Although I am far, very far from my Goal,
When I think of my Goal
Or imagine my Goal,
I get boundless joy.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 33, Agni Press, 2003
Although I am far, very far from my Goal,
When I think of my Goal
Or imagine my Goal,
I get boundless joy.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 33, Agni Press, 2003
“No matter what happens,
I shall always remain
Inside my heart-nest.”
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 33, Agni Press, 2003
“God has infinite children, but the name of His fondest child is Peace.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Without willingness and eagerness,
Spiritual progress
Can never be made.”
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 33, Agni Press, 2003
“If you are sincerely aspiring, you will never expect anything from God, even in your imagination. Your sincere aspiration will tell you that God loves you infinitely more than you can understand, and that God, out of His infinite Love and Compassion, has already provided you with everything.”
Sri Chinmoy, Inner peace and world peace, Agni Press, 1992
“True freedom is not an isolated or independent thing. True freedom is oneness with the Infinite. It cannot operate in isolation, as a separate thing. God is both universal and individual, both unity and multiplicity. Just because we do not feel oneness with others, we do not have true freedom.”
Sri Chinmoy, Inner peace and world peace, Agni Press, 1992
Love is never alone.
Divinity’s blessings
And humanity’s gratitude
Always stay with love.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 151, Agni Press, 1991
Nothing else is perfect
And
Nothing else can ever be perfect
Except the soulful cry
Of our fruitful gratitude-heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
While walking along
The avenue of my aspiration-heart,
What do I do?
I harvest my heart’s sunlight.
How?
Slowly, steadily and selflessly.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
My physical death
Is not the end of my life —
I am an eternal journey.
Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 52, Agni Press, 2007
No matter who houses a bad thought —
A desire-man or an aspiration-man —
A bad thought is a dire challenge
To humanity’s progress-life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 24, Agni Press, 1984
Self-transcendence
Is the inner wealth
That pleases the Inner Pilot
More than anything else.
Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 52, Agni Press, 2007
God tells me that
My happy heart
Increases the beauty
Of His universal Heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 8, Agni Press, 1998
“Those who want to explore the heart
Will have no time
To indulge in the thought-world.”
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 2, Agni Press, 1998
When we extend our arms
To humanity,
God immediately strengthens
Our hearts.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 32, Agni Press, 2003
We must totally forget
Our self-importance
Way of life.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 12, Agni Press, 1999
When hostile forces attack you,
Have nothing to do with them.
Create a world of indifference
Within and around you.
Their own pride will compel them
To leave you.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 12, Agni Press, 1983
“In the spiritual life, compassion is nothing other than oneness itself. Compassion does not mean a sense of pity. Compassion is the expansion of what one eternally is.”
Sri Chinmoy, Inspiration-garden and aspiration-leaves, Agni Press, 1977
Self-awareness and self-giving
Are two supreme gifts.
These two gifts
Are always their own God-winning rewards.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 12, Agni Press, 1983
If you do not turn from your ignorance-life,
Then who will do it for you?
If you do not want to enjoy
Nectar-delight in boundless measure,
Then who will do it for you?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 12, Agni Press, 1983
Your oneness-heart
Does not have to say anything,
For it at once embodies
Both earth’s ascending aspiration-hope
And Heaven’s descending
Compassion-promise.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 12, Agni Press, 1983
Love the divine in yourself
Infinitely more
Than you have been doing,
So you will not have to imitate
The human in others.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 12, Agni Press, 1983
God does not want to know from you
What you want.
He just wants to know from you
What you want to become
And what kind of help
You need from Him.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 12, Agni Press, 1983
When you walk
With your fellow travellers
Along Eternity’s Road,
Like a magnet
You should try to draw
Inspiration and aspiration from them.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 18, Agni Press, 1983
Cry and cry sleeplessly
If you want to change the world.
Love and love constantly
If you want to change yourself.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 18, Agni Press, 1983
Just think of
Your life’s transformation.
God will then definitely love you
Infinitely more.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 18, Agni Press, 1983
Keep swinging on
Your heart’s gratitude-gate.
God will before long
Transform your earth-bound fate
Into a Heaven-free smile.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 18, Agni Press, 1983
Through his selfless service-offering
He at once
Smashed his outer pride
And expedited his inner illumination.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 18, Agni Press, 1983
Do not cry.
I love you.
Do not cry.
The world needs you.
Do not cry.
God is still dreaming
Inside you and for you.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 18, Agni Press, 1983
Your humility
Can and shall minimise
Many of your problems.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999