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

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"What you do not use yourself, do not give to others. For example, advice."

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"God is beyond definition. But according to one's own vision or receptivity, one will define God in one's own way. Some will say that God is all Love. Others will say that God is all Power. Each one will see God according to his own necessity, his own receptivity and, finally, according to the way God wants him to see the ultimate Truth."

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"The hope or climbing aspiration of a divine child is to receive and achieve Peace, Light and Bliss in infinite measure."

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"God's foremost treasure on earth Is my ever-blossoming Gratitude-heart."

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"Our soul lives in Peace and lives for Peace. If we live a life of peace, we are ever enriched and never impoverished. Unhorizoned is our inner peace; like the boundless sky, it encompasses all."

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"Silence tells the seeker in us to love, to love himself. It tells us it is wrong to hate ourselves because of our imperfections. When the seeker loves himself, loves the Divine within himself, he eventually realises the Ultimate Truth."

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"The real in me longs for peace. The unreal in me longs for power."

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"Every second a seeker can start over, For his life's mistakes Are initial drafts And not the final version."

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"Each human being can at once be a fighter and forgiver. When self-doubt tortures him, he most play the role of a fighter. And when his own ignorance humiliates him, he must play the role of a forgiver."

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"Precious and spacious The aspiring heart has to remain Always."

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"What is Yoga? Yoga is self-conquest. Self-conquest is God-Realization. He who practices Yoga does two things with one stroke: he simplifies his whole life and he gets a freee access to the Divine."

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"My heart needs only one thing. It needs to be guided Along the age-old path Of life-blossoming self-awareness."

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"I have opened up an account With God's Heart-Bank. Therefore, I see nowhere The battering waves of poverty-thoughts."

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"You fool, You have been dangling For such a long time! When will you seize the opportunity Or feel the necessity To untangle the taut knot Of your bondage-life?"

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"I am not even six feet tall. Yet I am praying to the Absolute Supreme to reach His infinite Height, which is far beyond even my imagination's flight. For me to long to grow into that Height - is this not a miracle? I am mortal. My thoughts, my deeds, my experiences - everything that I have and everything that I am - represent mortality. Yet despite everything that I have and everything that I am, I am longing for Immortality. Is this not a miracle?"

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"Meditation is the eye that sees the Truth, the heart that feels the Truth and the soul that realises the Truth."

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"Each child born on earth Is a unique promise of God To God Himself."

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"I never fight with reason- I just ignore it."

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"God loves only one philosophy, And that is the Do-it-here-now philosophy."

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"One positive seed-thought Has saved me, My entire life: My Lord Supreme Will always love me No matter what I do Or what I say Or even what I become."

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