Songs of the Soul Concert

On September 2nd, Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov offered a concert of music in honour of Sri Chinmoy's 80th birth anniversary. Purushottama was accompanied by tabla virtuoso Samir Chatterjee and a host of international musicians from the Sri Chinmoy Centre. The musicians played to an appreciative capacity crowd in the Skirball Center.

After concert. Backdrop, picture of Sri Chinmoy

International musicians from Sri Chinmoy Centre performing with Purushottama

songsofsoulPurushottama with Samir Chatterjee

Purushottama with Premik Russell Tabbs.

Photos by Jowan and Prabhakar.

earlier in August, another Songs of the Soul concert had been offered at the Riverside Church NY.

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Iceland Singing Tour

In July 2011 twelve singers from around the world visited Iceland to perform Sri Chinmoy’s songs at a variety of churches throughout the country. The 12 male singers sang Sri Chinmoy's songs acapella to audiences across Iceland. These performances capture the simplicity, soulfulness and purity of Sri Chinmoy's music. In the video, the performers talk a little about the experience of singing in this concert tour.

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Sri Chinmoy visited Iceland on a number of occasions.

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In this photo, Sri Chinmoy participates in Iceland being declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom nation.

12 male singers from different Sri Chinmoy Centres sang at several concerts around Iceland.

Books by Members of Sri Chinmoy Centre

A selection of books written by members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre.

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On Sri Chinmoy's Sunlit Path

Stories from 98 members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre

This is a 500-page book, with over 100 stories by 98 disciples of Sri Chinmoy. It includes stories on joining the spiritual path, self-transcendence, meditation, service and experiences with Sri Chinmoy. more »

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At the Feet of my Master

Pradhan Balter

Pradhan Balter has been a student of Sri Chinmoy for over 30 years. In this book, he describes the challenges and joys of the intimate Guru-disciple relationship. pub. Blue Beyond Books 2014.

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Auspicious Good Fortune

Sumangali Morhall

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Thy Will Be Done - A Christian Journey to Sri Chinmoy

by Ushashi Thompson

  • Thy Will be Done - Ushasi was a committed Christian. In this book she charts how she found herself meditating with Sri Chinmoy.
  • A Christian journey to Sri Chinmoy | About Thy Will be Done
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My Guru, Sri Chinmoy - Life and Teachings

by Manatita Hutchinson

Manatita write about his life with Sri Chinmoy, explaining the philosophy and spiritual practices of his Guru.

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Walking along the Sunlit Path

Stories about Vijaya Claxton as told by her friend Nilima

  • Vijaya Claxton worked at the United Nations and became the oldest American woman to swim the English Channel at the age of 59. These stories give an insight into her spiritual life with Sri Chinmoy
  • pub. Goldenshore 2011
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In the Boat

by Jogyata Dallas
  • . Jogyata Dallas writes 80 stories from his early life to the physical passing of his Guru Sri Chinmoy. Entertaining and illumining this is an enjoyable insight into his life with Sri Chinmoy.
  • pub. Goldenshore 201
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Subarata - walking along Sri Chinmoy's Sunlit Path

Subarata was a disciple of Sri Chinmoy for almost 20 years her passing in 2000. This is a collection of stories about Subarata's devotion, spiritual life and humorous ancedotes

pub. Goldenshore 2011

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The Challenge of the English Channel

A spiritual approach to the Mount Everest of Swimming by Adriano Passini

Buy book at Amazon.com

Read more at Sri Chinmoy Races link

Full list of titles - walking along Sri Chinmoy's Path

  • Adesh & Ajita
  • Akuti
  • Devaki
  • Sarama
  • Subarata
  • Sulochana
  • Tejvan
  • Trishakash
  • Utsahi
  • Vegabasti (Begabati)
  • Venu's Logbook (Astika)
  • Vijaya Claxton (Nilima)
  • Vijali

 

 

Spirituality and Self-Improvement

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Happiness will Follow You

Pettinger, Tejvan + Nirbhasa Magee

  • Practical articles on the theme of Self Improvement.
  • Happiness Will follow you, Pub. AB Academia Aoidon, 2011
  • Kindle edition |  Blog

 

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Eat My Dust, Martin Luther

Baker, Kalatit

A collection of 96 Essays on Modern Spirituality and New American Mysticism by Kalatit Jeffrey Baker

Kindle e-book at Amazon.com

 

Full list of books by students of Sri Chinmoy

  • Compassion Miracles, part 1-7
  • First Steps on the Path, part 1 - 3
  • Gratitude-Blossoms, part 1 - 5
  • Gratitude-Blossoms,


Books by other publishers

  • Databir – Seven Multiplied by Five Sagas
  • Kodanta – Through My Eyes
  • Pradhan - At the Feet of My Master
  • Shardul – My Hospital-Life-Experience
  • Shephali - Shephali's Occult World
  • Unmilan – My Weightlifting-Adventure



Upcoming books

  • Gratitude Blossoms 5: New Zealand Disciples
  • Gratitude Blossoms 6: Canadian Disciples

 

Biographies of Sri Chinmoy

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Bennett, Vidagdha

  • Dr. Vidagdha Bennett writes about the early life of Sri Chinmoy in his home village of Shakpura, Chittagong.
  • Madal the Child at Equilibrium Books

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Sri Chinmoy's 80th Birthday

August 27th, 2011 was the 80th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's birthday.

New York Councilman and Park Director complete the world's longest garland in honour of Sri Chinmoy's 80th birthday. (photo Prashphutita)

To mark the occasion, Ashrita Furman and 170 members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team created a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest garland of flowers.

NY-Councilman and Park Director complete the world's longest garland (photo-Jowan-Gauthier)

Using 80,000 carnations, the team created a 2.15 mile garland of flowers around a lake in Flushing Meadows, New York.

Ashrita Furman spoke of the event:

“My friends and I have a tradition to express our gratitude to Sri Chinmoy as he inspires us to discover inner peace, joy and strength through meditation. On the occasion of Sri Chinmoy's 80th birthday anniversary we wanted to do something special. The huge garland expresses the deep gratitude we feel. There was an great feeling of oneness and harmony because people from 35 countries were connected by the garland in a circle symbolising planet earth.”

Volunteer helps make the garland

80,000 carnations were flown in from Columbia to Miami airport and then transported in a refrigerated lorry to New York. The 170 volunteers worked from 6.30am to 13.00 to complete the record garland.

Part of the 2.15 mile Garland

Sanjaya Spettigue and Ashrita Furman measure the garland

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Epic Feats of Self Transcendence

The 2011 edition of the Self-Transcendence 3100 race recently finished, with the ten runners completing a total of 29,517 miles.

There were eight runners who finished the 3100 mile race in the allotted time frame of 54 days. The total mileage of the 10 runners (29,517) is equivalent to running around the world + another 4,500 miles.

Sarvagata (photo Alakananda)

Sarvagata finishes his first race in first place, with a very impressive time of 44 days, 13:38:52

The race continues whatever the weather. (Photo Alakananda)

Record temperatures made life difficult for the runners in the race. (photo Prabhakar)

(Surasa finishes - Photo Arpan)

Surasa becomes the 2nd woman to finish the race. She finished on the last scheduled day.

Sri Chinmoy

The race was founded by Sri Chinmoy, who used to regularly visit the race. Photo Utpal

This is from a previous edition of the race, where Sri Chinmoy is giving a birthday cake to one of the participants, Atmavir.

Final Results

Men
Days
HH:MM:SS
1
Sarvagata Ukrainskyi
44
13:38:52
2
Igor Mudryck
45
02:30:37
3
Asprihanal Aalto
46
07:37:24
4
Pranjal Milovnik
48
02:27:05
5
Atmavir P. Spacil
50
08:59:07
6
Stutisheel Lebedyev
52
16:19:18
7
Pradeep Hoogakker
53
09:03:25
Women
Days
HH:MM:SS
1
Surasa Mairer (F)
53
15:54:25

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 Remaining Participants
Miles
Ananda-Lahari Zuscin
2732.48
Purna-Samarpan Querhammer
1984.46
Race results

New Sri Chinmoy TV

Sri Chinmoy TV, which has an extensive collection of videos about Sri Chinmoy and Sri Chinmoy Centre, has been redesigned.

Videos can now be easily embedded in blogs and web pages.

The above video is an excerpt from Sri Chinmoy's meditation at the World Parliament of Religions on July 7th,

2004.

See more videos at: Sri Chinmoy TV

Sometimes

35,000 feet above the snow drenched mountains of Colorado. I jot down the opening lines of a poem I might someday write, but doze before much comes out. The words sprawl lazily across my notebook, then trail off the page as sleep comes...

The Rockies and the Colorado RiverSOMETIMES...

Sometimes I feel like a slingshot, hurled,
Flung far into the void.
At last come to rest on some distant shore.

Sometimes I feel like a banner unfurled,
Hoisted aloft, heraldic,
Your victory to proclaim in some distant war.

Sometimes I feel like a child, curled,
Asleep in your arms, Beloved
Dreaming of promises made I can't ignore
Hearing You say "Awake! You must do more!"
Dreaming of promises made in lives before...

    – Jogyata. (Source)

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