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- Question: Could you comment on the saying, "Seeing is believing"?
- Sri Chinmoy: When you live in the ordinary world, the unaspiring world, you have to see in order to believe … It is not only the Master who decides when to give you God-realisation: it is the Supreme who tells the … You are the instrument of God. … What is realisation? … and in the field of manifestation, then only God the Infinite and God the Finite become totally fulfilled...
- 7. 'Simar majhe asim tumi'
- Realisation is our discovery that we are not finite but infinite. In realisation, we come to know that it is inside the finite that the Infinite is playing its tune.
Tagore, India’s greatest poet, said,
Simar majbe asim tumi bajao apan sur
Taito eta madhur Amar majbe tomar Prakash
Taito eta madhur
Inside the finite, O Absolute,
You are playing Your own Tune.
I am a tiny body;
Inside my finite body,
You play Your infinite Melody.
That is why oneness is so sweet, so gentle.
God is both inside the Infinite and also inside the finite. But it is very difficult to imagine or to think of God when we see a tiny object, say a grain of sand. For us, to think of God inside that tiny grain is very difficult. But if we think of the Himalayas or something very majestic, then it is quite easy for us to think and feel that God is there. When the Infinite plays through the finite, it uses the finite as its instrument. When the finite can claim the Infinite as its very own in the field of realisation and in the field of manifestation, then only can God the Infinite and God the finite — God in Heaven and God on earth — become totally fulfilled.[fn:: RTM 161. Sri Chinmoy, Aspiration-Plants, New York: Agni Press, 1974, p. 51; and previously unpublished comments made on June 1st, 2007.] - The Master requests the Puerto Rican disciples to speak on his philosophy (TPR 11. 30 May 1971, Sri Chinmoy
- So one by one, you will come up and speak on Sri Chinmoy's philosophy according to your own understanding … In New York we got quite a few comments on my philosophy and also in other places. … AGNI: Sri Chinmoy's philosophy is that God can be felt, can be realised, nay, has to be realised by every … All of us are God's chosen children, but the time it takes for a person to realise God depends on his … KANTI (Maria Mendez Aramburo): Sri Chinmoy's philosophy has one purpose: to take us to God-realisation...
- Inside the finite, the Infinite
- [A video of Sri Chinmoy lifting Thumbelina was shown. … On the video, Sri Chinmoy remarked:] I was getting tremendous joy. … They exist on earth to give us joy. These animals live on earth only to give us joy. … [After the video, Sri Chinmoy made the following comments:] When we think of God, we immediately feel … realisation that tells us that only inside the Infinite can we see God....
- Caller: I find that when Sri Chinmoy speaks about meditation, it sounds very familiar and very normal … Can Sri Chinmoy comment on that?
- Sri Chinmoy: It is a wrong conception that meditation is something abnormal, or that we have to enter … into the Himalayan caves in order to realise God. … God is everywhere. … When we approach God with our heart, we feel closeness and oneness with the rest of the world....
- Interview for Radio WNYC
- Andre Bernard: At this time we are privileged to have on the morning’s programme, Sri Chinmoy, who I … Sri Chinmoy is going to be giving a concert on Saturday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m. at St. … Sri Chinmoy has expressed his inner realisations not only through painting, but also through literature … Sri Chinmoy: People are basically all the same no matter where they are, for we are all children of God … I would like to get your opinion on that. Sri Chinmoy: Well, I have read that poem many many times....
- Tell me, if you are a man of God, why did you leave the people of India who really and truly need help
- Sri Chinmoy: I feel sorry for you. Unlike mine, your world is very small. … Sri Chinmoy: First of all, believe it or not, I do not charge any fee for my spiritual guidance. … Sri Chinmoy: Amassing tremendous wealth will not help anyone in realising God. … If money-power could have bought God, then by this time all rich people would be God-realised souls. … Sri Chinmoy: I will be the last person to separate children from their families....
- Interview on "Hawaii Health Line" (Radio K108, Honolulu, Hawaii, 28 December 1979)
- Sri Chinmoy: God did not send me to earth to be a social worker. … Can Sri Chinmoy comment on that? … they have to enter into the Himalayan caves in order to realise God. … We do live on one planet. Sri Chinmoy: Absolutely true. … Following are some comments made on the air by the interviewer and a colleague from the radio station...
- Question: Could you comment on the different methods of attaining liberation corresponding to the
- Sri Chinmoy: Let us deal only with the present. … You did not realise God in the past, so the past cannot help you. … There are three principal paths to God-realisation: Karma yoga, the path of selfless action; Jnana yoga … God is already seated on His Throne inside the very depths of our hearts. … And, at the same time, let us wait for God to give us realisation at His choice Hour....
- Interview with the San Francisco examiner (On 7 November 1977 Sri Chinmoy was interviewed by a reporter
- What is your comment on that? Sri Chinmoy: What he thinks, he will say. I will say what I know. … If somebody says that he will be able to grant you God-realisation overnight, in the twinkling of an … Nobody can realise God overnight or in a matter of days or weeks. … Sri Chinmoy: He who was the first to realise God, whom did he get as his teacher? … There are many who have realised God without having spiritual Masters....
- Only because of you
- Sri Chinmoy made the opening comments to one disciple, and then addressed the entire gathering. … He definitely, definitely would have gone to God. … Because of you three, today your brother is still on earth. Does he know it? Very good! … They do not realise it. They do not have to believe it. … But you who are on the path should believe that, because of you, members of your family are still alive...
- When we pray to God, "Do not give me freedom", we are actually telling God, "I want to remain bound — … Sri Chinmoy offered these comments in Sanya, China, on 26 November 2004.)
- When we pray to God for freedom, God says, “Take it.” … Sri Ramakrishna and some other spiritual Masters of the highest order used to say, “If I am inside You … It depends on the seekers, at the last moment, when they have realised God, to decide what they want … But the individual seeker or God-realised person at the last moment has to make the choice between them … Sri Ramakrishna is one of those and also Sri Chaitanya....
- Sri Chinmoy Centre, San Juan, 27 October 1970.)
- [Sri Chinmoy reads.] In publishing this book, _My Lord’s Secrets exposed,_ (TNR 7,10. … That was his comment. … True, the spiritual life is natural, but God-realisation is something most difficult. … Now, how do you expect God-realisation? … God-realisation is not for these idle, spiritually indifferent persons....
- Question: What is the lower samadhi?
- Sri Chinmoy: There are various minor samadhis, and among the minor samadhis, savikalpa samadhi happens … (Sri Chinmoy commented that, when he entered nirvikalpa first in this incarnation, he stayed there for … Sri Chinmoy's comment was removed by one of the transcript editors. … After achieving the highest type of realisation, on very rare occasions one is blessed with sahaja samadhi … He who has achieved sahaja samadhi and remains in this samadhi, consciously and perfectly manifests God...
- Could you comment on that — if you see any reason for that or any future to it?
- Sri Chinmoy: In the West people are very interested in the spiritual life and yoga. … As we all know, yoga is conscious oneness with God. … In order to establish this conscious oneness with God, we need to love from within, love from without … We feel that one can realise God only through meditation, but again, if we know how to synthesise prayer … Only if we pray can we go up, up, up and tell God what we have to say....
- Poetry-Reading at the Jharna-Kala Gallery (The last event of the ten-day celebration in honour of Sri … Chinmoy's forty-fourth birthday this year was a poetry reading by the Master at the Jharna-Kala Gallery … on 28 August. … Before reading his selections from the writings of some of the world's great poets, Sri Chinmoy gave … this short talk on the significance of spirituality in poetry.)
- We know that we are supposed to realise God as soon as possible, but during the twenty-four hours of … A poet is the harbinger of God the supreme Musician. … Today I shall not pass any comments. … In the very near future it is my sincere wish to offer my spiritual comments on these soulful utterances … — Sri Aurobindo...
- This talk was given by Sri Chinmoy at the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium of the United Nations' Secretariat … on 1 June 1972.
- When we consciously disbelieve someone, we do not realise the fact that the inner magnet within us pulls … within we see that the so-called man of disbelief will also have a time to knock at the proper door of realisation … Even if the man of disbelief is going on the wrong path, let him march, let him not sit inert. … Let the world judge him, let the world offer its comments. … of His Presence, in our conscious feeling of inseparable oneness with Him, we shall establish here on...
- Sri Chinmoy was presented with "The Light of Asia" Award by Professor Shawn Wong, Chairman of the Department
- Again, it is illumining to read a comment by Rabindranath Tagore, the master poet of India, who won the
My modern poetry reveals my inner smile: I am flying and flying
On Immortality’s
When I started my poetry-journey, my inner experiences and realisations spontaneously
Alas, the Boat of Time sails on. … May I add, Poets, the first God-Beauty-lovers - 35. Anecdotes about the European lecture tour
- If you have realised God, then who has asked you to come here to listen to me? … You stay with your God-Realisation. … Sri Chinmoy does not need any introduction, but some of my colleagues have asked me to make this introduction … But here Sri Chinmoy has made it very easy for us. … So the lady biographer said to me, “Sri Chinmoy, it is again very cold here....