Your mind has a flood of questions.
There is but one teacher
Who can answer them
Who is that teacher?
Your silence-loving heart.
– Sri Chinmoy
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Your teachers
Let the sky
Become
Your teacher.
You will learn
How to serve.
Let the moon
Become
Your teacher.
You will learn
How to love.
Let the sun
Become
Your teacher.
You will learn
How to become.
– Sri Chinmoy
~
My Five Teachers
My poetry teacher taught me
How to cry.
My philosophy teacher taught me
How to dream.
My religion teacher taught me
How to bind life.
My yoga teacher taught me
How to find Love.
My liberation teacher taught me
How to create Peace.
– Sri Chinmoy
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O teacher of Hope,
I know your name.
Your name is Faith.
O teacher of Faith,
I know your name.
Your name is God’s Grace.
O teacher of God’s Grace,
You have a special name.
Your name is God’s Silence-Reality
Manifested on earth
For humanity’s salvation-light
– Sri Chinmoy
Sources:
- The Golden Boat
- The Wings of Joy
- Transcendence Perfection