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The form and the formless
If you meditate in order to achieve something in a most tangible and intimate way, it is helpful to approach...
From the book The Vision of God's Dawn
God the universal beauty[^31]

When I silently meditate on God in the inmost recesses of my heart, He says to me: “My son, My son...

From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 1
Why?[^52]

“My Lord, I do not meditate on the world much. Why, You know....

From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 3
I can have peace[^109]

In the small hours of the morning, I meditate on peace....

From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 3
Trishala's most illumining and fulfilling dreams

In profound silence, Siddhartha meditated on the inner meaning of each one....

From the book Jainism: give life, take not
Mahavira's five vows
Mahavira was happy to see them eating to their hearts' content and he continued with his meditation....
From the book Jainism: give life, take not
Question: If we are trying to give up something undivine and want to make a promise to our soul to lead a better life, are there certain auspicious times when we should do it? In other words, if we make a promise to ourselves, will the promise be stronger if we make it on a particular day?
When I am meditating on a disciple on his birthday, let us say, this is his golden opportunity to renew...
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 5
Question: What is the correct spiritual response to homeless people when they ask for money?
If you give a subway token because someone wants to go to a church to pray and meditate, then you are...
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 18
Question: Is it possible or is it necessary to like everyone?
If you try to do that, then you will have no time to think of your own prayer and meditation....
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 32
Question: If we are conscious that we have failed repeatedly to achieve something, how can we still be happy and cheerful?
Sri Chinmoy: We have to meditate so that we can forget the past and have a new beginning....
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 34
Question: What is the present role of humanity in the manifestation of God's Light?
Before that Hour we shall do our best; we shall pray and meditate....
From the book Sri Chinmoy speaks, part 5
Question: Eventually, when we realise God, will all these things drop off?
I may keep a flower before me when I meditate....
From the book The giver and the receiver
Question: When I think of the goal of God-realisation, it still seems to be light-years away. I know I will never attain it in this short life.
If we pray to God and meditate on God in this incarnation, then we definitely achieve something in our...
From the book Canada aspires, Canada receives, Canada achieves, part 1
My uncle rejects his occult power[^15]
Once again, he was able to pray and meditate on Mother Kali in peace. He said, “I wanted peace....
From the book Only gratitude-tears
Question: Can we determine who our Guru is from reading his writings?
Only through your meditation will you be able to know who gives you the most delight....
From the book Obedience or oneness
No tea during Ramadan[^18]
I told him that ours is the way of prayers and meditations....
From the book My book of tea and coffee experiences
Question: What is the art of surrender?
But when we pray and meditate, we discover a kind of divine surrender within us which makes us feel that...
From the book Fifty Freedom-Boats to One Golden Shore, part 2
The transcendence of sex
Through concentration and meditation you can have inner joy and inner light....
From the book Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974
Question: There are some paths which speak of the goal as enlightenment, and there are other paths which speak of the goal as God-realisation. What is the difference between enlightenment and God-realisation?
But sometimes, when a seeker is in his highest meditation, he gets a kind of inner illumination or enlightenment...
From the book Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974
Question: Is realisation a fairly common experience during any single generation of human beings? In India, for example, are there many realised spiritual Masters?
There are some swamis and teachers who have meditated and sincerely practised Yoga for ten or fifteen...
From the book The summits of God-Life: Samadhi and Siddhi
Question: There are some paths which speak of the goal as enlightenment, and there are other paths which speak of the goal as God-realisation. What is the difference between enlightenment and God-realisation?
But sometimes, when a seeker is in his highest meditation, he gets a kind of inner illumination or enlightenment...
From the book The summits of God-Life: Samadhi and Siddhi
Question: Before I became a disciple, I donated my body tissue to a tissue bank, like a hospital where you can donate organs of your body when you die. Should I try to get out of that obligation?
If you pray and meditate, you will try to do the right thing....
From the book AUM — Vol.II-3, No. 5, 27 May 1976
Certificate of appreciation from the City of New York
Certificate of Appreciation

to

SRI CHINMOY

Whose contributions as spiritual leader, meditation...

From the book AUM — Vol.II-5, No. 7,8, July-August 1978
Question II: In connection with my mother-in-law's question, when you gave us the meditation for
when you can go deeper within, and if AUM inspires you more than GOD, then, certainly one day, I shall meditate...
From the book AUM — Vol. 2, No. 3, 27 October 1966
Question: There are some paths which speak of the goal as enlightenment, and there are other paths which speak of the goal as God-realisation. What is the difference between enlightenment and God-realisation?
But sometimes, when a seeker is in his highest meditation, he gets a kind of inner illumination or enlightenment...
From the book AUM — Vol. 1, No. 8, August 27, 1974
Gratitude day the 21st of September

Therefore let us proclaim World gratitude Day, a holiday for all peoples, a day of meditation for...

From the book AUM — Vol.II-4, No. 9, 27 September 1977
The Gayatri Mantra[^7]

We meditate on the transcendental glory of the Deity Supreme, who is inside the heart of the

A seeker of the infinite Truth must meditate on the Gayatri Mantra. … But a genuine seeker can reach the Goal solely by meditating on the Gayatri Mantra....

From the book The Upanishads: the Crown of India's Soul
Outer beauty, but inner ugliness[^11]
If she wants me to give up prayer and meditation, I will do so. I will give up everything for her. … I won’t even meditate on Lord Krishna, who is dearer than the dearest to me, if that is her wish. … My prayer, my meditation, my Krishna, my Beloved Lord — all I gave up for you, and still you are always...
From the book Great Indian meals: divinely delicious and supremely nourishing, part 8
Question: When I get upset, I can't seem to meditate the way I want to.
Sri Chinmoy: When you are upset, you can't meditate. It is quite natural. … And your friend is meditation. … But you cannot meditate when you are upset, so the best thing is to try not to get upset....
From the book Meditation: humanity's race and Divinity's Grace, part 2
The Lord Buddha[^11]

I was told, although I did not see it when I used to meditate in Sri Aurobindo’s room, that Sri Aurobindo … I meditated there every day for quite a few years, but I did not see the Lord Buddha’s picture in Sri … When I meditated there, I saw only two tigers....

From the book God made, God moulded, God shaped
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Books found: 17

Meditation
The meditation-world
Concentration, meditation, contemplation
Meditation: God's Blessing-Assurance
The hour of meditation
My meditation-heart
Meditation: God's Duty and man's beauty
The mind and the heart in meditation
Meditation: man's choice and God's Voice, part 1
Meditation: man's choice and God's Voice, part 2
Meditation: humanity's race and Divinity's Grace, part 2
Meditation: humanity's race and Divinity's Grace, part 1
Meditation: God speaks and I listen, part 2
Meditation: God speaks and I listen, part 1
United Nations Meditation-Flowers and To-morrow's Noon
Fifty-Four Morning Prayer-Cries and Morning Meditation-Smiles
My meditation-service at the United Nations for twenty-five years
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