Happiness
Is of supreme importance.
When I am really happy,
I have no time
To find fault with others.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
Happiness
Is of supreme importance.
When I am really happy,
I have no time
To find fault with others.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
When there is a feeling
Of supremacy,
There can be no peace,
For peace is only in oneness.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
We try to get joy by dividing,
But real joy
Comes from uniting.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
Individual self-transcendence
Collectively inspires
Humanity at large.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
Our philosophy
Is progress.
In our self-transcendence
Is our tremendous joy.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
If I do not accept myself
As imperfect,
How am I going to transcend
My limitations?
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
To be a good citizen of the world
Means I am not only for myself;
I am for the rest of the world.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
If we have peace,
We will be satisfied
With whatever God wants
For us.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
Peace means satisfaction.
Alas, this world has everything
Save and except
Peace.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
When we pray and meditate,
We come to realise
That there is only one thing we need:
Peace.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
To see ourselves as God sees us
Shall forever remain
An impossible task.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
As millions of stars
Sing and dance together
In harmony,
Even so, our body,
Vital, mind and heart
Must sing and dance
In harmony.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
It matters not
How much we know
About God.
It matters only
How much we have given
To God.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
Go beyond the domain
Of the mind.
You will be able to shine
In the galaxy
Of happiness-stars.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
Difficult, but not impossible,
To dethrone
The proud ego-king-mind.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
The silence of meditation
Is
The expansion of a happiness
And fulness-heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
There is no mind-hurricane
That cannot be silenced
By our heart’s
Soul-oneness-power.
Do not think
Of your own incapacity-tears.
Think only
Of real satisfaction-cheers.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
God is at once
Practical and spiritual,
So He wants us
To have a practical life
And
A spiritual heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 8, Agni Press, 1981
The sorrows of the outer life
Cannot touch
The unshakeable poise
Of the inner life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
I am looking for a new road
That will lead me
To God’s infinite Compassion-Light.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
Who says
That all paths are difficult?
Try sincerely
The path of the heart.
To your wide surprise
You will see
That the heart’s road
Is extremely easy.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
If you hesitate
To give yourself completely,
Then you will not be supplied
With new energy,
New light
And new perfection.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
The mind’s negativity-capacity
Is no match
For the heart’s God-receptivity.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
The dividing mind
Does not even want to know
That there is
A oneness-peace-school.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
If you really care for
Your heart-enlightenment,
Then you must never be late for
Your God-appointments.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
You have given chance after chance
To so many human beings
To help you improve your life.
Can you not give God
Just one chance?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
Every day my heart sings
A new peace-song.
Every day my soul dances
A new peace-dance.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
A gratitude-heart
Always takes very long strides
Towards God’s Compassion-Sea.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
Each pure thought creates
A new heart-song
And a new life-story.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993