Category: Poem

Mine is the wisdom-light
That tells me to ask
Not for a lighter burden,
But for a stronger heart.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

Without the Grace-Power,
Everything is out of reach.
With the Grace-Power,
Everything is within easy reach.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

A heart flooded with poise
Can alone take me
Beyond the horizons
Of my sleepless sorrow.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

The human life is nothing
But
A prison of misunderstandings.
How can we escape?
We can escape
Through the self-giving windows.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

There is a way
That has no negativities.
And that way is
Purity’s selfless way.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

Happiness is my name,
For the desire to appear right
Has been replaced
By the desire to be right.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

God’s Forgiveness finds me
No matter where I am.
God’s Compassion takes me
Where I ought to go.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

A soulful heart
Has discovered a supreme truth:
To meditate on God
Is a privilege
And not a duty.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

I am saved at last,
For truth has unquestionably
Charmed me,
My entire being.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

The day I saved my oneness-light
From meanness-night,
I needed no more safety
From any human being.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

Accept the truth
Soulfully.
The higher worlds
Will inundate you
Immediately.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

Lose, lose the map
Of your mind.
The road of your heart
Will immediately appear
Before your vision-eye.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

There was a time
When I loved you,
O my thought-world.
But now I love
The beauty of a silence-mind
And
The purity of a gratitude-heart.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

One positive seed-thought
Has saved me,
My entire life:
My Lord Supreme
Will always love me
No matter what I do
Or what I say
Or even what I become.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

Cheerfulness we badly need
When we embark on
Life’s inner journey.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 32, Agni Press, 2003

My Lord, what can I do
To thank You?
“My child, to thank Me
Just smile and smile.”

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 32, Agni Press, 2003

Be an artist of the soul.
Then every day
You will be able to paint
A positive picture
Of your desire-freed life.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

If you pray soulfully,
You will not be able
To expect the worst.
You can and you will
Only hope for the best.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

If you give from your heart,
Then your offering will be
Not only unimaginable
But also indisputable.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

Do not foresee
A frightening future.
Believe only
In an ever-enlightening present.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

Our oldest friend,
Love,
Tells us and shows us
That it can be our eternal friend.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

Do not forget
That God does not cherish
Your inferiority feelings,
Just as He does not cherish
The superiority feelings of others.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

Just be yourself.
Lo, God is running
Towards you.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 23, Agni Press, 2002

You have lost nothing in losing your outer capacities and achievements. Simplicity lost, something is lost. Sincerity lost, much is lost. Purity lost, more is lost. Humility lost, your entire inner world is lost.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970

A spiritual life means:
It is now
Or never.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

Intelligence does not know
When and how it becomes
Belligerence at times.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9, Agni Press, 1998

Today’s impossible achievements
Tomorrow may appear
As inevitability.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9, Agni Press, 1998

O my mind,
You yourself are empty of peace.
How do you dare to bring about
World-peace?

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9, Agni Press, 1998

Purity awakens the real in me:
Oneness.
Humility strengthens the real in me:
Perfection.
Gratitude enlightens the real in me:
Satisfaction.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 10, Agni Press, 1981

One of the main faults
Of a fool
Is that he never changes
His mind.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 22, Agni Press, 2001