The white bird and the lake

In my early years of exploring meditation and the little-known subject of reincarnation, I came across a rather discouraging description of the long passage of time the soul supposedly takes from its...
2 July 2021
The white bird and the lake

'I am the marathon Guru'

In April 1982, one evening Guru inquired of those present if any of us were proposing to run in the Boston Marathon, only two days away. Nobody was. Clearly disappointed, he asked whether any of us...
2 July 2021
'I am the marathon Guru'

George Washington’s Luminosity-Soul

On one very special occasion in 1975, Sri Chinmoy invited questions from visitors about America’s bicentennial. One boy from Boston asked about the soul’s qualities of George Washington. Guru went...
2 July 2021
George Washington’s Luminosity-Soul

Simple blessings

My first significant experience with Sri Chinmoy was at the Seattle airport in 1996. I was just five years old at the time. My sister and mother and I had gone to visit him along with a bunch of...
2 July 2021
Simple blessings

Keep doing the right thing

Begabati in her health food store One weekend in New York I was invited to a disciple’s birthday party, celebrated in Guru’s customary way—disciples sitting on Guru’s living room floor as paper...
2 July 2021
Keep doing the right thing

'See, sometimes the Supreme speaks to me'

After a wonderful meditation session on Australia’s Gold Coast, Sri Chinmoy was heading towards the elevator. He saw a bunch of us boys, looked at us pointedly and said, “What, no frisbee...
1 July 2021
'See, sometimes the Supreme speaks to me'

How I learned from Sri Chinmoy

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1 July 2021
How I learned from Sri Chinmoy

The love is always there, boundless

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30 June 2021
The love is always there, boundless

'Christ has stolen her heart and brought it now to me'

Dodula: I was a happy nun at my convent. I had friends and was successful in my job working with children. The institution where I worked and lived was situated by the lake with a view of the...
30 June 2021
'Christ has stolen her heart and brought it now to me'

Every time I look at the picture, it says: ‘I love you!

Before Dodula became a disciple of Sri Chinmoy, she was Sister Elda, a Catholic nun. When she started meditating according to Sri Chinmoy's teachings, she was working at a school for children with...
30 June 2021
Every time I look at the picture, it says: ‘I love you!