What is a Guru?

Excerpt from Meditation, Man-Perfection in God-Satisfaction by Sri Chinmoy. Guru is a Sanskrit word which means "he who illumines." The one who offers illumination is called a Guru. According to my...
26 August 2006
What is a Guru?

The Spiritual Master

Excerpt from Sri Chinmoy's book, The Master and the Disciple. A spiritual Master comes to you with a boat. He says "Come! if you want to go to the Golden Shore, I will take you. Moreover,...
26 August 2006
The Spiritual Master

The role of the Spiritual Master

Excerpt from Sri Chinmoy's book, The Master and the Disciple. A real spiritual Master tries to bring to the fore the inner divinity of the disciple from deep within the disciple’s heart. He knocks...
26 August 2006
The role of the Spiritual Master

Initiation

Excerpt from Sri Chinmoy's book, The Master and the Disciple. When the disciple and the Master find themselves safe in one another’s heart, the hour of initiation is fast approaching. When the...
26 August 2006
Initiation

The spiritual student-Master relationship

The following pages are excerpted from Sri Chinmoy's book, The Master and the Disciple. As we need teachers for our outer knowledge—to illumine our outer being—so also we need a spiritual...
26 August 2006
The spiritual student-Master relationship

Our Path, part 3

by Sri Chinmoy. Now how can we bring the Truth out of its prison cell? Again, I have to say it is through love. Love for whom? Love for God. And who is God? God is the highest illumined part in us....
26 August 2006
Our Path, part 3

Our Path, part 2

by Sri Chinmoy. But just giving something, just offering something, is not enough. It has to be done with enthusiasm and an intense inner urge. We give to the Inner Pilot in ourselves and in others...
26 August 2006
Our Path, part 2

Our Path - a talk by Sri Chinmoy

Our path is basically the path of the heart and not the path of the mind. This does not mean that we are criticising the path of the mind. Far from it. We just feel that the path of the heart leads...
26 August 2006
Our Path - a talk by Sri Chinmoy

Whole

Whole Since we live in the mountains, we have to drive more than one hour to our Centre in Salzburg. Once in winter, when I was driving home alone, I felt very drowsy and probably I fell asleep for...
26 August 2006
Whole

Very Much Alive

Very Much Alive Since becoming a disciple of Sri Chinmoy, I have from time to time felt a very strong inner presence guiding and protecting me. In the spring of 1995, I was giving a meditation class...
26 August 2006
Very Much Alive

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