"No mind, no form, I only exist; now ceased all will and thought; the final end of [Nature]]'s dance, I am it whom I have sought."
Sri Chinmoy
Spiritual Teacher, Poet, Musician
Sri Chinmoy was a spiritual leader and author known for his teachings on peace, meditation, and inner strength, emphasizing the importance of self-discovery.
- Born
- August 27, 1931
- Died
- October 11, 2007
- Quotes
- 453
- Rank
- #270
Quote collection
Sri Chinmoy quotes (page 13 of 23)
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"There is only one immediate question: Where is God? The immediate answer is: God is where My heart's love-breath is."
"I do feel there are countless people on earth who do not believe in the inner power, the inner life. They feel that the outer strength and the outer life are everything. I do not agree with them. There is an inner life; there is spirit, and my ability to lift these heavy weights proves that it can work in matter as well."
"When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into a vacant, calm, still, silent mind. We go deep within and approach our true existence, which is our soul. When we live in the soul, we feel that we are actually meditating spontaneously. On the surface of the sea are multitudes of waves, but the sea is not affected below. In the deepest depths, at the bottom of the sea is all tranquility. So when you start meditating, try to feel your own inner existence first. That is to say, the bottom of the sea: calm and quiet. Feel that your whole being is surcharged with peace and tranquility."
"True, this world of ours is full of hatred and disbelief, but that is no reason why we should not love and why we should not believe. We must love and believe in order to empty the hatred-sea."
"Each aspirant has to be a divine soldier. He must consciously and constantly use his divine energy to drill himself into a liberated soul."
"First of all, let us try to know what love is. If love means to possess someone or something, then that is not real love, not pure love. If loves means to give oneself, to become one with everything and everyone, then that is real love. Real love is total oneness with the object loved and with the Possessor of love."
"In this world, man has two significant possessions: intelligence and emotion. These two possessions govern our day-to-day life. But very often we see that emotion (ego) gets the upper hand in our life. We know that even if someone is extremely intelligent, when his emotion comes to the fore it will devour him. He is compelled to do what his emotion asks him to do."
"What is joy? It is a bird That we all want to catch. It is the same bird That we all love to see flying."
"The world's oldest wisdom: each evil thought infuses the mind, sooner or later, with an unholy fear."
"Meditation is my soul's soundless conversation with my inner pilot."
"Spirituality tells the seeker not to live in the hoary past, not to live in the remote future, but to live in the immediacy of today, in the eternal Now."
"Love the world. Otherwise, you will be forced to carry the heaviest load: your own bitter self."
"The fulfilment of life is in the making and manifesting of impossible dreams."
"There is no yawning gulf between man and God. Through his aspiration and meditation, Man can become conscious of his oneness with God."
"Among the fearless soldiers that fight for your victory in life, character has no equal."
"O dreamers of peace, come. Let us walk together. O lovers of peace, come. Let us run together. O servers of peace, come. Let us grow together."
"To hope is to see with the eye of the heart. To hope is to make the heart captain the vital and the body. To hope is to send darkness-night into exile."
"Our goal is not to have A problem-free life. But to conquer all the problems As they appear Along our life-road."
"If your Lord Supreme requests you to do something, rest assured he has already given you the capacity - even more than necessary - long before you actually need it."