Tejvan.co.uk » sri chinmoy http://www.tejvan.co.uk/blog Tejvan's world Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:24:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Selected Flower Flames http://www.tejvan.co.uk/blog/2008/05/01/selected-flower-flames/ http://www.tejvan.co.uk/blog/2008/05/01/selected-flower-flames/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 19:52:32 +0000 tejvan http://www.tejvan.co.uk/blog/2008/05/01/selected-flower-flames/ flower

These Flower Flames are from a selection of 207 Poems that Sri Chinmoy made from his series 10,000 Flower Flames.

Today I am Wise

Yesterday I was clever.
That is why
I wanted to change the world.

Today I am wise.
That is why
I am changing myself.

~

One Thing To Learn

Every day there is only
One thing to learn:
How to be honestly happy.

~

A Diplomatic Death

Since each thought
Is an atomic power,
You can give each thought
A diplomatic death.
~

I Am Not Needed

I am not needed
To say the right thing.
I am only required
To be the right thing.

~

Miracles Worth Seeing

Only two miracles are worth seeing:
The miracle of loving
And
The miracle of forgiving.

~

Two Lines To Heaven

The soulful meditation-line to Heaven
Is never busy
Because
Very few seekers can afford
To use that line.

The wild frustration-line to Heaven
Is always busy
Because
Everybody has the capacity
To use that line.

~

They Will Do It For You

Do not blame yourself.
This world will do it for you,
Far beyond your imagination.

Do not admire yourself.
The higher worlds will do it for you,
Far beyond your expectation.

~

If It is True

If it is true
That Jesus is coming again,
Then it is also true
That you and I should go to meet Him
And welcome Him
At the halfway point.

~

To Be In God’s Company

If you do not have
A sense of humour,
Then God will not choose you
To be in His close company.
~

Do Not Speak Ill of Yourself.

Do not speak ill of yourself.
The world around you
Will always gladly do that
On your behalf.
~

God The Lover

We pray to God the Power,
But God the Lover
Answers our prayers.

~

I Chose

I chose not to understand God.
I chose not to understand even man.
But alas,
I chose to understand my clever mind.

By Sri Chinmoy

View the selection of 207 Poems at Short Poems.org

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The Guiness Record Breaking pencil was built to honour Sri Chinmoy’s 76th birthday

The Pencil has been lying in Jamaica, Queens, but has now found a home at a museum in St Louis.

The pencil is so large it showed up on satellite screens, prompting a visit by local police officers; they were relieved to find it was a giant pencil, rather than a missile!

Bob Cassilly, the founder of the St Louis City Museum said he was happy to take the unusual pencil. He said: “We’re sort of like opportunists and we don’t have a plan, the museum just grows organically by whatever goes our way.”

The pencil had to be cut in half to be transported

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Extract From: Second Meeting with Leonard Bernstein

SRI CHINMOY: Our admiration for you is also boundless. Just recently in Central Park, you gave so much joy to 500,000 people-not for a fleeting second but for hours. It is beyond the flight of our imagination how a single God-lover can inspire, illumine and give joy to 500,000 people. For us, this is something unheard of!

LEONARD BERNSTEIN: I think the secret is what you said about not a fleeting second. The secret of music is that it makes time stop. We are all prisoners of clock time: “I have to be at my job” or “I have to see my wife” or “I promised I would be there at eight o’clock and it’s now that time.” What music does is release you from that, so that you can be in the time of the music.

The YouTube clip below is of Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. – I feel Ode to Joy is a fitting tribute to the musical life of Leonard Bernstein.

Thanks to Shambhu for his post on Leonard Bernstein and Sri Chinmoywhich inspired this page

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“I do not give up,
I never give up,
For there is nothing
In this entire world
that is irrevocably unchangeable.”

- Sri Chinmoy

“Just make tremendous progress
And tremendous improvement
In your own life
Others will definitely be inspired
By the result.”

- Sri Chinmoy

Photo from Lake Rydal, Lake District

Related 

Obituary of Sri Chinmoy at Independent (quite nice, although Sri Chinmoy never swam the English Channel. He did however, encourage people to try and complete the crossing.) – Nice tribute here: from Kevin Murphy ‘King of the Channel’ – 34 successful swims

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When a yogi /spiritual master passes away, we often refer it to as their ‘mahasamadhi’

Mahasamadhi is a term used to describe the death of a fully realised Guru / yogi. Mahasamadhi is a yogi’s conscious decision to leave the body. This conscious decision to leave the body can be only attained by a yogi who has attained God Realisation.

For many death is a frightening experience, but, for a realised spiritual master, death is a natural transition from the one plane of consciousness to another.

Sri Sarada Devi said something most significant about death.

“The difference between a spiritual man and an ordinary man is very simple. Easily you can know the difference between the two. An ordinary man cries and sheds bitter tears when death approaches him; whereas a spiritual man, if he is really spiritual, he will laugh and laugh when death approaches him, for to him death is fun, nothing else”.

Philosophy of death at Sri Chinmoy.org

Therefore, when the hour of God strikes – when their mission on earth is complete, a yogi is able to consciously withdraw his life-breath from his body. A yogi then enters his final resting place – the consciousness of nirvana / heaven.

However, when a spiritual master leaves the body, it does not mean that their mission is over. What it means is that now they work from a different plane of consciousness.

As mentioned here: The final poem in the last poetry book sold by Sri Chinmoy, offered these immortal lines.

“My physical death
Is not the end of my life -
I am an eternal journey.”

- Sri Chinmoy

Many of my fellow students of Sri Chinmoy, feel that the spirit of Sri Chinmoy is as visibly tangible now, as it was during his lifetime. If anything the meditative consciousness of Sri Chinmoy has been heightened by the atmosphere of veneration and dignified silence which has encouraged a profound peace to descend on our meeting place.

Quite often, students and well wishers would express their kind hopes that Sri Chinmoy would live to a 100 years. But, I remember on quite a few occasions Sri Chinmoy commenting that he really didn’t wish to live for such a long time!

Sri Chinmoy never worried about the future or made great plans as to what would have after his death. In this video, posted by Shambhu, we see Sri Chinmoy respond to a question about “What would happen after your death?”

In his later years, Sri Chinmoy was often in great physical pain, as his body slowly deteriorated. In this thoughtful essay, Tribute to Sri Chinmoy we can understand why Sri Chinmoy’s death was a natural progression.

Before Sri Aurobindo passed away in 1950, at the age of 78, he commented that he would be able to achieve more by leaving the body.

Some Recent Tributes from friends

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My beloved spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy died on Thursday 11th October.

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“The power that dominates cannot solve world problems. The power that loves can solve world problems.”- Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy

 This is a biography I wrote of Sri Chinmoy, from his early life in India to his later life in the West.

Photo by: Unmesh Swanson, Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries.

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” Hope is at once both simple and profound.
It is hope that binds Heaven and earth. Hope is the bridge between Heaven and earth.
It is hope that makes us feel, at the beginning of our spiritual journey, that we are of God and that we are for God. “

- Sri Chinmoy

Photo by Tejvan. View of Magdalen Tower and Christ Church Meadow Oxford, October 18th 2007

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  • Sri Chinmoy.org – Official Complete Source for Sri Chinmoy
  • Sri Chinmoy Library - Browse from over 1,500 books of Sri Chinmoy
  • Sri Chinmoy Races – home of Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, with latest races
  • Sri Chinmoy Centre – Website of Sri Chinmoy Centre, with pages by members and students of Sri Chinmoy
  • Yoga of Sri Chinmoy – Introduction to yoga and philosophy of Sri Chinmoy
  • Life of Sri Chinmoy – Stories from the early life of Sri Chinmoy in India and coming to the West.
  • Sri Chinmoy Bio – Extended Biography of Sri Chinmoy with blogs on self improvement and latest news of Sri Chinmoy
  • Sri Chinmoy TV – Videos about Sri Chinmoy and members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre
  • Sri Chinmoy Poetry – Selections from the extensive poetry of Sri Chinmoy
  • Sri Chinmoy Books – Browse and purchase from the books of Sri Chinmoy
  • Sri Chinmoy Art - Selections from Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna Kala art and soul bird drawings
  • Sri Chinmoy Weightlifting – site about Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting
  • Philosophy of Sri Chinmoy

    • Music of Sri Chinmoy

    Biographies of Sri Chinmoy

    Service and Activities

    Poetry and Quotes of Sri Chinmoy

    Awards

    Articles on the Passing of Sri Chinmoy

    Articles about Sri Chinmoy and his Philosophy

    • The United Nations as a spiritual institution at Interreligious insight
    • Sri Chinmoy - The message of inner and outer peace by Annesan W. Dorn at the Peace Institute
    • I am Not the Body – Breaking limits with Sri Chinmoy – interview with Ashrita Furman

    Weightlifting of Sri Chinmoy

    Running Links

    Sri Chinmoy Centre

    Meditation

    Blogs and Forums

    Related Websites

    Useful Links Pages

    If you have a link related to Sri Chinmoy, add in comments below.

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    The idea of religious unity has strikes a chord with many people. I think that one of the great advances of the past century is that people have become more aware, tolerant and accepting of different faiths. True, there is still a long way to go. But, I feel that people are no longer inspired by the idea of only one path being correct. Sri Chinmoy has done much to try and promote the ideal of the underlying unity of the different world religions.

    “No religion is absolutely perfect. Yet not only do we fight for religion, but also are we often willing to sacrifice our lives for it. And what we hopelessly fail to do is to live it. A true religion is that which has no caste, no creed, no colour. It is but an all-uniting and all-pervading embrace.”

    Religion should not be a means to divide a separate people. It should be a vehicle to bring people together. As Sri Chinmoy suggests:

    Man-made religions find fault with one another, whereas God-made religion is eternally a oneness-song — God-manifestation through human aspiration on earth.”

    One of the great exponents of Religious Unity was the Hindu Yogi, Swami Vivekananda. This is an audio recording of his opening speech given at the World Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1894.

    Photo: Sri Chinmoy at World Parliament of Religions, Barcelona 2004
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