The waves of hatred-night
can easily be dissolved
in the sea of oneness-love.
– Sri Chinmoy
Daily Poem
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
28 Oct
“Keep your mouth
Always shut
And keep your ears
Always open
If you want to be wise.”
Always shut
And keep your ears
Always open
If you want to be wise.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 2, Agni Press, 1983
27 Oct
“No matter how successful you are,
Your seeker-heart will tell you
That to live on earth forever
Fulfilling and fulfilling your desires
Would be the worst possible curse.”
Your seeker-heart will tell you
That to live on earth forever
Fulfilling and fulfilling your desires
Would be the worst possible curse.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 95, Agni Press, 1984
26 Oct
“O great student of the brain,
No matter what you proudly gain,
You will be nowhere near
Satisfaction-light.”
No matter what you proudly gain,
You will be nowhere near
Satisfaction-light.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 95, Agni Press, 1984
25 Oct
“A cheerful mind
Has always been a perfect guide
To a healthy body.”
Has always been a perfect guide
To a healthy body.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 95, Agni Press, 1984
24 Oct
“Love is courage. Courage is self-giving. Self-giving is God-building and, in God-building, God-manifestation takes place. God’s total manifestation is today a dream. Tomorrow the dream will be transformed into hope, and the day after tomorrow this hope will be transformed into an inner assurance.”
Sri Chinmoy, The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 1, Agni Press, 2003
23 Oct
“To be loved is a good thing. To love others is a better thing. But to love God and man in God’s own Way is by far the best thing. When we are loved, our life becomes meaningful. When we love, our life becomes soulful. When we love God and man in God’s own Way, our life becomes fruitful.”
Sri Chinmoy, The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 1, Agni Press, 2003
22 Oct
“Wasting time
Is the connecting link
Between temptation and frustration.”
Is the connecting link
Between temptation and frustration.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 95, Agni Press, 1984
21 Oct
“Alas, when shall we learn
That each undivine action
Ends in endless anxieties?”
That each undivine action
Ends in endless anxieties?”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 223, Agni Press, 1995
20 Oct
“O my heart,
Every day I want to bathe
In the infinite joy of forgiveness.”
Every day I want to bathe
In the infinite joy of forgiveness.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 237, Agni Press, 1997
19 Oct
“The foolish mind
Looks at what is lost.
The wise heart
Looks at what is left.”
Looks at what is lost.
The wise heart
Looks at what is left.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 237, Agni Press, 1997
18 Oct
“My Lord, what I am
Is Your Compassion,
And what I have
Is Your Forgiveness.”
Is Your Compassion,
And what I have
Is Your Forgiveness.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 237, Agni Press, 1997
17 Oct
“If we take pride
In the noise of our popular acclaim,
Then down we fall
Into the abyss of self-disgrace.”
In the noise of our popular acclaim,
Then down we fall
Into the abyss of self-disgrace.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 237, Agni Press, 1997
15 Oct
“God is omnipresent.
He is always inside you,
But He is watching to see
Whether you want Him
Or ignorance.”
He is always inside you,
But He is watching to see
Whether you want Him
Or ignorance.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 235, Agni Press, 1996
14 Oct
“All my life I have been longing
Only for one thing:
A compassion-flooded heart
That sees no wrong in others.”
Only for one thing:
A compassion-flooded heart
That sees no wrong in others.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 190, Agni Press, 1993
13 Oct
Everyone loves to blame somebody else.
But who is that somebody else
If not a portion of
The unrealised universal Self?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984
12 Oct
“Realisation dawns
When the illusion
Of self-importance
Is totally gone.”
When the illusion
Of self-importance
Is totally gone.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 25, Agni Press, 1984
11 Oct
“Hello hope,
Hello promise,
Hello!
Good-bye doubt,
Good-bye hesitation,
Good-bye!”
Hello promise,
Hello!
Good-bye doubt,
Good-bye hesitation,
Good-bye!”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 129, Agni Press, 1990
10 Oct
“Be kind, be all sympathy,
For each and every human being
Is forced to fight against himself.”
For each and every human being
Is forced to fight against himself.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 129, Agni Press, 1990
09 Oct
“Who is a genuine seeker?
A genuine seeker is he
Who carries wherever he goes
God’s Love in his smile.”
A genuine seeker is he
Who carries wherever he goes
God’s Love in his smile.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 191, Agni Press, 1993
08 Oct
“I came into the world
Not to escape the miseries of life,
But to challenge and conquer
The ruthless torture of misery.”
Not to escape the miseries of life,
But to challenge and conquer
The ruthless torture of misery.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 191, Agni Press, 1993
07 Oct
“What is spirituality,
If not constant self-vigilance
And self-discipline?”
If not constant self-vigilance
And self-discipline?”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 191, Agni Press, 1993
06 Oct
“Silence is always the best teacher.
It can take us safely
Deep into every heart.”
It can take us safely
Deep into every heart.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 239, Agni Press, 1997
05 Oct
“No self-giving here on earth
Will remain unrecognised,
Unapplauded
And unfulfilled.”
Will remain unrecognised,
Unapplauded
And unfulfilled.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 144, Agni Press, 1991