Celebrating Sri Chinmoy's 90th birth anniversary
Sri Chinmoy would have been 90 years old on 27 August this year. When he was with us, he would often use occasions like these as a launching point for inspiring and joyful projects for himself and his students. (To give one example: he played on 74 pianos in one sitting to celebrate his 74th birthday.)
Similarly his students around the world are using the occasion to come up with inspiring ideas both for their own personal spiritual practise, and for the world.
Enthusiasm-Awakeners
In 1999, Sri Chinmoy formed the Enthusiasm-Awakeners singing group with Parvati from New York as its leader. The group mainly sings Sri Chinmoy's cheerful, dynamic English songs. In total, the group learned and performed 1529 English songs for Sri Chinmoy in his lifetime, including many songs that Sri Chinmoy specifically wrote for the group.
At the end of May of this year, Parvati had the idea to sing and average of 17 songs per day for 90 days beginning on 30 May, so all the songs could be completed on 27 August. As well as the original members of the group, Parvati then felt the inspiration to invite others who had over the years expressed their love of these songs, and she selflessly made all the necessary resources available on her website devotionsongs.com:
View the 90 songs project on devotionsongs.com
(The Enthusiasm-Awakeners group actually performed a similar project for Sri Chinmoy's 75th birthday in 2006 - you can read that story on her website)
Inspiring displays
Many of our worldwide Centres were also inspired by the occasion to let the public know!
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
In the Right Place, At the Right Time
Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, SerbiaMeeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time
Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United KingdomSo much longing, for something
Pushpa rani Piner Ottawa, CanadaThe first time that I really understood that I had a soul
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New ZealandA spiritual name is the name of our soul, and what we can become
Nayak Polissar Seattle, United StatesI just knew from the moment I saw him
Ashrita Furman New York, United StatesWhy run 3100 miles?
Smarana Puntigam Vienna, AustriaA Flame in my Heart
Adesh Widmer Zurich, Switzerland10-Day Race: Staring into the Infinite
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, BrazilThe happiest I've ever been
Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United StatesA vision at 3 a.m in the morning
Abarita Dänzer Zürich, SwitzerlandSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students