Category: Poem

The inner world
Not only needs
But also loves
The outer harmony.

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

“There exists only one goal that is Truth, but this goal is expressed and at the same time is sought in different forms.”

Sri Chinmoy, Earth’s cry meets Heaven’s smile, part 3, Agni Press, 1978

“No price is too great to pay for inner peace. Peace is the harmonious control of life. It is vibrant with life-energy. It is a power that easily transcends all our worldly knowledge.”

Sri Chinmoy, Lifting Up The World With a Oneness-Heart, Agni Press, 1988

When the soul guides us,
We are safe,
For the soul receives guidance
Directly from God.

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

Meditation has the capacity
To transform ignorance-night
Into wisdom-light.

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

Circumstances
Cannot change man’s life.
His attitude
Can and does.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 168, Agni Press, 1992

We need only two things:
Our love of God
And God’s Love for us.

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

My greatness does not last;
My goodness does.
My goodness is God’s Joy,
God’s Pride and plus.

Sri Chinmoy, My God-Hunger-Cry, Agni Press, 2009

To see and love
The Eye of golden Truth,
The seeker needs
A heart of fountain-ruth.

Sri Chinmoy, My God-Hunger-Cry, Agni Press, 2009

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 not only have to forgive others, but we also have to forgive ourselves. If we do not forgive ourselves all the time, we shall be displeased with ourselves. We have to forgive ourselves with the proper understanding that we shall not make the same mistake again; we shall go forward.”

Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy answers, part 17, Agni Press, 1999

Independent
Nobody is —
We just fool ourselves.

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

Be kind, be all sympathy,
For each and every human being
Is forced to fight against himself.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 129, Agni Press, 1990

The land of freedom
Is not around us,
Not before us,
But deep within us.

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

“Anger comes precisely because we are lacking in oneness. If we have the feeling of oneness with the world, then anger does not come. The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.”

Sri Chinmoy, The illumination of life-clouds, part 2, Agni Press, 1974

I must see the world
Through my heart-eye
So that I can always remain happy.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36, Agni Press, 2004

Do you want to change the world?
Then change yourself first.
Do you want to change yourself?
If so, remain completely silent
Inside the silence-sea.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 40, Agni Press, 1982

Let our speciality
Be uniting,
Not separating.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 16, Agni Press, 1999

We should be grateful
For what we have
And for what we have not.
Everything might change
For the worse.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 27, Agni Press, 2002

Be wise —
Try to see only
The beauty and fragrance
Of this earth-planet.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 50, Agni Press, 2009

If your life does not give joy
To others,
Then how can you expect
Your heart to give any joy
To you?

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 66, Agni Press, 1983

Happiness comes
From renunciation,
And not from possession.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 27, Agni Press, 2002

A single thought
Has the power of a bullet:
Either it can destroy you
Or it can help you
Immensely.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 16, Agni Press, 1999

Just change your thought-pattern!
Lo, the entire world loves you,
Needs you and claims you
As its very own.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 16, Agni Press, 1999

Imagine the whole world could recognise that it is God’s creation.

Sri Chinmoy, Imagine, Jharna-Kala Card Co., 1999

Do not waste
Your precious time.
Every day
Try to make it a point
To make real sense
Out of your life.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 163, Agni Press, 1991

When I am the voice of my heart,
Wisdom immediately comes
To shake hands with me.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 14, Agni Press, 1999

“When we are meditating, we always try to go beyond the mind. When we want to expand our consciousness, our physical reality, we have to enter into the soul.”

Sri Chinmoy, The summits of God-Life: Samadhi and Siddhi, Agni Press, 1974

“Heaven and God are not high above us, somewhere far away; they are deep within us, inside our hearts. Heaven is not a distant country where there are trees and houses and other objects; it is a plane of consciousness within us.”

Sri Chinmoy, The summits of God-Life: Samadhi and Siddhi, Agni Press, 1974

The secret of satisfaction
Is in knowing
Not what you think of yourself,
But what God feels about you.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 37, Agni Press, 1982