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New episodes of Inspiration-Sounds
Inspiration-Sounds—tales from the heart of the world, is a weekly podcast at RadioSriChinmoy.org, featuring the traditional Indian spiritual and folk stories of Sri Chinmoy. In Sri Chinmoy’s words may these heart-felt tales “liberate us from the heavy dryness of the mind, and may they transform the dryness of the mind into an ever-blossoming fountain-ecstasy.”
Sri Chinmoy performs on the piano in Malta
Recorded in 1991, filmmaker Kedar Misani presents Sri Chinmoy performing the piano during a public concert in Malta.
Thousands Are Running for International Friendship
In front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, the European leg of the World Harmony Run began recently, and in coming months over a million people will be involved in the worldwide, Olympic-style torch relay for international friendship.
Radio Sri Chinmoy—Inspiration-Sounds 41
Radio Sri Chinmoy presents Inspiration-Sounds 41: Stories from the Heart of the World—two ancient tales re-told by Sri Chinmoy and dramatised by Budhsamudra Knox. This week: The Prince’s Prison Term and The Roaring Tiger.
10 Effective Ways to Simplify Your Life—Tejvan Pettinger
“It is a good question whether modern society has led to an improvement in living standards. We have an unprecedented level of material prosperity, but often it seems to come at the price of increased complexity and stress. However, there is no reason why we cannot have the best of both worlds; taking advantage of modern technology and enjoying the simplicity of living in the present moment. So writes Tejvan Pettinger in these tips to simplify your life.
The Seeker's Journey Part 4—An interview on spirituality with Prarthi Hunt
Part 4 of The Seeker’s Journey, an on-going series of interviews on spirituality at SriChinmoy.tv, features English musician Prarthi Hunt, who describes the personal journey that led him to become a student of Sri Chinmoy.
A weekend of joy in Scotland
Meditation and fun in the Pentland hills...
Inspiration-Sounds 40—Stories from the heart of the world
In episode 40 of Inspiration-Sounds—Stories from the heart of the world, Budhsamudra Knox dramatises two tales by Sri Chinmoy: The City of Lavanya Puri and The Mother Saves the Youngest Prince, both traditional Indian folk tales.
7 Secrets of Self improvement—Tejvan Pettinger
“Self improvement is a continuous struggle to better ourselves; it requires the aspiration to transcend our weaknesses and limitations. There is no quick fix for our self development; it requires perseverance, patience and a constant aspiration to lead a better life. These are some of the factors that will expedite our progress.” Sri Chinmoy Centre member Tejvan Pettinger offers not a band-aid, but a permanent cure for the weaknesses of human nature.
Shardul.co.nz
Playing the flute, Irish culture and music, Calvin and Hobbes, a child-like heart and of course spirituality—themes grasped with both hands and heart at Shardul.co.nz, the web diary New Zealand Sri Chinmoy Centre member Shardul Dillicar, and online testimonial to a more than two decades long devotion to meditation and the spiritual life.
Tea With A Neighbour—Jogyata Dallas
“Sometimes I spend half an hour with a ninety year old neighbour two doors along on my street. Some say she is a little mad but her human face, the polite masks and conventions of behavior, have simply been stripped away by time.” Author and Centre member Jogyata Dallas writes of an elderly neighbour, and insights into human nature.
Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov Live in New York
Recorded live at the United Nations in New York, August 29th 2007, poet, scholar, songwriter and musician Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov—“the Russian Bob Dylan”—features in a concert of his inspired, soul-stirring songs, available to listen to now at Radio Sri Chinmoy.
Learning to Live—Sumangali Morhall
“Despite its intensity, nobody remembers being born. Everyone uses their first breath to cry. Raw sound, cold, movement, pain, exhaustion, separation from the source, are too much to bear at once. There is no strength of one’s own to call upon, and nothing certain or familiar on which to depend. Julius Caeser, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Muhammad Ali, however mighty they become, each arrived naked and alone, and cried.” Sumangali Morhall writes of beginnings in life, and how in meditation and joining the Sri Chinmoy Centre, she found answers to her life’s first cry, and to questions not yet formed.
The essence of India
A concert of Indian classical music and meditative songs...
How to Maintain Your Meditation Practise
“Many people begin a meditation practice with tremendous enthusiasm and excitement about the possibilities of self-discovery, only to let it go after a few weeks or months as the initial novelty wears off.” Sri Chinmoy Centre member Shane Magee addresses the perennial problem facing people new to meditation—how to maintain a daily practice after the initial enthusiasm wanes.
Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov dedicates radio show to Sri Chinmoy
Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov, an iconic musician called by some the Russian Bob Dylan, and in Russia known simply as “BG” dedicated his nationally broadcast radio programme recently to the music and philosophy of Sri Chinmoy. In fact, so famous and beloved is Grebenshikov in Russia that Bob Dylan could just as accurately be called the American “BG.”
The Seeker’s Journey Part 2
Part 2 of The Seeker’s Journey video series features Chicago based meditation instructor Pradhan Balter, who relates his decades long practise of meditation and yoga, and how he came to be a student of Sri Chinmoy.
The Seeker’s Journey
The Seeker’s Journey is a new series at SriChinmoy.tv of instructive, inspiring interviews with members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre, profiling their interest in and practise of meditation, how they were drawn to the spiritual life, and in the case of some, how a simple curiosity came to be transformed into a life long occupation—teaching and promoting the many benefits of the art they were once seekers of.
The New Lotus-Heart Restaurant Opens
This week a new restaurant opened it’s doors for business in Christchurch, New Zealand, an enterprise of the Sri Chinmoy Centre dedicated to serving an age-old need—hunger—and soon to be a city landmark.
Lots of joy in England
February 2008 - Shane, Colm, Matthias and Ambarish take a trip to Middle England to meet up with fellow students of Sri Chinmoy for a weekend of joy, meditation and fun....
