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.
I know where you are
Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States
How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
Sri Chinmoy's opening meditation at the Parliament of World Religions
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
The Swimming Relay
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
Having a Spiritual Teacher
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
Learning to follow my intuition
Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia
Is it unspiritual to care about winning?
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
Listen to the inner voice
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
Spiritual moments with my grandmother
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
In the Whirlwind of Life
Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands
'You have to be like a warrior and fight'
Mahiyan Savage San Diego, United States
Patanga: my spiritual name
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
The spiritual life is normal to me
Shankara Smith London, United KingdomSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Breaking Guinness records
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
The greatest adventure that you can embark on
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
Why we organise ultra-distance events
Subarnamala Riedel Zurich, Switzerland
Running the world's longest race
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
Becoming a disciple of Sri Chinmoy
Tilvila Hurwit Tampa, United States
Spirituality - the most fascinating subject on earth
Laila Faerman New York, United States