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At Radio Sri Chinmoy there are new recordings of music from groups within the Sri Chinmoy Centre. It includes performances from meditative functions and also a humorous play. The music includes a sitar performance by Adesh, soulful Sanskrit chants from Vedic Fire and more dynamic arrangements by Jagadhata's Group.
Adesh on the sitar
Radio Sri Chinmoy regularly publishes new music from groups within the Sri Chinmoy Centre. It is also a store of many recordings made by Sri Chinmoy during his Peace Concerts and recording sessions.
“Music is psychic enlightenment. Music is the supreme fulfilment of the aspiring human soul.”
Flute music playlist - A selection of Sri Chinmoy's numerous flute performances, using a variety of different flutes.
Sitar music by Adesh - The sitar is a haunting and soulful instrument from India. On this recording, Adesh performs his interpretation of the music of Sri Chinmoy.
Jagadhata's Group - a dynamic and joyful arrangement of Sri Chinmoy's music.
Meditation performances from New York, 31 May. Two different groups - an all female acapela singing group and a male instrumental group. Both performing the music of Sri Chinmoy with different contrasts.
The Astrologer fulfils his prophecy - an original story by Sri Chinmoy adapted by Suren Leosson from Iceland. The story has been given a humorous twist and flavour of "Jeeves and Wooster."
Durjaya Thomas Pliske is a university professor and co-leader of the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Miami with his wife, Drishti. He has been a nature-lover since childhood, and last year he published a book called Light, Truth and Nature which attempts tointegrate the spiritual, artistic and scientific perspectives of Nature.
Oneness-Dream tour the Czech Republic
Recently Oneness-Dream, an international group of male acapella singers, visited the Czech Republic where they performed the songs of Sri Chinmoy at various sacred sites. They have been touring different countries with acapella performances since 2011, allowing the purity, simplicity and soulfulness of Sri Chinmoy's songs to touch the heart of the audience.
(Sample song from a concert in Croatia, 2015)
The singers came from England, Scotland, Australia, Germany, Serbia, Holland, France and of course the Czech Republic.
Oneness-Dream at Basilica Hostyn in Moravia, Czech Republic. An important pilgrimage site.
Oneness-Dream and organisers from the Czech Republic Sri Chinmoy Centres
Oneness-Dream outside Humbrecht Castle
Oneness-Dream were founded in 2011 and have recorded four albums. The singers are drawn from different Sri Chinmoy Centres around the world.
Sri Chinmoy composed over 22,000 songs - expressing a range of spiritual emotions and devotional sentiments.
“Soulful music is the music that wants to eventually transform our consciousness. It carries us into the Universal Consciousness and makes us feel that we are in tune with the highest, with the deepest, with the farthest.”
Recently, the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run visited Nepal. This video gives an insight into how the Peace Run touches many people, who take the opportunity to share in the spirit of the Run. It also gives a glimpse into the natural beauty and rich cultural heritage of Nepal.
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During the week long visit, the Peace Run visited several schools, with children taking part in ceremonies focused on the message of peace. The Peace Run was also warmly welcomed by a variety of dignitaries and local people who offered their prayers and good-wishes for peace.
"May the flames of peace-torch
Kindle and awaken
Each and every world-citizen."
Recently, the 2018 edition of the Sri Chinmoy Ten and Six Day race finished in Flushing Meadows, New York. For this testing multiday event, there were over 80 entrants who braved the cold, wind and rain in an unusually cold edition. The winner of the men's Ten Day Race was - the accomplished multiday runner and World Record holder for 3,100 miles - Ashprihanal Aalto from Finland. Despite health issues, he managed a daily average of 82.6 miles. In the women's Ten Day event Ilvaka Nemcova from the Czech Republic completed 621 miles.
Start of Ten Day Race 2018.
This year's other winners included.
Champions of 2018
Ten Day Race
Men: Ashprihanal Aalto - 826 miles
Women Ilvaka Nemcova - 621 miles
Six Day Race
Men - John Geesler (USA) - 403 miles
Women - Petra Kasperova, Czech Republic - 370 miles
The one-mile loop in Flushing Meadow Park
The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team have been organising multiday events in Flushing Meadows, New York since 1985 and the inaugural 1,000 mile race. Over the years this has evolved into the present format of a six and ten-day race. The race was founded by Sri Chinmoy who saw running as an opportunity to enable physical fitness but also spiritual self-transcendence. To put on the race, a team of volunteers work around the clock to set up the race, count runners, cook food and provide medical support.
Counting sheds and tents
A multi-day event requires the runner to dig deep and use all aspects of his being to overcome the physical and mental challenges of the event.
“We compete not for the sake of defeating others, but in order to bring forward our own capacity. Our best capacity comes forward only when there are other people around us. They inspire us to bring forward our utmost capacity, and we inspire them to bring forward their utmost capacity”
If I were a book, what would my title be? - a creative project
Sri Chinmoy asked his students from different Centre to meet together frequently for meditation, spiritual activities and fun that he called Joy-Days. Very often, these happen over a p
On one such recent weekend in Co Wicklow, Ireland, students of Sri Chinmoy from Ireland and England came together. As part of the weekend, different members engaged in a spontaneous creativity project given the simple question 'If I were a book, what would my title be?'. Ambarish from the Dublin Centre collected all of these questions and made some charming videos, which you can see below:
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Whatever we do in life — whether we are praying, talking to our friends or participating in sports — we are trying to receive joy at every moment. But joy we can have only when we have a peaceful life. We are all longing for joy, and joy abides only in peace. At every moment we are given the opportunity to feel peace in the depths of our heart on the strength of our prayer-life and our meditation-life.
Nandita Pollisar has been a student of Sri Chinmoy since the early 1970s. In this video, Nandita talks about the importance of getting joy from the spiritual life, and how the simple act of speaking with friends helps can help get away from the negative thoughts of the mind.With her husband, Nayak, Nandita has helped to run the Seattle Sri Chinmoy Centre since 1974.
Meditation functions with Sri Chinmoy
Kokila Chamberlain
Kokila Chamberlain talks meditating with Sri Chinmoy in New York, and of what it is like to be in the presence of a genuine spiritual Master. She describes a ‘typical’ meditation function and the spontaneous nature of Sri Chinmoy’s approach. Kokila also explains what drew her to Sri Chinmoy’s Path.
222 Meditation Techniques
222 Meditation Techniques offers a broad selection of meditation exercises by Sri Chinmoy which will be helpful for anyone wishing to start or further their meditation practice.
The 222 exercises, laid out in an accessible simple format, are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators. They include breathing exercises, guided meditations and the use of mantras. It also includes meditations for runners, artists and musicians. There are also exercises to try and overcome bad habits and cultivate more gratitude in your life.
The book has an attractive design and its hardback binding allows it to stay conveniently open on the chosen page for easy reference while practising, making it ideal as a reference for a daily meditation practise.
International Day of Happiness 2018
In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly designated 20 March as the International Day of Happiness, and Sri Chinmoy Centres around the world have been marking this day with workshops, poetry readings and cultural events every year since. Dublin and New York were just two of the Sri Chinmoy Centres that organised events to celebrate this day.
Dublin
Workshop and poetry reading
This years' programme was an hour and a half long, interspersing meditation exercises and songs with poems on the theme of happiness. The audience was welcomed by Mangala Keenan from the Dublin Centre, who introduced the event with some background history of International Happiness Day, noting that the first year's events organised at the United Nations incorporated readings from the book Jewels of Happiness by Sri Chinmoy. Mangala spoke about Sri Chinmoy’s service to the United Nations for over 35 years and how, as his students, we continue to offer such events to the public.
Some of the poetry readings were by members of the Dublin Centre, including Cathy Torres (right), who read Sri Chinmoy's poetry along with her own composition Happiness in Silver, Gold and Diamond, which by the end had the entire audience smiling.
New York
Panorama Cafe, in Queens, an enterprise owned by Sri Chinmoy's students, hosts regular poetry readings, music performances and other cultural events - including one to celebrate this year's Day of Happiness.
Sri Chinmoy wrote many poems and gave several talks about the importance of cultivating happiness.
Sri Chinmoy’s book The Jewels of Happiness was released on 20 March 2013 to honour the International Day of Happiness and includes writings on how we can cultivate real happiness in our daily life. It was later released in audiobook form, read out by such luminaries as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Roberta Flack and Carl Lewis.
Audio:Desmond Tutu reads from the opening chapter, titled 'Peace' of the Jewels of Happiness
You can listen to a selection of recitations from the book at Radio Sri Chinmoy.
“If you are happy, it will help you to a great extent. If you are unhappy, you won’t make any progress at all. On the contrary, you will be marching backwards. Real outer happiness is not self-deception. It does not come from wasting time and indulging in pleasure-life. Real outer happiness is something totally different. It comes from inner joy and inner satisfaction.”
Sri Chinmoy suggested an integral approach to happiness. Both prayer and meditation are important, but he also encouraged a dynamic approach to life - he felt happiness could be cultivated through sport and serving the world.
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Launch of the Jewels of Happiness on International Happiness Day, 2013
You can listen to a selection of recitations from the book at 
