Doing things together
Most of our Centres around the world can't offer public events due to the pandemic, but this time has given us the opportunity to focus on deepening our spiritual practice, and spending time together where health guidelines allow.
Sri Chinmoy would often have us come together for Joy Days - gatherings where we would meditate and do lots of spiritual things, but also have fun and delight in each other's company. So we have been finding ways to do that....
Luckily for us, much of our Joy Days are spent in the outdoors anyway - we play sports and games, and go for hikes in the mountains.
Guatemala
The beautiful Lake Atitlan is a regular Joy Day destination for our Guatemalan members. Sri Chinmoy visited this beautiful lake in 1997

Past-incarnation fancy dress
Sri Chinmoy always encouraged his Australian and New Zealand students to do things together, so once the 'travel bubble' between Australia and New Zealand was established, a Joy Day quickly followed. This particular joy day, everyone was asked to appear in fancy dress, representing their past incarnation (or what they thought/wished they were in their past incarnation)

Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
The day I saw my Guru for the first time
Natabara Rollosson New York, United States
A Truckload of Humanitarian Aid Sails through Customs
Arthada Platzgummer Vienna, Austria
I felt a bell ringing in my heart
Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales
In the middle of an ocean of love
Bhadra Kleinman New York
Why run 3100 miles?
Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria
'You have to be like a warrior and fight'
Mahiyan Savage San Diego, United States
It does not matter which spoon you use
Brahmacharini Rebidoux St. John's, Canada
How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
The Swimming Relay
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
10-Day Race: Staring into the Infinite
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
In the Right Place, At the Right Time
Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, Serbia
'You two have been friends for many hundreds of years'
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United KingdomSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
How meditation helped me swim the English Channel
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
'Everyone is feeling nothing but love'
Suren Leosson Reykjavik, Iceland
What is it like on the Peace Run?
Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States
Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path
Aruna Pohland Augsburg, GermanyProgress-Pilgrimage: A 1200km run from Vienna to Paris
Shamita Achenbach-König Vienna, Austria