Category: poem

“Do not go to extremes.
Accept the body
And the five senses.
Only use them spiritually,
Divinely and soulfully.”

– Sri Chinmoy

If you see good qualities in others,
Then claim them as your own,
For who knows when you will find
Those same qualities
In your own nature?

– Sri Chinmoy

I have been loving God unconsciously
For millennia,
But I shall love God consciously
From this moment on.

– Sri Chinmoy

“Devotion is the secret of secrets. It lets you establish the sweetest and the most intimate connection with God, who entirely belongs to you.”

Sri Chinmoy

“If we want to define spiritual wisdom in one short sentence, then we can say that spiritual wisdom is the spontaneous recognition of one’s inner Being, inner Reality.”

– Sri Chinmoy

Faith is wisdom.
Faith is power.
Faith is heart-fragrance.
Faith is the sun-child
Of the Beyond.

– Sri Chinmoy

Faith has the capacity
To pass through
The darkest tunnels.

– Sri Chinmoy

Happy New Year,
Happy New Year!
Go forward,
Fly upward,
Dive inward!
No fear, no fear!

– Sri Chinmoy

Happy New Year,
Happy New Year!
Go forward,
Fly upward,
Dive inward!
No fear, no fear!

Sri Chinmoy

Finally my God-love has arisen
Inside my heart,
And all my earthly sorrows
Are flying away.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 2, Agni Press, 1998

“If I had to summarise my earthly activities in one single word, then I would say that that birthless and deathless word is love. Love is oneness, oneness is perfection and perfection is fulfilment.”

Sri Chinmoy, Sacred Rock welcomes Sri Chinmoy, Agni Press, 1994

God does not want me to be
Curious all the time.
God does not want me to be
Serious all the time.
But God does want me to be
Spontaneous all the time.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 204, Agni Press, 1994

Death has no access
To the soul.
It only has access
To our weak and fragile body.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 15, Agni Press, 1999

Each sincere prayer
 Embodies
A special Breath of God.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43, Agni Press, 2005

Ego soars and soars,
Only to be smashed
On reality’s
Solid stone floors.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Childlike enthusiasm
Feeds us
And makes us very strong
To fight ignorance-attacks.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 34, Agni Press, 2003

You do not have to forget
Many things.
Just forget one thing:
Forget your self-destruction-doubt-dagger.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 215, Agni Press, 1994

The heart must eventually conquer
The constant distractions
Of the mind-market.

Sri Chinmoy, Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 12, Agni Press, 1996

I must never, never enjoy
A negativity-mind,
Even for a fleeting moment.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 41, Agni Press, 2004

As an alarm clock
Awakens you from sleep,
Even so, a pure thought
Liberates you from your undivine mind.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 41, Agni Press, 1982

The inner battles
Are meant to be won
And not surrendered.

Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy in Russia, Agni Press, 2001

Mine
Is the hope-elevator
That only goes up.

Sri Chinmoy, European Poem-Blossoms, Agni Press, 1991