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
Of all the gifts You have offered to God, Your happiness-gift He treasures most.
Today I must dive deep within And know what I come To this earth-stage for.
Enthusiasm Rules his inner world. Determination Rules his outer world. Therefore Happiness has become His real name.
My service to humanity Is my real opportunity To prove my genuine love For God and God alone.
If you are already an awakened soul, Then you must realise That God has already given you A supreme task to perform: He wants you to work For His Vision's world-blossoms.
If peace is not In Nature's beauty, Then where is it, where?
God's first Smile was born The day humanity awoke To His Light.
How can I have peace? Not by talking about peace, But by walking Along the road of peace.
Everybody has God inside, but not everybody is able to see God within. One can see God only when one cries for Him. Those who cry for God and pray to God can realise God.
There is no yawning gulf between man and God. Through his aspiration and meditation, Man can become conscious of his oneness with God.
Meditation is my soul's soundless conversation with my inner pilot.
Let us not try to understand music with our mind. Let us not even try to feel it with our heart. Let us simply and spontaneously allow the music-bird to fly in our heart-sky. While flying, it will unconditionally reveal to us what it has and what it is. What it has, is Immortality's message. What it is, is Eternity's passage.
Not one But twenty-four self-giving-hours Every day I have For my use.
Our goal is not to have A problem-free life. But to conquer all the problems As they appear Along our life-road.