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Giving and becoming

by Sri Chinmoy
First published by Agni Press in 1974. Published on srichinmoylibrary.com with the permission of Sri Chinmoy. This is the 205th book written by Sri Chinmoy after he came to the West in 1964.

Table of Contents

  • 1. What I shall tell
  • 2. A human being's story
  • 3. What he now needs
  • 4, Giving and becoming
  • 5. What I have discovered
  • 6. I was, I am, I shall be
  • 7. What I knew and what I know
  • 8. My Lord Supreme spoke to me
  • 9. An invitation from God
  • 10. Truth's failings
  • 11. When I think
  • 12 Duty, beauty, necessity
  • 13. My outer and inner home
  • 14. What I love and treasure
  • 15 Delight-seed, delight-plant, delight-tree
  • 16. Surprise
  • 17. Invitations and good-byes
  • 18. To starve or feed
  • 19. Time
  • 20. They have listened to God
  • 21. Try to believe
  • 22. My dog and my Master
  • 23. The birth of your self-indulgence
  • 24 Thank you, my daughter
  • 25 Yesterday, today, tomorrow
  • 26. A doubter's prayer
  • 27. A seeker's prayer
  • 28. What they feel
  • 29. God-necessity
  • 30. His outer and inner life
  • 31. God will forgive
  • 32. Humanity's destiny
  • 33 Who were you?
  • 34. Why they loved you
  • 35. Two fools
  • 36. Succeed and proceed
  • 37. My substance and essence
  • 38. Hastening to the God-Beginning
  • 39. Becoming young
  • 40. They die, they live
  • 41. World plans
  • 42. My ways
  • 43. Burials
  • 44. Your mind
  • 45. Who is the cause?
  • 46. By serving and perfecting
  • 47. He is
  • 48. I love and serve
  • 49. Promise and hope
  • 50. Everest-height
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