Music in the Sri Chinmoy Centre

Music is an indispensable part of the spiritual life of the Sri Chinmoy Centre, and our daily and Centre meditations are considerably enriched by singing the mantric songs Sri Chinmoy has composed over the years. To date, Sri Chinmoy has written over 20,000 songs from the depth of his meditative realisation, each of them shining a light on one of the many facets of spiritual life.

In addition, many Sri Chinmoy Centres all around the world organise concerts of meditative music for the general public. These concerts invariably consist of beautiful individual or choral singing, accompanied by a mix of Western instruments such as flute, guitar and piano, and Eastern instruments such as harmonium and tabla. The Centre has many groups devoted to performing meditative music, and quite a few of them have released albums and travelled to many countries giving concerts. To find out more about upcoming concerts in your own country, please visit the relevant country section of this site and send an enquiry using the contact form.

Sri Chinmoy himself has given over five hundred concerts all around the world, in venues all around the world ranging from Carnegie Hall, to London's Royal Albert Hall to the Sydney Opera House. "I feel that when I play soulful music and when I sing my spiritual songs, I can offer whatever peace I have to humanity", he explains. "The peace-lovers who come to listen inspire me, and I inspire them. Everything is based on inspiration. If we are inspired, we will become good citizens of the world." During the concerts, Sri Chinmoy will often play anything from 15 to 20 instruments, ranging from the traditional Indian esraj, his favourite instrument, to dynamic piano and synthesizer improvisations.