by Sharani | Aug 22, 2021 | spiritual music, Sri Chinmoy
photo by Utpal Marshall – Enthusiasm Awakeners Group sings at the 3100 Mile Race in New York. August 27, 2021 is the 90th birth anniversary of Sri Chinmoy. Some of his meditation students undertook projects as a tribute to what would have been his 90th birthday...
by Sharani | Oct 10, 2017 | mahasamadhi, Sri Chinmoy
Tomorrow I will find myself immersed in a memorial observance of my Spiritual Teacher’s final day on Earth one decade ago, October 11, 2007. Every year since Sri Chinmoy passed away, his disciples gather for pilgrimage and tribute on this anniversary at...
by Sharani | Jan 9, 2014 | Fifty Freedom-Boats to One Golden Shore, Sri Chinmoy
Ten years after his arrival in the West, Sri Chinmoy embarked on a 50 state American lecture tour, giving talks on spirituality at colleges and universities across the U.S. The first state visited by him in this cross-country venture was Rhode Island and the first...
by Sharani | Mar 3, 2013 | Lifting Up the World with a Oneness Heart, Sri Chinmoy, weightlifting
Sri Chinmoy believed that spirituality and physical fitness are meant to co-exist and mutually support each other to help achieve a well-balanced life. While he strongly emphasized the importance of prayer and meditation, he also participated in sports as varied as...
by Sharani | Jan 29, 2012 | poems, Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat
Most mornings after I finish meditating, I turn to a list of achievements detailing activities and accomplishments by my meditation teacher Sri Chinmoy. The set of cards produced in 2008 (one year after Sri Chinmoy’s passing) provides a day-by-day view of...
by Sharani | Oct 10, 2011 | 3100 Mile Race, mahasamadhi, Sri Chinmoy
5 plus 1 = inspiration and fun I just turned 51 about a week ago and at first it all seemed rather anticlimactic after turning the big 50 last year. Last night I was reading in Live in the Eternal Now, a new book of previously unpublished talks given over the years by...