Author: tejvan

“Life and hope are inseparable. Life is the body, and hope is the intuitive divinity in us, the divinity that wants to transcend the reality which we presently are. Hope is man’s seeking, hope is man’s inner urge, hope is man’s upward flight into the Beyond.”

Sri Chinmoy, Fifty Freedom-Boats to one Golden Shore, part 2, Agni Press, 1974

“Divine surrender is the surrender that we make to our own highest part. Each individual has two realities: the higher reality and the lower reality. The lower reality is still unlit, obscure, impure; whereas the higher reality is all divine, all perfection. So we consciously try to bring our lower reality into the higher one for its illumination. This surrender is not made to somebody else, to a third person. No, this surrender is made to one’s own highest self.”

Sri Chinmoy, Inner peace and world peace, Agni Press, 1992

“If I cannot find peace within myself,
How can I offer even an iota of peace
 To humanity?”

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 33, Agni Press, 2003

Peace means joy;
Joy means peace.
Peace and joy can never
Be separated.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 16, Agni Press, 1999

“A new year is a new life. A new life is a new second. A new second is a new opportunity. A new opportunity is a new blessing from the Infinite Supreme.”

Sri Chinmoy, Arise! Awake! Thoughts of a yogi, Frederick Fell, Inc., 1972

Hope abides; therefore I abide.
Countless frustrations have not cowed me.
I am still alive, vibrant with life.
The black cloud will disappear,
The morning sun will appear once again
In all its supernal glory.

Sri Chinmoy, Supreme, teach me how to surrender, 1975

“How can I be a better human being if I do not think of the Source? Who makes me good? Who makes me better? Who makes me best? Somebody who is infinitely better than I am, and that is God.”

Sri Chinmoy, Realisation-Soul and Manifestation-Goal, Agni Press, 1974

Do not be proud.
Do not be ashamed.
Go forward with humility
And courage.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 27, Agni Press, 2002

Life needs courage,
Courage invincible.
Heart needs oneness,
Oneness universal.

Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 23, Agni Press, 2004

Your mind knows only
How to compile complaints.
Your heart knows only
How to sing oneness-song.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 101, Agni Press, 1985

“When you have to defend yourself or protect yourself, try to use a higher weapon. If people say something and you retaliate on the same level, there will be no end to it.”

Sri Chinmoy, Flame-Waves, part 1, Agni Press, 1975

Your mind knows only
How to compile complaints.
Your heart knows only
How to sing oneness-song.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 101, Agni Press, 1985

In your outer life
If you long for peace,
Then in your inner life
You must become energy-action.

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

We must all try
To accumulate
God-serving capacities.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 12, Agni Press, 1999