Recently, several European centres met up in Salzburg for a weekend of games, sport, music and meditation in the beautiful surroundings of the Swiss Alps

Report by Standa Zublaty, Czech

Over the weekend of 22-23 May, members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre met up for three days of sport, music, meditation, games and above all - the beautiful nature of Austrian Alps near Salzburg. Evening programs included a few musical performances, meditations and comic quiz games. During the day various activities such as running, hiking and boat trips were organised - giving people the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of nature.

During his lifetime, Sri Chinmoy created many beautiful artworks, he termed these Jharna Kala or 'Fountain-Art' paintings.

In the late 1970s, Sri Chinmoy gave 200 Jharna Kala paintings to the Zurich centre in Switzerland. These are often displayed at galleries in Switzerland and throughout Europe.

To view a selection of these paintings, you can view them here - Jharna Kala Zurich collection

Ashrita continues to break a diverse range of Guinness World Records, in his latest blog post you can read about the challenges of balancing on a circus ball and 100m frog jumping by the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Ashrita - stilt walking in a record attempt for fastest 100m on stilts.

Question: How can we find lasting peace?

Sri Chinmoy: My first poem in English runs thus: "A sea of peace and joy and light/Beyond my reach I know." (1) Almost every aspirant feels at the dawn of his spiritual life that peace is beyond his reach. The mind is always bothering us. The mind is constantly taking us from one place to another, from one object to another in the inner world and in the outer world. But a day comes when we feel in our inner life that there can be nothing worth achieving but peace.

The Self-Transcendence 6 and 10 day race, organised by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team is well under way with  many runners clocking up big mileages.

Photo by Jowan. The sleepless action of the race.

The race was initiated by founder Sri Chinmoy, who himself ran several marathons and ultra-marathons. These ultra day races offer competitors and helpers an opportunity to transcend their own limitations - both physical, mental and spiritual.

"Self-transcendence gives us joy in boundless measure. When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves. "

Excerpt from The Vision-Sky Of California by Sri Chinmoy.

Photo by Alakananda. - Smiling through the rain and miles. The 10 day race never stops

On April 14th, 2010, a near capacity audience enjoyed an evening of soulful music dedicated to the music of Sri Chinmoy at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in Manhattan, NYC.

The international Gandharva Loka orchestra offer a rousing finale to the concert

Paree's International singing group open the concert with a soulful peace song composed by Sri Chinmoy.

On April 12th, 2010, the US World Harmony Run was launched at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, United Nations with members of the United Nations diplomatic community and local World Harmony Run co-ordinators.

World Harmony Run 2010

Some of the runners from the many countries involved in this international event.

On April 13th, 1964,  Sri Chinmoy, aged 32, arrived in New York from India. Sri Chinmoy came to the West to be of service to aspiring seekers interested in meditation and the spiritual life. During his life in the West, Sri Chinmoy travelled extensively offering concerts, lectures and founded Sri Chinmoy meditation centres in countries around the world.

Recently, the New York Sri Chinmoy Centre offered a week long programme of events as part of a meditation and spirituality festival.

Events in the week long programme included: