Jesus was great.
Greater was His mercy.
Greatest was His sacrifice.
– Sri Chinmoy
Daily Poem
Dec 23
Tolerance
Is a secret and sacred way
To enrich our human life.
– Sri Chinmoy
Dec 22
A vice does not remain a vice
When I am absolutely determined
To transform it into a virtue.
– Sri Chinmoy
Dec 21
What you need is
Determination-fire.
Uneasiness, unwillingness and unreadiness
Will all surrender
To the beauty and fragrance
Of determination.
Dec 20
What do we gain
By interfering?
We gain nothing.
We just become a victim
Of our own stupidity.
By interfering?
We gain nothing.
We just become a victim
Of our own stupidity.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 19
O humanity,
I do not want to be
Even one step above you.
I want to be
On the same footing,
Not only to make you happy
But also to make myself really happy.
I do not want to be
Even one step above you.
I want to be
On the same footing,
Not only to make you happy
But also to make myself really happy.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 18
Be wise!
You must overcome
All your difficulties,
Not try to escape from them,
For there is no such thing
As escape.
You must overcome
All your difficulties,
Not try to escape from them,
For there is no such thing
As escape.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 17
The outer world thinks
My little heart is useless.
But the inner world knows
My little heart is both
Priceless and measureless.
My little heart is useless.
But the inner world knows
My little heart is both
Priceless and measureless.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 201, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 16
Do not complain;
Do not complain.
Just train your mind
To look at the world
With a compassion-eye.
Do not complain.
Just train your mind
To look at the world
With a compassion-eye.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 201, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 15
Do not cherish only one dream.
Move from one dream to another.
Who knows which dream
Is going to be transformed
Into reality?
Move from one dream to another.
Who knows which dream
Is going to be transformed
Into reality?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 14
What can God’s Grace
Do for us?
It can do in a minute
What would take a lifetime
Otherwise.
Do for us?
It can do in a minute
What would take a lifetime
Otherwise.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 13
Although I stumble,
I shall not fail.
Even though I fail,
I shall not give up,
Never!
I shall not fail.
Even though I fail,
I shall not give up,
Never!
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 12
A life of faith is worth trying.
A life of love is worth living.
A life of God is worth becoming.
A life of love is worth living.
A life of God is worth becoming.
Sri Chinmoy, A soulful cry versus a fruitful smile, Agni Press, 1977
Dec 11
Life is worth living,
For in life abides
God’s Golden Dream.
For in life abides
God’s Golden Dream.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 222, Agni Press, 1995
Dec 10
May my heart’s hope-sun
Never set.
Never set.
Dec 8
I am fully prepared
To be a total failure
As a human being
To please my Lord Supreme
In His own Way.
To be a total failure
As a human being
To please my Lord Supreme
In His own Way.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 209, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 7
O let my heart sow!
Let others’ lives reap!
Let others’ lives reap!
Sri Chinmoy, The caged bird and the uncaged bird, Agni Press, 1998
Dec 6
Not to see good in others
Is not only a serious
But also a dangerous
Defect.
Is not only a serious
But also a dangerous
Defect.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 209, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 5
One life for each to give —
Therefore,
Each can smilingly choose
To give his own life to God.
Therefore,
Each can smilingly choose
To give his own life to God.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 205, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 4
Take all activities
Not as obligations,
But as opportunities
To arrive at the destined shore.
Not as obligations,
But as opportunities
To arrive at the destined shore.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 205, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 3
Do not think
Of your undivine qualities
All the time.
Indeed, that is the worst
Torment of all.
Of your undivine qualities
All the time.
Indeed, that is the worst
Torment of all.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 222, Agni Press, 1995
2 Dec
Hope is sweet.
Hope is illumining.
Hope is fulfilling.
Hope can be everlasting.
Therefore, do not give up hope
Even in the sunset of your life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 112, Agni Press, 1987
1 Dec
To create a supreme atmosphere
On earth,
Each human being
Must grow into a soulful prayer
And fruitful meditation.
– Sri Chinmoy
27 Nov
The waves of hatred-night
can easily be dissolved
in the sea of oneness-love.
– Sri Chinmoy
26 Nov
Try not to change the world.
You will fail.
Try to love the world.
Lo, the world is changed.
Changed forever.
You will fail.
Try to love the world.
Lo, the world is changed.
Changed forever.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970
25 Nov
Love is something
That never cared to learn
How to judge anybody.
That never cared to learn
How to judge anybody.
Sri Chinmoy
23 Nov
“My mind’s simple thoughts
God loves.
My heart’s simple feelings
God loves.
My life’s simple faith
God loves.”
God loves.
My heart’s simple feelings
God loves.
My life’s simple faith
God loves.”
Sri Chinmoy
31 Oct
“No matter what happens today,
I am determined
To meet the heart of tomorrow
Cheerfully and smilingly.”
I am determined
To meet the heart of tomorrow
Cheerfully and smilingly.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 223, Agni Press, 1995
30 Oct
“We were not born
For human death,
But for divine Immortality.”
For human death,
But for divine Immortality.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 223, Agni Press, 1995
29 Oct
“True spiritual life
Will never need
Any outer understanding.”
Will never need
Any outer understanding.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 223, Agni Press, 1995