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A selection of short poems by Sri Chinmoy.
May each moment
Of my life
Be the sweetness-fragrance
Of my heart-rose.
There is only one way
To be successful in life:
Always look
On the bright, brighter, brightest
Side of life.
Love is not a thing to understand.
Love is not a thing to feel.
Love is not a thing to give and receive.
Love is a thing only to become
And eternally be.
– Sri Chinmoy [3]
If you have inner peace,
nobody can force you to be
a slave to the outer reality.
As long as your heart remains
An ever-mounting aspiration flame,
It makes no difference
What your weaknesses are.
– Sri Chinmoy [5]
I did not come into the world
To prove anything.
I came into the world
To love everyone
And everything.
I must silence my mind
At every moment
To feel the blessingful Presence
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
Only by our positive thinking,
By our bringing the positive qualities
Of others to the fore,
Will this world be able
To make progress.
Hope
Knows no fear.
Hope dares to blossom
Even inside the abysmal abyss.
Hope secretly feeds
And strengthens
Promise.
– Sri Chinmoy [9]
In the outer life
Simplicity is beautiful.
In the inner life
Simplicity is invincible.
Try not to change the world.
You will fail.
Try to love the world.
Lo, the world is changed.
Changed forever.
Your heart must become
A sea of love.
Your mind must become
A river of detachment.
Do not allow any thought
To disturb your inner poise.
Related Short Poems
- Selected Poems from Ten Thousand Flower Flames
Footnotes
[1] Sri Chinmoy, 1970, Meditations: Food For The Soul, Agni Press
[3] Sri Chinmoy, When God-Love Descends, Agni Press, 1975.
[4] Sri Chinmoy, Peace, Agni Press, 1995.
[5] Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 17, Agni Press, 1981.
[6] Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, Part 33, Agni Press, 2005.
[7] Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 39, Agni Press, 2004.
[8] Sri Chinmoy,Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 15, Agni Press, 1999.
[9] Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year Vacation-Aspiration Prayers (Part 26)
[10]Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 133, Agni Press, 1990.
[12] Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: Food For The Soul, Agni Press, 1970.
[14] Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 78, Agni Press, 1983.
[16] Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 33, Agni Press, 2003.