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
To succeed in any field, Our enthusiasm-eyes must sparkle and our enthusiasm-hearts Must dance.
Once we have this inner peace, world peace can be achieved in the twinkling of an eye.
To hope is to see with the eye of the heart.
Meditation is the eye that sees the Truth, the heart that feels the Truth and the soul that realises the Truth.
God's Compassion - Eye gives us Not only one Chance But countless chances To change our wrong directions
When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many years and have reached a lofty height in your meditation, as I have, you can meditate while running and cycling and painting.
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.
Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.
The very nature of kindnessIs to spread.If you are kind to others,Today they will be kind to you,And tomorrow to somebody else.
The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved.
Let us not worryAbout the future.Let us only do the right thingToday,At this moment,Here and now.Let the future take care of itself.
I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.
The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.
Yoga is self-conquest. Self-conquest is God-realisation. He who practises yoga does two things with one stroke: he simplifies his whole life, and he gets free access to the Divine.