowing your spiritual presence continues to watch over and protect us. Thank you for all you have done to help my son, Agragati, and me. My thoughts are with you every day and I feel honored to have known you during your sojourn to earth.
Dearest Guru, 15-10-2007
Although you had left your physical body we will always
be one in the spirit with you, in our mind and also in our
our heart. I am very sure you are still as close to our
heartbeat and as near as our breath. I want to bow
to you for all your wonderful work all these years. Your
Books,Music,Poems have touch and lift so many people
including me. Please accept my million thanks to you.
I miss seeing you in person. I just joined for 14 months
as a disciple. Once again Thank You so much for accepting me as your disciple.
Jeffrey Wee Ban Oon
SINGAPORE
In the years to come philosophers and historians of the spirit will discover in Sri Chinmoy’s life and work the masterful completion of a revolution in spirituality which was started in India in the 19th century by Sri Ramakrishna, then continued by Sri Aurobindo. Without doubt one can say that in the future the new pathways for human aspiration paved by this revolution will have a central significance not only for those practicing spirituality but also for those trying to quench the age-old thirst of humanity for peace, cooperation and goodness in an instable and complicated world.
The great causes which await to be tackled in our young millennium have been addressed by Sri Chinmoy in a way that is not only universal and deeply human but also modern. For future generations, it will be impossible to seriously embark on the paths of peace, world-cooperation or spirituality without taking into account his life and work.
It is true for every human being that the body is only an outer cloak which should not be mistaken for the true person behind the outer appearance. In a certain sense this may be even more true for great Masters of the Spirit. But those who had the luck to meet Sri Chinmoy personally were not only witnesses to the tremendous power of Spirit which emanated from him, but equally to the unique sweetness and deep humility of his personality. Now that Sri Chinmoy has departed, his mighty achievements of the Spirit may become even more visible and appreciated on earth, but his loving personality will be a precious gem only in the memory and in the reality of the hearts of those who came to treasure and love this truly exceptional man.
Gurudev.
The Divine Mother’s Highest Climber.
You ceaselessly climbed Conciousness-Tree to bring down Her Nectar-Fruits for us Your Children.
You selflessly taught us how to climb as well.
You no doubt will always be Mother’s Highest Climber.
I offer my hearts most soulful grattitude for Guru Sri Chinmoy’s life-soul’s vision and his unparalell gift to the world.His impact on my life and in the lives of countless other’s is immmeasurable.May the world come to recognize his Selfless Serivice,boundless love and soulful concern he so humbly offer to the world.My heart goes out to his devoted followers and fellow truth seekers,All Love Joy and Oneness…Eternally…..
Sri Chinmoy is the greatest spiritual master to grace the earth. His love, kindness and goodness inspired me to live a better life, just as it did countless others. I will be forever grateful to a man who suffered far more than one can imagine as he uplifted mankind. Those of us who were fortunate enough to be in the presence of Sri Chinmoy will always remember his light and love.
From Kevin O’Rafferty, Australia.
Thank you Prince Dipokusumo and your Royal Highnesses for such a joyful tribute to Sri Chinmoy. He was the kind of saint that looks at you and does not see caste, or highness or lowness, or rich or poor. He sees the soul, and sees his beloved Lord Supreme. Therefore, his love touched all hearts equally. When he would sing, play, recite, or meditate, all became entranced as if in a heavenly garden. Then, seeing all human beings as flowers in that garden, they would be inspired and motivated to do good, charitable works to relieve human suffering. His teachings were universal, but they were true to the Vaishnava ideal in which Divine Love is the unifying force that helps people work together for good.
May Saraswati grow up to be the flower of Yogyakarta!
From the age of 13, you were the most incredible inspiration in my life. I now sit, still, with heartfelt memories of great days gone by, full of inspiration, joy, fun and peace.
Your path crossed mine 33 years ago and I have been a better person because of it.
Thankyou for you.
Thank you so so much for the most precious gift ever that has been given to me. You opened my heart and soul and brought me in to the world of spirituality which has never left me since.
Having been a disciple of Sri Chinmoy for almost 29 years; I could not believe the news of his passing. I left a year and 4 months ago to follow Christ and am deeper into my faith because of the spiritual lessons and experiences I gained as a disciple of Sri Chinmoy. My name on the path was Parashita. I am distressed at Sri Chinmoy’s passing and my heart and love go out to all the faithful, devoted disciples who stayed with him to his last day. May God give you consolation, dearest students of joy!
Thank you for strenghtening my believe in life, all being on earth and the mysterious power it keeps. There is a long way to go but with your help I met people that helped me starting it. Love, Inga
I extend my deep condolences for sad demise of guru Sri Chinmoy who is no more among us but is inseparable from our hearts.
My deep desire to be your disciple in this life time has been buried with you yet you are my guru at my heart since i have realised you and always you will be my guru.
Maybe you are tired and resting or maybe the Supreme needed you, but how you can leave us so soon !!
If Sri Chinmoy’s life were to be summed up in one word, I feel that word would be LOVE. He came to offer love to the entire world; to show us all how to love more consciously; to remind us that it is only love that matters – love for God and God’s beautiful Creation. I count myself as extremely fortunate to have been his disciple for the past 23 years and a direct recipient of the love, affection and concern that emanated from Sri Chinmoy in infinite measure. For that I am very grateful. May we all find something in his teachings and example that helps us to learn, grow and love in the golden light of our hearts and souls – if anything, that is all Sri Chinmoy would have wanted in return for his selfless offerings of love. Gratitude Guru – Shardul. (NZ)
I have never been able to truly comprehend all that I know was done for me through Sri Chinmoy, but the one true thing I knew was that there was a miracle action moving through me from the first day that I met him. And because of his earthly presence my life was changed for eternity- to see clearly my soul’s mission, to know that there can be only one outcome in life; to one day know God as Sri Chinmoy has known God.
Your Eternal Presence
No Consolation
Can relieve the pain
Of Your absence.
Complete desolation
In my heart remains
From this loss immense.
My only Salvation
From Suffering’s Chains
Lies in the realization
Of Your Eternal Presence.
For no apparent reason I started crying last Thursday. I woke up Friday morning feeling very sad. All day Friday and Saturday there was a great sadness in my heart and I didn’t know the reason why. I couldn’t stop crying. I asked my wife to forgive me and told her I didn’t understand the cause of my sadness.On Sunday I received an email from Richard telling me the news of Guru’s passing beyond the curtain of Eternity on October 11. My mind didn’t know but my soul surely did. Guru I will always love you.
Ram.
Sri Chinmoy, a great soul, a loud voice of Hinduism & Humanity, Love & Peace did not die; his work and his devotees will keep him alive. I am proud of him that he is from my country, Bangladesh. I had attended his funeral on Sunday & silently paid him my last Salute, Respect. May lord Krishna bless Sri Chinmoy.