Between October 22nd, 1979 and July 3rd, 1983, Sri Chinmoy composed 10,000 Flower-Flames a poetry series published in 100 different volumes.
To mark the completion of the poetry series, the poet, Sri Chinmoy held a celebration at Aspiration-Ground, New York on 3rd July 1983.
Video footage by Niriha
Sri Chinmoy reading poems from this poetry series
Poems from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames
A recording of Sri Chinmoy reading a selection of poems from part 1 of his Ten Thousand Flower-Flames series, interspersed with musical performances on various instruments.
There are three recordings of Sri Chinmoy reading Flower-Flames available at Radio Sri Chinmoy
Flower-Flames
A distinctive feature of the book covers for Ten Thousand Flower-Flames was the cover photo from the life of Sri Chinmoy. This shows part 1, part 50 and part 100.
- Ten Thousand Flower-Flames part 1 at Sri Chinmoy Library
10,000 Flower-Flames Songs
In this audio recording, Sri Chinmoy spontaneously set to music, some of his poems
Sri Chinmoy set many of his poems from the Flower-Flames series to music. The three songbooks are available at Sri Chinmoy Songs
- Flower-Flames songbook part 1 at Sri Chinmoy Songs
- Flower-Flames songbook part 2 at Sri Chinmoy Songs
- Flower-Flames songbook part 3 at Sri Chinmoy Songs
207 Flower-Flames
The author Sri Chinmoy selected his favourite 207 Flower Flames, which were published in a special compilation - "207 Flower-Flames". Including
I CAME FROM GOD
I came from God
The Eternal Dreamer.
I am heading towards God
The Immortal Lover.Sri Chinmoy, #2, 207 Flower-Flames
MIRACLES WORTH SEEING
Only two miracles are worth seeing:
The miracle of loving
And
The miracle of forgiving.Sri Chinmoy, #71, 207 Flower-Flames
BECAUSE I LOVE GOD
Because I fear God,
I do not have to fear any man.
Because I love God,
I have to love all human beings.Sri Chinmoy, #91, 207 Flower-Flames
Commentary on 10,000 Flower Flames
by Dr. Vidagdha Bennett
"On Sunday, July 3rd, 1983, Sri Chinmoy completed the final poem – poem number 10,000 – of his monumental series entitled Ten Thousand Flower-Flames. It is not often that we are given the opportunity to celebrate a poetic “event”... - View the read-only PDF…