A fourteen hour peace concert: Immensity-peace-sea-experiences. Sublimity-peace-sky-realisations

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150 musical instruments from the four corners of the globe

The Peace concert was held at Public School 117 in Briarwood, New York, on Saturday, 25 November 1995.

It started at 9:05 in the morning and continued until 11:20 at night. There were six sessions with a brief intermission between each one.

Session one

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The King of Heart-Smiles

Blessingfully taught

Everybody’s heart to smile.

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1. Dove Ocarina

Switzerland

2

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One hundred and fifty

Running, climbing and diving

Music-blooming, music-blossoming

And music-immortalising instruments. ```

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2. Esraj

Bengal

3

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Lord Supreme blissfully came

And powerfully restored

Everybody’s aspiration-heart-beauty.

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3. Soprano Recorder

Germany

4

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This is the era of peace-freedom-lovers

And not of world-renunciation cave-dwellers. ```

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4. Mini Koto

Japan

5

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This moment we became

The fragrance of our hearts.

Next moment we became

The beauty of our eyes. ```

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5. Tote-a-Tune

Austria Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

6

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All our mind-questions were stilled

Inside the poise of our hearts. ```

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6. Balalaika

Russia

7

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The born questioners became

Perfect peace-dreamers and peace-lovers. ```

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7. Bul-Bul-Tarang

India

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The mind-doubt-edifice

Was utterly dismantled. ```

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8. Tranverse Flute

Ireland

9

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The mind had no more

Disobedience-stories.

It became all obedience-song.

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9. Tenor Rauschpfeife

Renaissance Germany

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The fourteen hours

Became the radiance

Of fourteen golden years.

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10. Viola

Italy Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

11

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Self-glorification-desire became

God-Satisfaction-aspiration. ```

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11. Yamaha SHS 10 Keyboard

Japan Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

12

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God whispered beautiful Hope-Flowers

And powerful Promise-Fruits. ```

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12. Double Bamboo Flute

New Zealand

13

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From now on, we shall be

Full-time God-lovers

And not remain

Part-time God-lovers

Anymore.

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13. Frame Harp

Japan

14

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Our heart’s gratitude-tears

Brought God

Near, nearer and nearest.

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14. Gusli

Russia

15

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God and God’s Hour were both eager

To successfully knock at our heart’s door. ```

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15. Bell-Tree

U.S.A.

16

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The dictatorial mind

Unconditionally surrendered

To the jovial heart.

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16. Ceramic Flute

Mexico

17

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This time God cradled

Our souls and hearts

Together.

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17. Soprano Bowed Psaltery

Europe (Middle Ages)

18

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Our peace-starved hearts

Feasted on

God’s Compassion-Rainbow.

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18. Bouzouki

Greece

19

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God Himself taught us

How to cry breathlessly

For Him.

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19. Anklung

Indonesia

20

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The undivine, hostile forces

Of the mind

Were threatened and shattered

By our purity-flooded hearts. ```

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20. Kora (Harp-Lute)

West Africa

21

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Lip-gratitude we were.

Now

Soul-gratitude we are.

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21. Tuned Glass Rods

Germany

22

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We not only remembered the joy

Of our past aspiration-heart,

But also, surprisingly, excelled it.

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22. Harpsichord

Europe (Made in U.S.A.)

23

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Triumphs of the soul

Were heralded

From the start to the finish.

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23. Bass Drum

U.S.A.

24

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Each seeker-heart

Became the fountain-beauty-smile

Of delight.

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24. Chimes

Germany

25

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The heart-sea-swimmers

Were playing with

The fulness-happiness-waves

Of the soul. ```

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25. Tote-a-Tune

U.S.A. Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

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These four singer-musicians

Were my indispensable helpers.

Chinmoy Kumar Ghose

Sri Chinmoy

Session two

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26

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The heart’s gratitude-tears

Immensely increased

The life’s devotion-intensity.

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26. Dombra Kazakstan

Kazakstan

27

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Our aspiration-hearts became

A true expression

Of happiness-panorama.

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27. Duck Ocarina

Europe

28

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The battle against our mind’s

Unwillingness-barrage

Forever ended.

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28. Yamaha PSS-6 Keyboard

Japan Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

29

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Our hearts devoured

The Silence-Bliss

Of God-Beauty.

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29. Concertina

England-Germany

30

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Our meditation stretched

Our life’s dedication-arms

Far and wide.

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30. Baby Recorder

Germany

31

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Unreservedly we enjoyed

The fulness-fragrance

Of our soul-delight.

Indeed, a galaxy

Of silence-blossom-hearts!

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31. Clarinet (Transparent)

Europe

32

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God Himself fed the breath

Of our aspiration-heart. ```

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32. Sweetheart Recorder

U.S.A.

33

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The mind’s long-cherished

Torrential despair

Completely stopped.

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33. Slit Drum

Africa and the Americas (Made in U.S.A.)

34

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We felt and we became

The ever-spreading

God-oneness-fragrance.

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34. Kortholt

Europe

35

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An unconditional God-obedience-dream

Finally blossomed

Into reality.

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35. Golden Bamboo Side Flute

India

36

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The confusion-mind

Said to the illumination-soul,

“Illumine me!

I shall be all yours.” ```

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36. Wooden Tote-a-Tune in B’

U.S.A. Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

37

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The invisible Beyond

Became the visible God-Smile. ```

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37. Charango

South America

38

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The backward-jumping mind

Became the forward-racing heart. ```

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38. Kalimba (Thumb Piano)

Africa

39

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Smilingly

The ambrosia-sea

Beckoned us.

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39. Hohner Electric Harmonium

Germany Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

40

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While on earth,

Paradise

We unquestionably experienced.

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40. Rosewood Marimba

U.S.A.

41

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God-Ecstasy-Reality

Captured our entire being. ```

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41. Viola da Gamba

Italy Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

42

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We entered the deathless birth

Of universal Oneness-Reality. ```

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42. Steel Drum

Trinidad and Tobago (Made in Switzerland)

43

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The God-seeker in us

And the man-inspirer in us

Together sang and danced.

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43. Horn Bamboo Flute

New Zealand

44

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The good-for-nothing mind

Was completely transformed

Into a good-for-everything

God-Satisfaction. ```

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44. Dholak

India

45

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Life was no longer

An idle experiment.

Life became

The most precious self-discovery. ```

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45. Glass Flute

Europe

46

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The mountain-height-dreams

Of ours

Became fountain-ambrosia-realities.

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46. Wooden Double Ocarina

U.S.A.

47

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This moment we were

The pagoda of God-Hope.

Next moment we became

The shrine of God-Promise. ```

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47. Bandura

Ukraine

48

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I am no longer a citizen

Of a God-failing universe,

But a citizen of

A God-fulfilling universe. ```

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48. Modified Strum Stick

U.S.A.

49

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The simplicity of spirituality

Manifested as

The sublimity of Divinity.

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49. Tuned Cow Bells

Latin America

50

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Soulfully we smiled and smiled

Because of the success-surprise

Of our heart.

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50. Footpedal Harmonium (Collapsible)

U.S.A.

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Tanima’s Singing Group

Session three

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51

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Proudly God danced and danced

Because of the progress-astonishment

Of our life.

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51. Western Flute in G’

Europe

52

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Our climbing hearts

Discovered a direct route

To God’s Pride-flooded Heart.

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52. Xylophone

U.S.A.

53

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No, not even an iota of fog!

It was all sunshine —

Bright, brighter, brightest.

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53. Pchu-Ch’in

China

54

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Each instrument brought us

Nearer and nearer

To the Golden Shore.

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54. Synthesizer using sounds

of traditional Japanese instruments Japan

55

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Each instrument became

A prayer-dawn

And a meditation-eve.

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55. Soprano Recorder

Europe

56

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God-Guest came,

And we all welcomed Him

Inside our heart-home.

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56. Sopranino Renaissance Recorder

Germany

57

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Our life’s oneness

With the music of the heart

Clearly and distinctly proved to be

The shortest path to peace. ```

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57. Children’s Duck Ocarina

Japan

58

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Each song quickened

Our aspiration-pace. ```

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58. Bamboo Side Flute

India

59

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Our cheerful God-surrender

Became the sweetness

Of universal melody.

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59. Piccolo

Europe

60

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The perfect lustre of a purity-heart

Was clearly visible

From the start to the finish

Of the music-adventure. ```

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60. Soprano Saxophone

U.S.A.

61

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God declared our happiness

To be the best friend

Of humanity’s future.

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61. Appalachian Dulcimer

U.S.A.

62

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Ours was a non-stop conversation

With God’s Satisfaction-Delight. ```

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62. Djembe

Africa

63

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From today on,

Each member of the audience

Will no longer suffer

From an inner bankruptcy. ```

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63. Ukulele

Hawaii

64

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The ecstasy-inundated tears

Of our inner child

Bathed us thoroughly.

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64. Rabab

Afghanistan

65

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A sudden yet permanent entrance

Into the happiness-highway,

Indeed!

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65. Casio CT363 Keyboard

Japan Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

66

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Each breath became

A prayer-flower

Of sweetness-beauty.

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66. Yamaha YPR 30 Keyboard

Japan

67

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The music of the heart

For which a seeker’s life hungers

Was sumptuously fed.

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67. Realistic 670 Keyboard

U.S.A.

68

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God gave us —

Our eagerness and cheerfulness —

Not only His Blessing,

But also His Pride. ```

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68. Double Flageolet

England (Early 19th Century)

69

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God’s Peace-Shore

Appeared before our heart-boat

As soon as the boat started sailing.

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69. Gourd Kalimba

Africa

70

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The mind promised itself

That from now on

It would never keep peace

At a sceptical distance. ```

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70. Cymbals

Tibet

71

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God blessed our heart’s progress report

With His Heart s transcendental

Satisfaction-Crown.

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71. Rebaba

Jordan

72

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Finally

The mind subscribed cheerfully

And unconditionally

To the heart’s monumental faith. ```

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72. Accordion

Austria

73

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Everything came up

To God’s desired Standard. ```

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73. Clavichord

Europe

74

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The unwillingness-mind

Lost all its strength,

Only to become

The ocean-power of willingness. ```

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74. Bass Bowed Psaltery

Switzerland Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

75

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The instruments triumphantly became

Full of surprises and marvels. ```

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75. Adapted Penny Whistle

Ireland

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Kanan’s Singing Group

Session four

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76

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Previously I was always eager

To tell God everything

About myself.

This time, to my extreme joy,

God Himself was all eagerness

To tell me everything

About Himself. ```

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76. Triple Bamboo Gourd Flute

New Zealand

77

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A journey of the heart,

Par excellence! ```

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77. Double-chambered Teak Ocarina

U.S.A.

78

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Quite unusual!

Even my mind loved the music

From the beginning to the end.

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78. Ceramic Ocarina

Japan

79

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Each musical instrument

Was a new discovery

For my eagerness-heart.

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79. “Goose” Ocarina

Canada

80

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Even my vital forgot to play

Its restlessness-role!

It listened to the music

Without interruption. ```

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80. Portable Harmonium

India Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

81

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My heart revealed

Its extraordinary inner speed. ```

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81. “Pipe Dream ” Pentatonic Xylophone

Europe

82

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My mind revealed

Its extraordinary outer agility. ```

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82. Arpeggio Xylophone

Europe

83

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The cosmic gods and goddesses

Came to pay a blessingful visit

To our peace-shrine-stage.

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83. Hammer Dulcimer

Persia (Made in U.S.A.)

84

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Eternity’s Peace and Infinity’s Bliss

Alternately blessed

The audience.

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84. Bamboo Straight Flute

India

85

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Alas, the whole experience-reality

Was the exclusive privilege

Of a few hundred!

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85. Hohner Soprano Recorder

Germany

86

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Each instrument

Extended farther and farther

Into the cosmic Beyond.

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86. Moeck Sopranino Recorder

Germany

87

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My familiar instruments

And unfamiliar instruments

Sang and danced together

In perfect harmony. ```

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87. Western Flute

Europe

88

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Newness and uniqueness

Unreservedly came down

From their respective realms.

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88. Bass Sansa

Africa

89

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I clearly saw my heart

And the hearts of the audience

Flying fast, very fast,

Towards the Feet of God. ```

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89. Tubano

Cuba

90

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Eagerness and cheerfulness

Together blossomed

With equal swiftness.

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90. Lap Harp

U.S.A.

91

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The human mind,

Nebulous in its faith,

Was transformed into

An ocean of faith. ```

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91. Traditional Kantele

Finland

92

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God heavily depended

On the willingness-heart

Of the audience.

To His greatest Joy,

The audience placed the Victory’s Crown

At His Feet. ```

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92. Large Kantele

Finland

93

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Negativity’s darkness

Completely faded away —

Right from the beginning.

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93. Violin-o-Phone

Ireland

94

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Each individual was fired

By the breath

Of illumining and fulfilling hope.

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94. Snare Drum

U.S.A.

95

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Our human life

And its accompanying troubles

Were utterly extinguished.

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95. Clarinette

France

96

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God was resolved that we all

Should go farther and farther,

Fly higher and higher

And dive deeper and deeper.

To our own great surprise,

We gave Him complete success. ```

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96. Alto Renaissance Recorder

England

97

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The aspiration of our heart

And the Satisfaction of God’s Heart

Became inseparably one.

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97. Double Flute

Europe

98

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Surrender to God’s Will we chose.

God’s Will we became.

God whispered that His Paradise

Is here and nowhere else. ```

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98. Rainbow Frame Drum

U.S.A.

99

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The unaspiring curiosity

Came,

Only to return disappointed.

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99. Roland Synthesizer

U.S.A.

100

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From now on

Our heart will see each dawn

With a new delight.

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100. Ranat Metallophone

Thailand

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Ranjana’s Bhajan Singing Group

Session five

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101

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Our hearts became a treasure

High above all measure ```

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101. Ranch Tarang (Glass Xylophone)

India

102

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Each song

Was an illumination-builder

Of the future.

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102. Khong Wong (Kettle Gongs)

Thailand

103

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A perfect union

Of the crying earth

And the smiling Heaven!

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103. Koto

Japan

104

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A song of life

And a dance of breath! ```

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104. Cello

Europe Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

105

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What was needed

To become inseparably one

With the music-world

Was not an iron determination,

But a self-giving willingness.

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105. Multi-cultural Synthesizer

Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

106

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God the Supreme Musician

Came down

And left His Golden Footprints

For us to follow. ```

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106. Hohner Mini Grand Piano

Germany

107

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God blessed us

With His Compassion-Magnet,

And we offered God

Our affection-magnet in return. ```

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107. Small Slit Drum

Africa and the Americas

108

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A peace-blossoming world

In all its grandeur! ```

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108. Hammered Zither

Made in U.S.A.

109

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We owned two supernal possessions:

The soul-smile that glowed

And the heart-tear that sparkled.

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109. Mini Tote-a-Tune

Australia

110

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The fragrance-breeze

Of our souls

Carried us across

An infinite horizon. ```

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110. Small Harmonium

India Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

111

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The peace-dove of light

Showed us the direct way

To fly

To God’s Immortality-flooded Kingdom. ```

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111. Small Steel Drum

Trinidad and Tobago

112

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Long before the birth of the performance,

The catastrophe of unwillingness

Was buried in the oblivion-cave.

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112. Peace Harp Lyre

Australia

113

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Many a time

The performer and the audience

Were wonderstruck

By God’s celestial Lightning-Beauty. ```

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113. Xylophone

Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

114

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The human ego

Recognised at long last

Its long-cherished absurdity.

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114. Alto Saxophone

France

115

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Our hearts

Will no longer use the foreign word:

‘Impossibility.’

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115. Yamaha PSS 12 Keyboard

Japan Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

116

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The world’s cynical sneer

Did not dare to near

The divine atmosphere

We all created. ```

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116. Tam-Tam (Gong)

China

117

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God blessingfully touched our hearts.

Lo, dispelled was our ignorance-dream-sleep

Sooner than at once!

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117. Sheng

China

118

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By virtue of our gratitude-hearts,

We unreservedly enjoyed

Our God-surrender-sweetness.

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118. Dunbek

North Africa

119

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The thought-free hours

Helped our hearts to soar

And our lives to roar.

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119. Windjammir

(Yamaha Synthesizer Wind Instrument ) Japan

120

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God Himself applauded

Our each and every

God-manifestation-service-attempt.

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120. Gemsborn (Cowhorn)

Switzerland

121

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We saw the Face

Of God’s Love

And became the Heart

Of God’s Peace. ```

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121. Dove Ocarina

Switzerland

122

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Our heart’s teeming aspiration-flames

Frightened the earth-bound desires

Of our minds.

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122. Sopranino Recorder Renaissance

Europe

123

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God the Compassion abolished

Our thought-bondage-slavery. ```

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123. Taschen Flöte

Germany

124

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Silence infinitely increased

The beauty of my soul

And amplified

The duty of my life. ```

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124. Small Bamboo Side Flute

India

125

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We shall definitely and unquestionably

Live up to God’s God-Fulfilment-Dreams

In us and through us.

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125. Small Rosewood Double Ocarina

U.S.A.

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Session six

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126

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From now on

Ignorance-night will be compelled

To lose its secret interest

In humanity. ```

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126. Ceramic Ocarina

England

127

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Doubt, the bringer of sad and bad news,

Failed to find an entrance

To the heart-temple of music.

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127. Adapted Strum Stick

U.S.A.

128

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The fast-approaching 21st century

Will establish the fragrance

Of the soul-music

And banish the thunderstorm-music

Of the vital.

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128. Casio Ta-10 Keyboard

Japan Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

129

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The sweetness-music of the soul

Will ultimately defeat

The very breath of vital music.

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129. Large Ceramic Ocarina

Europe

130

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Our Lord entered our heart-temple

As a Guest,

But soon became our life-Host.

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130. Bass Flute

Europe

131

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The sole and single criterion of Truth

Is Peace.

Peace our mind saw.

Peace our heart felt.

Peace our life became.

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131. Lyramandolin

Italy

132

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From the strength

Of our aspiration-heart,

We unmistakably felt

That mankind would soon be ready

To herald God’s supreme Victory.

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132. Gopichand

India

133

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The mind that had craved

World-appreciation

Today longed only for

God’s Satisfaction in God’s own Way. ```

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133. Tamburitsa

Yugoslavia

134

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The dark smoke of earth-bound desire

Was nowhere visible

In the temple of heart-music.

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134. Valiha (Tubular Zither)

Madagascar

135

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The most significant cosmic gods

And goddesses

Came down with their Infinity’s Smile

And Immortality’s Affection

To bless the climbing aspiration-hearts.

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135. Windspinner

Africa and the Americas

136

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The Avatars,

The spiritual Masters, too,

Of the supreme Heights

Came down to bless

The ever-memorable occasion.

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136. Rainstick Native

American

137

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For the first time we saw

That time was totally against

Ignorance-night-pride —

And won! ```

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137. Balaphone

Africa

138

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Although God had so many pressing problems

To deal with,

He happily came and proudly swam

In the devotion-tears of our hearts. ```

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138. Lithophone (Stone Xylophone)

France

139

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God Himself came down

To teach our obedience

How to keep out of

Any trouble whatsoever. ```

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139. Klevinger Electric Double Bass

U.S.A. Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

140

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Our surrender-heart

Handed our life totally over

To our Lord Beloved Supreme.

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140. Large Harmonium

(Four Reeds per Note)

India

Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

141

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To God,

We gave our very best.

To us,

His All He gave. ```

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141. Modern Dilruba North India

(Made in U.S.A.) Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

142

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Aspiration taught us patience.

Patience taught us faith.

Faith taught us God-discovery

And self-mastery. ```

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142. Alto Flute

Europe

143

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Every moment was a cascade

Of God-Satisfaction-opportunities. ```

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143. Dage Hu (Chinese Cello)

China Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

144

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We all aspired

To go high, higher, highest

And not to acquire

Much, more, most. ```

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144. Viscount Digital Pipeorgan

Italy Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

145

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God’s Compassion-Feet we desired,

But He gave us His Satisfaction-Heart

Instead.

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145. Lap Synthesizer (with Traditional Indian Sounds)

U.S.A.

146

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Our aspiration-heart-boat

Plied between

The newness-shore-beauty

And the fulness-shore-fragrance. ```

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146. Vibraphone

Germany

147

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In us was born the abiding peace

Of a oneness-world-home. ```

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147. Double Bass

Europe Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

148

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In the past,

Our aspiration-heart

Had always been right

In God’s Eye,

But this time His Heart declared:

“Absolutely perfect!” ```

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148. Gong

Switzerland (Origin Chinese)

149

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Swiftly God came.

Happily God stayed.

Proudly God returned.

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149. Harmonium

India Sri Chinmoy sang and played.

150

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On His return Journey,

God did not go alone.

Our surrender-life and gratitude-heart

Accompanied Him. ```

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150. Baby Grand Piano

U.S.A.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,A fourteen hour peace concert: Immensity-peace-sea-experiences. Sublimity-peace-sky-realisations, Agni Press, 1995
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