(New York, October 30) – More than 700 UN leaders, ambassadors and luminaries from many walks of life and faiths gathered inside the United Nations Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the life and work of Sri Chinmoy, the world harmony leader, spiritual teacher and humanitarian who died at age 76 on October 11th in New York City.

(United Nations, New York) Leaders from six different religions offer the opening silence at the Celebration of the Life of Sri Chinmoy. (For more details: see photo caption at bottom)

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Sri Chinmoy wrote many poems and articles about the role of the mind and heart.

"Two instruments: mind and heart. The mind is division: world-division and self-division. World-division is nothing short of world-poverty. Self-division is the beginning of self-destruction. The heart is acceptance: acceptance of the inner life and acceptance of the outer life. The inner life is aspiration. The outer life is dedication."

- Sri Chinmoy

Excerpt from My Rose Petals, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy "Two Instruments: Mind and Heart"

My Lord,
How I wish
To be with You
In Heaven!
Do you enjoy
Your Heavenly Rest?

~

View: "My Lord" By: Doris at Sri Chinmoy Inspiration Group

"Please forgive me, Father. I have no aspiration, no
Love-Devotion-Surrender today."

"Aspiration? Love-Devotion-Surrender? Who cares for these things? Give
me whatever you have."

"I'm sorry Master, but what I have today is nothing you want. Alas,
all I have today is my pathetic orphan-sorrow."

~

The Master Thief by Michael at Sri Chinmoy Inspiration Group

Some photo albums have appeared on the Sri Chinmoy Centre site remembering aspects of Sri Chinmoy's life in different ways:

This picture is taken from a lovely photo album called 'Beautiful Sri Chinmoy' by Jowan Gauthier which is exactly that - beautiful pictures taken of Sri Chinmoy from his trip to St. Petersburg and his visit to Mongolia which took place in May of this Year. There is also a photo album by Projjwal Pohland, who accompanied Sri Chinmoy on his last trip abroad to St. Petersburg and shares with us some beautiful photographs.

Sri Chinmoy: Salutations and goodbye, for now.

Sri Chinmoy was a unique character who chose paths that had upbeat effects around the entire world.

Sri Chinmoy was productive in the expression of his talents. No one matched his artistic and physical output. Sri Chinmoy and his helpers did a unique service in the conduction of many long distance runs allowing many runners around the world to express themselves running. They have shown the world how it is done. They are unmatched.

Sri Chinmoy exploited the hours given to him. His time on earth is unforgettable among those who knew him.

We can remember and appreciate that Sri Chinmoy worked his many talents around the world, to be shared by many groups of people on the globe....

Ted Corbitt

New York Pioneer Club

10/13/07

(From one who appreciated the upgrade in peoples lives provided by Sri Chinmoy’s efforts.)

Two recent prayer-poems written by Sri Chinmoy have recently come to light on the Sri Chinmoy Inspiration Group which seem especially poignant now given the Master's passing.

Bhagavan Sri Chinmoy:

Avatar of the era;

Yogi of the highest magnitude;

Sovereign of the Eternal Now.

I bow to You in deep reverence.

Bhagavan Sri Chinmoy:

God of Gods.

Thou who art not the body,

But the manifestation, of a divine power on Earth.

Oh God-man of the ever-transcending beyond.

I bow to You in deep reverence.

Bhagavan Sri Chinmoy:

Mother, Father, Friend and Advocate.

You came to the west in 1964.

At the request of Your Beloved Lord Supreme.

A collection of tributes and poems related to the mahasamadhi of Sri Chinmoy

A very beautiful recording of Sri Chinmoy singing the word 'gratitude' over and over again, spontaneously putting music to the words as he sang, was played during Sri Chinmoy's memorial ceremony, and again when his body was finally laid to rest. The recording took place on 13 April 1986, 22 years to the day Sri Chinmoy first arrived in America. Prachar Stegemann recalls the occasion: