Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964. Chinmoy established his first meditation center in Queens, New York, and eventually had thousands of students in 60 countries. A prolific author, artist, poet, and musician, he also held public events such as concerts and meditations on the theme of inner peace. Chinmoy also advocated athleticism to achieve spiritual enlightenment, including distance running,...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 August 1931
CountryIndia
I live in between My heart's compassion-rain And my life's oneness-gain.
How beautiful to look at When my prayer Lights a candle of hope In my heart.
Goodness Is oneness-love In perfect action.
My heart needs only one thing. It needs to be guided Along the age-old path Of life-blossoming self-awareness.
We must endure Adversity Bravely and cheerfully.
I have opened up an account With God's Heart-Bank. Therefore, I see nowhere The battering waves of poverty-thoughts.
There is a peace That fruitfully lives for me Infinitely more Than I can live for myself.
The Goal can disappear From the mind's sight But not From the heart's vision.
To hope is to see with the eye of the heart. To hope is to make the heart captain the vital and the body. To hope is to send darkness-night into exile.
When you invent something, there will always be people to criticise. God's creation is full of critics, but has God given up His creation because of the critics?
Miracles are everywhere to be found When I surrender my infinite desires To my immortal aspirations.
I take exercise for each part of the body: arms, legs, back and whatever muscles are required to keep the body fit. I do at least 20 different exercises daily for my upper and lower body. Then I come here every morning to do calf raises and play tennis. If there is time in the afternoon, I play tennis again. At least three hours I spend on weightlifting and bodybuilding.
I do not compete with anybody else; I compete only with myself. You saw my capacity a few minutes ago. Now I am competing with myself. When I do weightlifting, my body is my world. If I can improve myself, if I can go beyond my previous achievements, then that is my goal. My own previous record is always what I am competing with.
What I wish to show by these feats of strength is that prayer and meditation can definitely increase one's outer capacities. I hope that by doing this I will be able to inspire many people to pray and meditate sincerely as part of their regular daily routine. my message is that if one needs strength, then uncovering one's inner strength through prayer and meditation is the fastest and most effective way to get it.