Collecting precious memories with our Guru
One silver lining of these strange times is that many of us have had time to finally gather together all of our spiritual stories, from our time with Sri Chinmoy. We have been holding regular video and audio calls, which has given many of us the change to recollect and share precious memories of our spiritual Master. It is a very valuable storehouse of stories that will benefit seekers for generations to come.
We are starting to publish some of these stories as part of our Story-Gems project.
Books
This year, some of Sri Chinmoy's students also released books about their lives.
Projjwal and Aruna Pohland
Projjwal became a student of Sri Chinmoy in 1976 along with his daughter Aruna, who was then three months old. Projjwal was also an avid photographer and took many wonderful photos that bring the stories to life.
Nirmala and Kedar Misani
Nirmala from the Zurich Centre passed away in December last year; in tribute, her husband Kedar has published two books about her, one containing life-stories and one containing her artistic sketches, before then proceeding to write another book about his own stories with Sri Chinmoy.

Jvalita Sharipova
Jvalita is from Ufa, in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. An artist, she has been organising exhibitions of Sri Chinmoy's mystical Jharna Kala art for 15 years.
Now she has completed her first book My Love - Jharna-Kala (in Russian), where she describes what Sri Chinmoy's paintings mean to her: "Jharna-Kala is a huge world of paintings, presented to the Earth by Sri Chinmoy ...This world contains not only the beauty of the works, but also the sea of Light, Delight, Peace, a call to the Perfection."
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
My 5 a.m. strategic meditations
Sanchita Fleming Ottawa, Canada
A 40-Year Blessing
Sarama Minoli New York, United States
The connection between Sri Chinmoy's music and my soul
Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States
Check your Front Tire
Arpan De Angelo New York, United States
Regaining My Inner Joy
Sujata Muto Kyoto, Japan
Breaking the world record for the longest game of hopscotch
Pipasa Glass & Jamini Young Seattle, United States
Connecting the dots
Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States
My inner calling
Purnakama Rajna Winnipeg, Canada
I felt a bell ringing in my heart
Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales
Sri Chinmoy's biography, written by one of the most famous Bengali authors
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
Running for Peace
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
A love that was thick like butter
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
A Divine Phone Call
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New ZealandSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Life in a spiritual workplace
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States
My well-scheduled day
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
Spirituality - the most fascinating subject on earth
Laila Faerman New York, United States
Running the world's longest race
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
Getting through difficult times in your meditation
Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico