As part of a meditation and spirituality festival, the New York Centre produced a play about the life of the Buddha – ‘Siddhartha Becomes The Buddha’
Siddhartha becomes The Buddha is a play written by Sri Chinmoy and depicts the key moments in the life of Lord Buddha. The play was directed by Ketan Goldman and performed at The Bleecker Street Theatre in Manhattan. The cast were drawn from members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre.
The Auckland Sri Chinmoy Centre is typical of many local Sri Chinmoy Centres; established in 1980, it offers weekly meditation meetings and a variety of activities from running races to concerts of soulful music.
This is part of the Centre where free meditation classes are offered.
A place to unwind and relax.
One Thousand Lotus Petals is a special recording of singing performances recorded by Sri Chinmoy in October 1999.
They feature some of Sri Chinmoy’s best known Bengali songs.
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You want to know what I am doing.
I am just singing and playing
And playing and singing
In my soul’s universal nest.
The Sri Chinmoy Multi-Sport Classic is an all-day adventure for teams and individuals combining swimming, mountain biking, paddling and running in, on and around beautiful Lake Jindabyne.
Trophy winners from the 2010 edition.
Set in the idyllic surrounds of Lake Jindabyne in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, the race is organised by the Australian Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. It combines water and land-based sports over 12 legs, ranging in difficulty from mild to strenuous. Participants can either form a team for the different stages or aim for a solo effort for all legs.
Sri Chinmoy Multi-Sport Classic, Jindabyne at Sri Chinmoy Races
The Sri Chinmoy Multi-Sport Classic in Jindabyne is one of many different athletic events organised by the global Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. You can see other events that have been organised at the global site – Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team
The latest edition of Meditation Silence at Sri Chinmoy TV, focuses on the importance of perseverance with a daily meditation practise.
I do not give up,
I never give up,
For there is nothing
In this entire world
That is irrevocably unchangeable.
– Sri Chinmoy
Excerpt from Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 3 by Sri Chinmoy.
Latest Edition of Meditation Silence – Produced by Kedar Misani at Sri Chinmoy TV.
The magical island of Iona provided the backdrop for the World Harmony Run travelling through east to West Scotland
As well as running through breathtaking scenery, the World Harmony Run also was welcomed by local schools and children along the way.
The World Harmony Run team with Scottish school children and the snow capped mountains in the background.
When my mind breathes in peace even for a fleeting minute,
my heart starts dancing with the flying wings of the wind.”
– Sri Chinmoy, founder of World Harmony Run
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This weeks featured gallery is by Menaka Ait-Ouyahia from her recent visit to Guatemala.
Trekking towards the top of Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala for start of World Harmony Run 2010
Continue reading “Featured Gallery – Guatemala”
Last Thursday, 25 February 2010, Dublin played host to the opening ceremony for the European leg of the World Harmony Run, the world’s largest torch relay for international friendship. At an event held at Dublin City Hall, the World Harmony Run was launched in conjunction with Dublin European Capital of Sport 2010, and the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
The European harmony run will carry the Harmony torch on a 24,000KM journey – visiting 49 countries before finishing in Moscow in September.
The European run will meet up with an Asian World Harmony run beginning in Japan, travelling through, Korea, China, Monglia and East Russia before the two runs meet in Moscow.
During the ceremony Irish running legend Catherina McKiernan received a Torch Bearer Award from the World Harmony Run for her services to the athletic community. The ceremony also featured readings from poet John F. Deane, founder of the Poetry Ireland Review and music from flautist Martin Doyle. The runners then embarked on a circuit of the city cheered on by the people of Dublin before setting off on their journey.
Since its founding by Sri Chinmoy in 1987, the World Harmony Run has passed through over 120 countries. Every year, over one million people participate in the Run, passing along the torch from hand to hand and adding their hopes for a better world.
What does peace do? Peace blossoms.
What else? Peace spreads.
What else? Peace illumines.
What else? Peace fulfils.
– Sri Chinmoy (1)
More at World Harmony Run
In 2009, the World Harmony Run ran around the entire coast of Ireland in a 2 week, 1500 km journey.
World harmony leader Sri Chinmoy’s lifetime of service to bettering the world was recognized last week in Caguas, Puerto Rico when a 2 metre high statue was dedicated in the Botanical and Cultural Garden of Caguas. The life-sized statue sculpted by British artist Kaivalya Torpy depicts Sri Chinmoy in a dhoti with hands raised in prayer and joins other statues previously dedicated around the world in places such as Bali, Norway and Mexico.
The Mayor of Caguas, William Miranda Marin, received the World Harmony Run Torch and was presented with the Torchbearer Award by Run organizers. During the ceremony, Mayor Marin stated, “Sri Chinmoy will live for eternity…It is a privilege for us to have this beautiful statue of Sri Chinmoy in these gardens. We are subscribers to the same philosophy that Sri Chinmoy promoted during more than 40 years of his service to humanity.â€
An international choir performed songs composed by Sri Chinmoy in honour of Puerto Rico and a procession of representatives displayed the many nations represented within the group of Sri Chinmoy’s students in attendance.
Those present from the Sri Chinmoy Centres International found it significant and appropriate that a statue be dedicated in the place where his worldwide mission began. Sri Chinmoy founded his first centre for meditation in Puerto Rico in 1966 – they now cover the globe.
The statue is located in a corner of the botanical garden ringed with trees and near a small brook. It will serve as a grove for reflection and cultural activities for the garden’s many visitors.
The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team sponsors 2 mile races around the world.
You can view some of the upcoming 2 mile races around the world at Sri Chinmoy Races
More races will be added soon.
“Try to be a runner, and try all the time to surpass and go beyond all that is bothering you and standing in your way. Be a real runner so that ignorance, limitation and imperfection will all drop far behind you in the race.”
“It is better to meditate in the heart than in the mind. The mind is like Times Square on New Year’s Eve; the heart is like a lonely cave in the Himalayas. If you meditate in the mind, you will be able to meditate for perhaps five minutes; and out of that five minutes, for one minute you may meditate powerfully. After that you will feel your whole head getting tense. First you get joy and satisfaction; then you may feel a barren desert. But if you meditate in the heart, you acquire the capacity to identify yourself with the joy and satisfaction that you get, and then it becomes permanently yours.”
– Sri Chinmoy, Wings of Joy
The Heart Lotus – Meditation Silence exercise at Sri Chinmoy TV