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
If you depend on God's grace there is no such thing as impossible.
Alas, why does my mind have to walk through the dust of the past every day?
There is no human being on earth who does not have the capacity to offer the message of peace to the world at large. But what is needed now is the soulful willingness.
If you do not find peace inside your own heart, then you will not find it anywhere else on earth.
Our goal is self-transcendence
The Stormy life can be braved Only by the heart's Sunny meditations.
To succeed in any field, Our enthusiasm-eyes must sparkle and our enthusiasm-hearts Must dance.
True religion has a universal quality. It does not find fault with other religions. False religions will find fault with other religions; they will say that theirs is the only valid religion and their prophet is the only saviour. But a true religion will feel that all the prophets are saviours of mankind.
In this world, man has two significant possessions: intelligence and emotion. These two possessions govern our day-to-day life. But very often we see that emotion (ego) gets the upper hand in our life. We know that even if someone is extremely intelligent, when his emotion comes to the fore it will devour him. He is compelled to do what his emotion asks him to do.
It is better to make mistakes than to lie idle.
To deliberately criticise another individual may cause an indelible stain on the critic.
The waves of hatred-night can easily be dissolved in the sea of oneness-love.
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.
The moment we use the term 'help', a kind of egocentric idea enters into us. If we help someone, that means we are in a superior position. When we help, we feel that we are one step ahead or one step higher than the ones that we are helping. But if we serve someone, then we offer our capacity with humility, on the strength of our loving concern and oneness. So let us use the proper term, 'service'.