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om constant in the heart
yesterday, what is a day
listening grace. give me your ears
to hear, celebrations in heaven
sri chinmoy, friend of friends.
the friend. liberate me
from the peril of falling off
the path to be-loved. free
your blessing children
to embody you. when two
of you gather in my name.
when a master dies of this calibre,
scattering gifts to the earth,
what do you want
to be a yogin
your presence vibrating,
in the heart of the earth.
a tuning fork.
community
of god. god-head community.
friend to all. liberator
of the heart potential. outshining
through all sorrow. many days
ago before you left, i went to disciple
house. entrance. knowing that your
are forever the father. the friend father.
i knew the time had come for me
to move in. to the grace of knowing.
knowing remembrace of you.
friend of friends.
no sadness.
no heaven. no hell. only this moment.
bewilderment. where is the i, the center
of gravity lifted, and you see
without seeing.
you leave no trace in memory.
the very substance of memory.
the fire which burns through memory.
the memory which liberates memory.
timeless imprint in time.
the other day, i saw a reader who
said your father will pass away. but
my father was just released
from the hospital. feed me.
the eternal yes. i do not fear
darkness, opening, the chasm,
between separative self and
you, dissolve.
When we remember our beloved Guru, the sweetest person who ever lived, the universe itself is not big enough to hold our tears. But now we have to go deep within and try to realise Sri Chinmoy the Divine. He is here. He is inside every heart, inside our life-breath, whispering, “Go on!” We must not fail him.
As the SrimadBhagawatGita says “when a man gives up all varieties of desire for sense gratification,which arise from mental concoction and when his mind ,thus purified,finds satisfaction in self alone,then he is said to be in pure transcendental consciousness“. That was Guru’s life and his most important teaching for me. The soul is unbreakable, insoluble and can never burned nor dried. So Guru is everlasting,present every where ,unchangeable and eternally the same. PRANAM GURU
A Tribute To My Guru – Part II
By a broken-hearted but healing, once again sometimes smiling and irrepressibly hopeful Utthal (which means Indomitable Wave-Force)
When I pour over the myriad tributes posted here I am overwhelmed with joy at the loving evidence that my Guru touched so many lives. It is not only a great solace but also a vindication for the sacrifice he made. But then, he never considered it a sacrifice at all – not when you love someone, and above all he loved each and every one of us – not just his disciples. He once said that every day he meditated on each individual soul on earth. Impossible says the feeble mind. No, not at all says the oneness-heart, and his was a heart of universal oneness raised to the power of infinity. Impossible was not a word in his lexicon.
What was so heart-breakingly astounding about Guru is that he did it all as a mere human being. Inside beat the heart-soul of an Avatar (there I said it), but he never once used occult powers to ease the way for himself, only to come to the rescue of others. When he hoisted these “impossible†weights, groups of people and airplanes he did so as a man – not a superman – and then only to inspire us as to what is possible for a human being to do when they are flooded with light – not to show off how he was different. You know the story of the mother who lifted a car to save her child – that’s Sri Chinmoy pure and simple: a brother who just wanted to lift his fellow man in every way possible, with every fiber of his being and at every moment of his life. For that he suffered immeasurably.
In the most profound sense of what it means to be alive – far more than blood coursing through veins – Sri Chinmoy is alive, not only in his music, art, poetry and other writings; not only in the photographs, videos and voice and instrumental recordings we have of him, but in the lives of countless people all around the world who attended a concert, ran a race, went to a gallery, read a book, or encountered him – like the little girl on the streets of Briarwood – or otherwise came in contact with Guru.
The very last time I viewed the supine body of Guru as it lay in the casket at the memorial service on Sunday – late in the evening after all the dignitaries had departed and he was once again alone with his disciples – I perceived him impassively yet unmistakably smiling – beaming with delight and pride that his spiritual children, to whom he gave himself unreservedly, were finally understanding – were finally coming together as a family. If that is the case, and I feel it is, the world has not heard the last of Sri Chinmoy, and his so-called “death†will one day be seen not only as the ultimate sacrifice, but as a brilliant tactical move as well.
Five days after my whole world came crashing down, these philosophical musings are a feeble consolation – compared to the enormous grief which washes over me like a Tsunami every hour or so – but it’s something, and something is better than nothing. On the day I became a disciple Guru asked me if I was strong. I said yes, and always thought he was telling me that the spiritual life required strength. Now I know he was warning me about, and somehow preparing me for, something altogether different and far more difficult to endure. Guru, please help me to transform this life of mine into a mountain of strength – to be of service to the Supreme.
I am still deeply contemplating how a great spiritual Master like him affected me as a young person during my years of tutorship with him in the early eighties. It provided me with invaluable “contrast’ about otherwise ‘no questions asked’ worldly choices we are presented with in Western life.
He was an incredible and great enigma and certainly no hypocrite. I still remember the gentleman , at the time in his late fifties , running marathons. He had extraordinary commitment, concentration and determination to see an idea through.Many monks are quite sedentary and sit long hours . Not this Master – he could and did both (meditation and vigourous athletics).
He never chose the easy way out for himself.
To try and inaugurate a monastic-like meditation centre in New York City of all places or near the downtown areas of other great cities was a challenge which he relished. He constantly sought ways to transcend himself and encouraged others to do the same. A powerful inner life and a dynamic involvement in the outer world were like 2 wings on a bird in his philosophy.
I would also say he was also like a human X-ray machine ! He could see right through you. And if there was a trace of ego or insincerity he would let you know he knows mostly without even saying anything to you directly. One time when I was with a group of a few hundred people on his private tennis court in Queens, New York, he did an unusual meditation where he looked at each and everyone of us in the eyes from 50 metres away. He looked directly at each person for about 5 seconds. I would swear when he looked at me I saw Laser Beams of Divine White Light coming out of his eyes. An incredible all-seeing power lovingly pierced through me. In all my years of studying healing and psychic phenomena i have seen many unusual things, but this level of “casual” energy mastery I have never see anyone else duplicate ! For it really all seemed just like playing with toys or , perhaps, playing tennis for him !
He was definitely a “Siddha” – a master of the great Yogic Powers and subtle energies. I have seen many amazing things in my travels, and especially in India, but his level of Mastery of the energies of bliss and light was quite extraordinary.However He stayed away from physically miraculous materializations that are the hallmark of many other saints and yogis in India.
The time I spent learning with him helped me to appreciate the inner mystical side of India much better. He masterfully crafted a powerful yet safe mystical experience for ordinary people in our overly dynamic big city western lives. I believe he not only “delivered ” but delivered “big” ! But we must also still do our small part as well and rise up to the challenge of self-discipline and a committed spiritual life of service and meditation.
I remain deeply and eternally grateful that he chose to sacrifice the peace and tranquillity of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in the village of Pondicherry , India for the West. He had no need of it for himself as the ashram afforded him everything he needed for his simple monastic life of long hours of blissful meditation.
Sri Chinmoy’s presence in the West was and still is a great “breath of fresh air “. He came to the West at the time of suffocating warmongering in Vietnam and leaves us at a time of more warmongering in the Middle East. I am so grateful he provided those of us who are slightly open and receptive with spiritual shelter and a solid alternative to the ever-expanding ratrace of this world.
For me personally, it was amazing how he could build sacred space in any busy city or city building and facilitate the experience of subtle joy and delight through meditation and music. Nobody else could do this so consistently and reliably. Most would not know where to start. But as a great Master of Meditation and one who was effortlessly and eternally anchored in Joy, sharing this Joy was simply second nature to him . He always made it seem so natural and easy to meditate !.
Sri Chinmoy – One Thousand and Eight Thank yous and Prostrations to you ! (Or in Sanskrit: “Sri Chinmoy Lakho Pranam” ). The world can not even begin to comprehend the majesty of your grace and the magnificence of your incarnation upon this planet Earth !
Raoul Bedi
Vancouver, BC
CANADA
Today I wanted to call one girl (Sri Chinmoy follower) and unexpectedly light went off for a couple of hours. When I called I heard from her this sad news. This is exactly like put out light.
I sympathize very deeply with you beloved disciples of Sri Chinmoy.
Guru has connected my heart to the world of spirituality.
I never forget the eternity shining trough his blissfull eyes. I never forget his smiles of sweetness, I never
forget his glowing heart of compassion. His unbelievable
dynamism has touched me into new aspiration. Thank You Guru.
In my new works with mothers and children I have
your gift of encouragement.
Sri Chinmoy’s name was introduced to us through World Harmony Run and we thought what a great man this was to initiate something so ‘simple’ yet meaningful to pass the message of peace and harmony. We applaud his effort and may the Run continues on as an ongoing tribute to this great man. Our deepest condolence and sympathies to those close to him.
From Darussalam Mosque, Singapore
to my dearest guru
as i search for words i realize my tribute must be expressed in my deeds. first to love my spiritual brothers and sisters – they are you, and then mankind, for mankind is also you.
i must become the blessings you have bestowed upon me for the last 38 and a half years.
i must be the food and breeze to sustain and increase the sacred fire of your soul’s love
that your feet fell upon the earth is a miracle
your tireless self-giving is a miricle
perhaps one day we will be fortunate enough to fathom
a glimpse of your understanding
until that time i pray for my life to invite each and all to share and be a part of your triumph and the supremes victory to which you sacrificed your life.
as words fade the heart remains
your goodbyes are not goodbyes at all but the purest reminder that you will remain in our hearts forever as we walk with you on the journey of our soul’s love
forever harit
finding one’s way in life is difficult even in the best of times
the presence of inspiring human beings is the surest way of receiving help and guidance in these matters
5 years of my life were spent under the direct tutelege of sri chinmoy
there are but a few real and true human beings to whom i will never ever be able to repay my debt of gratitude.
the principle reason for this is that they have transcended the merely human and attained the all.
sri chinmoy is one of these human beings my gratitude to him will remain forever endless
I personally had decided not to come to Aspiration Ground in New York to mourn our great loss. I stayed back in Australia instead intent on celebrating Guru’s wonderful life, and all that he has given the world.
On reflection I was deeply shocked for only a short time, but now I feel no loss only love, gratitude and joy for what Guru has given me, love of God. I have happiness as my most powerful reality. In comparison the passing of both my parents last year (both disciples of Guru’s) left me in a state of grief, shock and emptiness that lasted easily one year.
I have read all daily postings and I feel in many ways that I am physically there in NY, but inwardly know that I am there with you all in spirit, and most importantly with Guru 24hours in each and every day.
I have been flooded with Guru’s sweetest, gratitude, love and joy most powerfully, so it seems like never before, perhaps Guru has made me more receptive! There is a revitalised inspiration within, and a new determination and purpose in continuing to manifest Guru’s Light and Love.
I wanted to remember Guru as I last saw him in August.
My memories of then and all of my visits to New York over the years are more vivid now than I could have ever imagined.
I worked on the final stages of construction for six months in the Temple at Aspiration Ground where Guru lay for a few days. That connection between Guru and myself is like no other I could ever describe.
My heart is with you all and I look forward to being with all my spiritual brothers and sisters as soon as possible.
Love, Sahayak, Australia.
The life of Sri Chinmoy was a life of humanity and for humanity. His complete surrender to God, His Father Supreme, made him an eternal child — absolutely simple, completely fearless and full of joy.
There were few who would leave his presence without feeling uplifted inwardly and often outwardly.
He taught us to be strong and yet gentle. He taught us to be reach for our highest height and yet remain humble. He taught us to love all and yet remain attached only to the Divine.
For his blessing-filled life that saturates my existence — my eternal gratitude.
No one who ever met him will ever forget him. He was a heavenly spirit that deeply touched everyone who met him. We would like to express our sincere sympathy for all the disciples and friends of Sri Chinmoy at this time of grief. We pray that his spirit will continue to be with us all now and in the future. Sincerely,
Connie and Bob Egemo
Ames, Iowa
I am walking along the road of ecstasy.
My life has grown into
The delight of Cosmic Dance.
I have transformed
Even the meaningless dust of earth
Into the heights of God-Glory.
Behold! Heaven’s Beauty and Light
Are no match for my achievements
Sweetly here on earth.
My eternity’s companion
Is my Lord’s Existence-Delight.
(translation of Charan Pheligo – by Sri Chinmoy)
VICTORY VICTORY VICTORY to GURU!
Many days before the passing of Sri Chinmoy, I went to the house of some of his disciples in Toronto, as I was feeling inebriated by his presence. After talking with a disciples for some time, I gazed at Sri Chinmoy’s picture, I thought for the last time in this life. I walked out feeling much happier.
On the 10th, the dark night had caused me to wander around aimlessly around the city and walk into see a fortune teller who said my father would soon die. I didn’t know what she meant, and told he she was wrong. My father had just been released from the hospital. He did not have cancer, as the doctor had suspected.
On the 11th, I had a pain in my heart, an excrutiating physical pain as though my heart was being squeezed of all its life. I had to lie down as I thought I would die. I entered into it and saw that it was nothing but my own separative self, imprisoned like a fist, and later the sense of an impending release. An old disciple emailed me to inform me of Sri Chinmoy’s passing on that day.
I went to Little India with my partner and in the middle of our meal I started crying–not because he was gone– but because he was offering me his infinite gratitude from what he has once refered to as ‘the ever-transcending beyond,’ beyond the dualism of ‘heaven and hell.’ What greater gift could one human being offer another? There are no words, my mind falls away, baffled.
I understood at that moment what I had never understood before: Sri Chinmoy is gratitude embodied in human form. We cannot lay the claim of any other Master on earth embodying this precious/eternal quality. It is the true asana of the heart, available to those who are conscious of his presence.
There was a great implosion the following days, and in dreams Sri Chinmoy was gracious enough to visit my most small and utterly insignificant life and to infuse my inner world with his tenderness affection.
I have been all over the world. I have been to Ramana ashram and set my eyes on the terrifying red hill that burns all samskaras. I have been in the state of bewilderment which emerges when a dark night decends on the soul to purify me of ‘me’ and all the misdeeds of previous lives. I have sensed the decent of the blue light of transformation in Aurobindo’s ashram. I have studied with liberated yogins. No one, no one, came remotely near to Sri Chinmoy’s inner state.
It is this most precious and most sacred and wordless gratitude which has given me the push to emerge out of the dark, terrifying and utterly confounding night.
Please forgive us of our misdeeds and guide us beyond all separation.
Your son,
Arif/Asher
Gurudev~Many of us came to Guru in the 70’s ~ dazed and confused,children of the 60’s. He gave us a shelter of love, compassion and boundless “light” He awakened and reminded us of our own souls promise to the Supreme before entering this earthly realm. He magnified our capacity, showed us how to achieve what seemed impossible, over and over and over again. He planted thousands of seeds which now emerge in the Conscious realm withen and around us. May God grant us the wisdom and the power to help nourish them on earth as he so lovingly does from heaven. His prescence eternal as is our Gratitude ~ Gratitude ~ Gratitude, Apeksha
My Lord Supreme,
I wish to place my heart-flower
At Your Compassion-Feet
So that I can become
My soul’s tears of delight.
Sri Chinmoy
Dear Guru,
Thank you for the most beautiful poem that you wrote
for your Mahasamadhi.
I will remember its beauty and I will keep it in my heart
forever.
I wish I could be on the court right now, to say goodbye to your physical body, my dearest love for you ,
your disciple
Greetje Hoekstra from Amsterdam.
I came to know Guru when he turned 50, I was 20. This is such a fond memory as the birthday celebration is so vivid in my mind and one of his famed pictures of that day is still a favorite and used to this day. (B&W). Soon I became an avid runner and at a race in Connecticut, I was running the farm roads just outside the school which we used to stage the events of the day. In the distance, I saw a figure coming toward me. Being new to the group, I really didn’t know too many people. As the figure drew closer, my heart started to pound! Could it be? Clearly my eyes were blurred due to sweat…it was Guru, he was running and lost his way in all the farm roads…they all looked the same!
We stopped and I was blessed with giving him direction back to the school and being so close to him, so soon in my tenure. Later at our mediation in the gym, he called me up and blessed me and gave me a gift. I have it to this day, as I do the gifts given some years later when Guru invited ex-disciples to come and meditate with him. I have been blessed with Gurus’ love in many ways, through the disciplines, omniscient visitations, the guidance of my peers and the truest experiences that shaped my life forever. It taught me how one can love and love many and share one common unending stream of light and did it ever shine it right through us. It could lift you up to the highest high so as to experience your inner and God given potentials.
This is our gift, this is our moment in time and we have been so blessed to have shared, been in presence of, touched and truly, truly loved by this being. Guru dev, We know you are still with us. I can feel you now and will always. I will love you and your dream forever. Your own, Lorene
Once, towards the end of a function, I heard Sri Chinmoy make a promise–that He would definitely take us to the Golden Shore. Somehow I took it very personally. I know this promise will be fulfilled–in heaven and on earth. He will be our journey.
“All Your Grace!
All Your Grace!
All Your Grace, All Your Grace!
My Lord Beloved Supreme,
All Your Grace, All Your Grace!
My Soul And I Are Able To Join
In Your Birthless And
Deathless Race.”
Sri Chinmoy
composed 4 July 2007
Having read all the tributes on this site I wonder what more I can add? When I first heard the news, I felt shock, disbelief, then grief. A sense of personal loss. But since then I have been living in a strange state – often on the verge of tears, while somehow feeling blessed and even beatific. I can only imagine Guru is showering and showering us with his love and blessings to help us through this difficult time.
In time, perhaps history will come to recognise Guru for who and what he really was. I am sure all of us who were fortunate enough to have had him walk among us now feel acutely just just how blessed we were.
Guru, I cannot write you a worthy tribute because there are too many others much better with words than me who will do that and still never come close to doing you justice. I suppose all one can do is speak from the heart and say – Guru, I loved you dearly and you made me feel that you loved me too. And this love is somehow eternal. For that i am truly, truly grateful.
Harashita
Thank you Guru. You changed my life. In fact, I feel that my life only really began when I met you. The depths of your writings, the soaring delight of your music, the mesmerising spontaneity of your artwork, your physical feats of unimaginable will power, and above all the ambrosial embrace of your infinite consciousness, brought forward the best in me, the divine in me. I am not yet perfect, but because of you, Guru, I am a good person, growing, blossoming everyday into something a little more perfect.
Guru, I love you with all my heart. I know you will be with us forever.
Christopher
-full tribute can be found at:
http://www.srichinmoycentre.org/tributes/christopher
Namaste, Kusumita:
How deeply moved are are to hear of our dear Sri Chinmoy’s departure to the Siva Loka, where he now reigns in his golden body of light, free from the limits and discomforts of the mortal sheath. In Guru’s poem, Nirvana, he wrote, “No mind, no form, I only exist; Now ceased all will and thought. The final end of Nature’s dance, I am It whom I have sought.”
For Bodhinatha and all of Gurudeva’s mathavasis at Kauai Aadheenam in Hawaii, he was a unique inspiration, living proof of the Divine possibilities within mankind. He was one of the few who spoke of God-Realization from his own experience in much the same profound manner as our Gurudeva. How he exuded love. How he showed the way of goodness and gentleness. How he lived so we might all live more perfectly, serve more selflessly. Our several encounters with him both in Kauai and New York were precious moments of joy. We are deeply appreciative to you for faciltiating these gifted moments.
To you and all the devotees of Guru who are gathering now in his honor, we send a knowing compassion born of our own Gurudeva’s Mahasamadhi which took place just 2162 days ago. Yes, people lose their family and friends, but it is not the same in its depth as when our Satguru departs. When our Gurudeva left us, the world itself seemed to perish. Loss on that day had no equal. Who can measure the Guru’s all-consuming place in our hearts?
Gurudeva consoled us during the final days of his fast, “Don’t be sad. Everything that is happening is good. Everything that is happening was meant to be.” Even in that final moment he knew with certainty that the Divine was at work, in death as in life.
We trust that the devotees who gained so much from Guru’s life will now continue his quest for the attainment of inner peace and the transcendence of external human limitations and will live with every action, every thought, every aspiration full of nothing but him.
With infinite love outpouring to you on this unforgettable day, our friend and fellow pilgrim on the Great Path,
Palaniswami
On Behalf of the Monks
of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii
founded in 1970 by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
I knew Sri Chinmoy when he first arrived in the US, He was a wise and kind man. Often I take out some of his writings: poems and such and go to the place that once seemed odd to me but peaceful. He is truly a great being.
Dear Guru Chinmoy( our father/best friend)
We are ever grateful/fortunate to have you in our life and we will always love and remember you and know you will be with us forever.
with gratitude and love forever
uma,raj,manu and jaishree
I didn’t think there could be any more tears than those I have already shed over the outer loss of my Beloved Guru. I was wrong. I am now shedding more tears, but they are of joy over the beautiful tributes of Oneness and Divine Love expressed here. Each message is a soulful testament as to how Guru touched each person in such a unique way, and how He will continue to permeate each of our lives in what ever way we need. Such is the True Divine Power of a God -Realized Soul. It is a great comfort to read and share these beautiful experiences. Gratitude to all my spiritual sisters and brothers -past, present and future. Devaki ( Montreal, Canada)
Dear Guru/ Amado Guru,
All my love and gratitude for all that you make for me and my family for planting in our hearts the seeds of love that germinates every day for your blessings and guidence. Before meet your path I tried through many methods to experiece even a tiny drop of the Divine in my heart beyond the philosophical concepts, but I always failed. When I met the path you gave me the opportunity to experience the love and joy from the Supreme in my heart. Now the dark night of my past lives has finished and the rising Sun of the morning is shining for me.
Guru we love you and you are always in our hearts, now we feel more strong your omniscient presence.
Te quiero expresar todo mi amor y gratitud por haber sembrado en mi corazon las semillas del amor, por tus bendiciones y por guiarme en la busqueda eterna.
En el pasado traté de sentir a través de diversos metodos aunque fuera una pequeña gota del amor del Supremo en mi corazón y siempre fallé. No fue sino hasta que conocà el camino y tu me enseñaste a encontrar el gozo y amor del Supremo en mi corazón. Ahora se que la noche oscura de mis vidas pasadas ha terminado, dando lugar al brillante sol naciente de la mañana eterna. Aun me falta mucho camino por recorrer, pero con la diferencia de que buscar al Supremo es mi proyecto de vida. Supremo, gracias por habernos enviado un alma con tanto amor para la humanidad y de habernos dado el privilegio de ser sus discipulos.
Te amamos Guru ahora y siempre.
Tus hijos Jorge, Daphne y Jorgito de Guatemala
Your disciples Jorge, Elida, Daphne and Jorgito from Guatemala.
Gracias Guru por todo ese gran amor,
por enseñarme a caminar por el sendero de luz, ya que
por ti siento a Dios en mi corazón.
Por la alegria y esa paz que siento cada dia,
porque a pesar de que no tuve la oportunidad de conocerlo en lo fisico, lo amo con toda mi alma.
Gracias porque veo con alegria todo lo que me rodea y siento que tengo todo y no me hace falta nada.
Gracias amado Guru.
(Thank you Guru for all this great love, for teaching me how to walk on
the path of light. Because of you I feel God in my heart. Thank you for the joy and that Peace which I feel every day. Even when I had not the oportunity to know you in the physical, I love you soulfully. Thank you because I see with joy everything around me and feel that I
have everything and I need nothing.
Thank you beloved Guru)
Tu hija Elida de Guatemala
Your Elida from Guatemala
16 October 2007
Most beloved emanation of Infinite Love,
Thank you for bestowing humanity with 76 years of God’s unique flavor that is you. This world is far richer, and My own embodiment ever sweeter, to have been kissed by the nectar of your eternal love.
The music of your immortal soul shall resound in My heart–and in all hearts–now and forevermore…
With My love and eternal blessing,
Bhagavan Sri Pranananda
(Louix Dor Dempriey)
You opened and touched my heart, thank you!
Your students are also very much needed in making this world a better place, thank you also for your work.
With gratitude,
Maibi, Finland
Beloved Guru,
we spend 7 years in your presence, such Love, Concern, Compassion, Wisdom, in a way that only a special person can do, I can say that only a Divine person can do. Now there’s no longer your presence in the body, we are sad for it; but at the same time we’re happy because we feel your presence also if you are no more in this world, as you said, death is not the end, and for all those people that have had faith in you, your presence will be also more tangible than before.
May Guru’s Light Guides our steps.
Infinite Gratitude, Thank you Guru.
Giovanni & Sara
Cher Guru Sri Chinmoy
Vous resterez à jamais dans mon coeur, vous êtes La plus belle rencontre de toute mon existence, je penserais toujours à Vous avec gratitude.
(You stay always in my heart, you are the most beautiful incident in all of my life, I think always of you with gratitude)
Call has come, call has come, Lord Supreme’s call.
While not a devotee in recent years, Guruji Sri Chinmoy has remained one of my esteemed and respected teachers, to whom I owe so much. During the years as a student in the early to mid 1990s, his words and the music of fellow students were an indispensible part of mat daily nourishment.
In the ensuing years, his teaching have underpinned and informed much of what has been shared by our institution, in training and assisting hundreds of students and seekers throughout Australia.
Hearing this evening of Guruji’s passing into mahasamadhi has shaken us, but strengthened the resolve to ensure that his life’s dedication to each person’s ‘realisation’ is continued by those of us who feel the call.
Call has come, call has come, Lord Supreme’s call.
“Enter we must into the core of the One
and breath the Eye of Sovereign Absolute.
Him we desire, and Him we love and serve,
and Him to manifest our earth descent.
No, not our choice nirvana’s heights and depths.
No, not our choice the superman’s world-surprise.
No, not our choice Heaven’s rare Splendor-Smile.
But God-Blossoms in the world throes and penuries,
God-Blossoms all-where on earth our choice supreme.”
unofficial transript from CD entitled My Prayerful Salutations to the United Nations 1996
My Dear Guru!
Please take my cry, my sweetest cry
And give me sky, Thy golden sky!
Please be with me for all my time,
Do be inside my heart, my mind.
Please be my all from great to small,
Oh, be my all-in-all!
Please sing for me, please dance and play
Thy Cosmic game, Infinite game,
And keep for aye,
Please keep for aye
My love to you, to your Pilot.
You are one Way, one Light and World!
Please be my song,
Be sweetest dream
Like my Supreme.
Smile!
I would not tired to cry and cry
For golden sky,
Immortal sky of God and mine.
You’ll be inside my future fly.
My dear Guru smile!
“His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and the Art of Living
family are with you in this moment of grief. Sri Chinmoy’s philosophy of peace and his work of bringing people from all faiths together will continue to inspire the world.”
My Dear Guru, You Are my life….Gratitude, Gratitude, Gratitude…
Namaskar,
Representing Ananda Marga of UK, I wish to say that we send our deepest consolation to the devotees of Sri Chinmoy.
He was a man, as I understand, who gave his life to helping people to find a spiritual path and to encourage and help people to find not only inner peace, but to reach out to find their fullest potential and to work to make this world a better place to live for everyone.
I am sure that his good teachings and example will stay in people’s hearts for a long time.
I’ve posted some ideas in a folder mySriChinmoy. The greatest tribute is to commit to evolve and continue his spirit.
Master, my Master I’m and I’ll be ever gratefull for everything that you have done for me and for all the italian disceples.
You are and you will be forever in my heart, because thanks to your teaching my soul get closer to God.
With Love and Devotion
Franco
Dear Guru Sri Chinmoy.
Thank you for everything that you have done for mankind. I’m not your disciple but I heard about you from my son. My son so love you and admire you.
Your head are planet of light.
Your Heart are planet of purity.
Your hands enshrine us.
Your legs lead us.
Thank you, thank you, thank you Sri Chinmoy.
My love to you Sri Chinmoy.
Dear brothers and sisters,
I am inspired to offer you the following encouraging message. Please, accept it as my devotional service to you.
When I was informed on Sunday afternoon that Guru had left his body I was completely shocked. It was so surprising. I was not prepared for this news. I felt an enormous pain. I ran away to the mountain. I wanted to be alone. But while I was climbing the mountain I realized that Guru had not left us. He had just left his material body. But Guru is not this material body from flash and bones. Guru is the spirit inside the body. And a part of this spirit lives in each and every one of us. The spirit of Guru lives inside his books, poems and songs. We can always contact with him. If we enter the depths of our hearts we will see his smiling face constantly blessing us most compassionately. Guru will always take care for us from the higher worlds.
It is written in the Vedas that one can approach a spiritual Master in two different ways – through darshan (function, direct contact) and through following his instructions. The Vedas recommend the second approach. We are not able to use the first way anymore. So we should use the second way, recommended in the Vedas. If we follow Guru’s instructions he will be always with us and for us. The power of the spiritual Master is in his compassion. The power of the disciple is in his obedience to his Master. Now we should become more obedient, stricter in our spiritual practice. We should become more responsible. We should not behave like little children. We should be strong. We should not allow undivine hostile forces to enter our being. We should fight with grief, sorrow, despair, doubt, depression. If we are weak they will devour us. So be strong. Realization is for the strong, says the Upanishads.
Spiritual Master is like the sun. Sun is neither born nor dies. It just appears on the horizont and disappears from the horizont. Guru disappeared from our outer sight but he will always appear in our inner sight when we soulfully invoke him. Let us not say that Guru “passed awayâ€, “is goneâ€, “left usâ€, because it will not be true. Spiritual Master is a perfect instrument of the Supreme. He does what God wants him to do. He appears when Lord wants him to appear and disappears when Lord wants him to disappear. As Guru wrote in a song:
“Amar jiban amar maran tomar charan lage
My life my death for your feetâ€
In a family when the father passed away the elder members of the family are supposed to take his responsibilities. Senior disciples should look after their brothers and sisters playing the oneness-heart-service-game and not the vital-supremacy-game. It is a very difficult moment for each and every of us. We should inspire and help each other.
Guru was teaching us with his life of unconditional self-giving what divine love is. He was a devoted servant to the divine in humanity. He was a transcendental fountain of inspiration and aspiration. Unfortunately the ignorant world had very little receptivity for Guru’s light.
Guru’s mission does not end with his phisical departure. We should continue his mission. We should continue serving him with love and devotion.
May Guru’s mercy be always with us.
Dear sweet Sri Chinmoy
Your divine soul is going back home,
now you still can manifest higher more
and will work further through us all.
We shall keep your work shining
thank you for everything you have done for us and me.
You’re in my heart,
thank you Sri Chinmoy.
Sri Chinmoy was an inspiration for me throughout my running career, as he helped advance the sport of “ultrarunning”. He will be missed, but his legacy of several gifts – including music, poetry, weightlifting and advocating physical activity will live on. But most of all, his love and message of peace superceded all his other endeavors.
Guru was part of my spiritual development in the early 70’s, I’m sad but yet I know he did everything he meant to do and I admired his devotion for humanity , my condolences to the many disciples.
Beloved Guru! All my deepest gratitude for you have accepted me as your disciple and brought me closer to the Golden Shore of the Beyond. You were a perfect spiritual master.You gave me so much joy and happiness. You will live eternally in my heart. My soul bows to You.
My condolences to Sri Chinmoy’s disciples. I first met him through several of you at the UN in NY and attended a number of his peace meditations in the 1980s there. I was fortunate to have several powerful spiritual insights and experiences when meditating with Guru. Though physically gone, his power-radiant-soul- light will continue to inspire many of us to act more lovingly and be closer to God. Peace to all of you and peace amongst us all.
Oh Guru
A few days before You left, Your message entered my heart and lifted me yet again: ‘Never fall into the trap of thinking I do not love you’
O Master I love you We love you
These sweetness-tears are the tax happily paid by those whose you made close to you…
at this time only your words will do:
‘You are the identification of our hearts’
With eternal loving gratitude
I was 18 when our paths crossed. That moment was the beginning of a new life I could never have anticipated or imagined. Let us never part on our eternal jouney together towards the celestial beyond…