June 1

At the age of 17 years, Sri Chinmoy recounts a significant spiritual experience — My Bird of Consciousness — at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Why is it Easier to Disbelieve than to Believe?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

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Sri Chinmoy begins long-distance running at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the City Hall Civic Center in San Francisco, CA, USA.

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Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Meaning of Discipleship Today’, at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA, USA. Listen to the lecture...

Sri Chinmoy runs the Sri Chinmoy Marathon in a time of 5:18:31, in San Mateo, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers an evening (7:30 p.m.) concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘O My Heart’, in the McMillan Theater at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy first performs a standing calf raise with a weight of 400 lbs. at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best time of 4 min. 28.3 sec. for 1 kilometre on an indoor rowing machine at the California Senior Masters Games in Sacramento, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy runs the 100-metre event in 16.42 seconds at the California State Senior Games at California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy recites from memory the birthdays of 102 important figures, in Sacramento, CA, USA.

An article about Sri Chinmoy’s strength lifting achievements, entitled ‘Sri Chinmoy: Age no barrier to fitness’ is published in the Canadian magazine, The Journal of Alternatives Therapies, vol. 2, no. 9.

Guinea-Bissau and Indonesia are declared as Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom Nations.

Sri Chinmoy is conferred as an Honorary Professor on behalf of the Scientific Board of the Research Institute of Paediatric Hematology in Moscow, Russia, by the institute’s director Professor A.G. Rumyantsev.

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Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon (2:00 p.m.) lecture, entitled ‘Oneness-Heart’, in the Conference Hall of the Russian Paediatric Clinical Hospital, in Moscow, Russia.

 

May 31

Sri Chinmoy’s live radio interview

broadcast on WPFA-FM in San Francisco

 


Listen to Sri Chinmoy’s interview

 

This recording is an 18-minute excerpt from the one-hour interview with Sri Chinmoy, in which he also answers listeners’ questions.

 

 

MEDITATION OPENS CALIFORNIA GAMES

SACRAMENTO — Sri Chinmoy officially opened the 1996 California State Championships of the Senior Games with a moment of silent meditation on May 31.

A choral group of 40 of his students also performed a special song their teacher had written for these games.

Sri Chinmoy participated in five events over that weekend — basketball free throw, softball throw, ergometer, 50 meters and 100 meters.

During his visit to Sacramento, he was awarded a medal for his service to world peace by the organizer of the California Senior Games, Pam Rhodes.

Caption:

Doing the softball throw at the Senior Games

Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 25, April-July 1996

 

May 31

Photos by Pulak Viscardi

 

Sri Chinmoy lifts members of a karate school at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York.

 

May 31

Ami Nil Akasher Nil Pakhi (1)

Ami nil akasher nil pakhi
Bishalata sathe mor makha makhi

Translation:

I am a blue bird of the blue sky.
I enjoy my inseparable oneness-friendship
With the vastness of Infinity.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Nil Pakhi (2)

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher nil pakhi
Nirabata hiyakashe ami thaki

Translation:

I am a blue bird of the blue sky.
I dwell in the heart-sky
Of infinite silence.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Nil Pakhi (3)

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher nil pakhi
Purnatare mor chokhe rakhi

Translation:

I am a blue bird of the blue sky.
I keep inside my vision-eye
Infinity’s prosperity.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Nil Pakhi (4)

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher nil pakhi
Sabakar antare ami daki

Translation:

I am a blue bird of the blue sky.
I am inviting all the aspiring souls.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Sabuj Pakhi

 

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher sabuj pakhi
Shakti plabane mor hirare rakhi

Translation:

I am a green bird of the blue sky.
I keep my heart inside
The power-flood of the Infinite.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Pakhi Harit

 

Lyrics

Ami nil akasher pakhi harit
Bhalo lage sutibra gati tarit

Translation:

I am a green bird of the blue sky.
I love to have always the fastest lightning-speed.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Lohit Bihanga

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher lohit bihanga
Shakti samudre nartane mor prati anga

Translation:

I am a red bird of the blue sky.
Each and every limb of mine dances
In the infinite ocean of power.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Sonali Pakhi

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher sonali pakhi sonali
Niye asi dharanite bibhur jaya dipali

Translation:

I am a gold bird of the blue sky.
I bring down into the world
The Happiness-Ecstasy-Victory-Jubilee
Of my Lord Supreme.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Sada Pakhi Sada

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher sada pakhi sada
Mor pabita hiyai nahi kono badha

Translation:

I am a white bird of the blue sky.
My purity-heart knows no bondage-obstruction.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Rupali Pakhi

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher rupali pakhi rupali
Urdhe nimne mor oishi mitali

Translation:

I am a silver bird of the blue sky.
I have established my celestial friendship
Below, above.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Halde Pakhi

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher halde pakhi
Daniya mahananda sabare thaki

Translation:

I am a yellow bird of the blue sky.
I live by virtue of my self-giving delight.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Beguni Pakhi

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher beguni pakhi
Dhara tale prabhu lagi sabare daki

Translation:

I am a purple bird of the blue sky.
I am inviting each and every
     Human being of this world
For the full manifestation
     Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Ami Nil Akasher Golapi Pakhi

Lyrics:

Ami nil akasher golapi pakhi golapi
paramer seba nahi bhuli ami kodapi

Translation:

I am a pink bird of the blue sky.
Sleeplessly I serve my Lord Supreme.
I do not indulge in talking.

Published in Jharna-Kala Songbook

 

Photo by Pulak Viscardi

 

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York.

 

May 31

 

 

 

Sri Chinmoy has his fourth audience with Pope John Paul II, just before his weekly mass for 15,000 people in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City.

Sri Chinmoy kindly requests the Pope to bless the ‘Peace Torch’ and explains to the Holy Father that it will be carried by runners and schoolchildren throughout the world:

“Holy Father, we are offering our hearts’ prayerful gratitude to you for so compassionately blessing this Peace Torch, which will be carried in seventy countries.”

The Pope gives his special blessing and then, speaking in Italian, the Pope explains the symbolism of the Torch to the crowds in Saint Peter’s Square. In conclusion, the Pope says:

“I salute the runners of the Peace Run, who are carrying a torch as a testimony to peace through the streets of the world.”

Published in Pope John Paul II: God’s Heart-Prize Winner

 

May 31

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Photo: Piyasi

 

Sri Chinmoy before lifting Thumbelina, the world’s smallest horse, approximately 17 inches high and weighing only 59 pounds, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York. Read more ...

 

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Photo: Adarini

Sri Chinmoy celebrates the completion of his ‘Thirteen Thousand God’s Dream-Souls’ soul-bird drawings

photo: Dhanu
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 Sri Chinmoy has his fourth audience with Pope John Paul II, just before his weekly mass for 15,000 people in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City.

Photo: Maral

 Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Great Concert Hall of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow dedicated to Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev.

May 31

The Dance of Life, part 12

Sri Chinmoy reads new poems
at the San Francisco Centre

 

Listen to Sri Chinmoy reciting his new poems

 

Early and late
 

I went to see God
An hour early.
He welcomed me
And
Shook hands with me.

I went to see God
Two hours early.
He welcomed me
And
Embraced me.

I went to see God
Three hours early.
He welcomed me
And
Made me sit on His
Transcendental Throne.

I went to see God
A minute late.
He thoughtfully hesitated to welcome me.

I went to see God
Two minutes late.
He simply ignored my arrival.

I went to see God
Three minutes late.
He refused to open the door.

Boys and girls
 

Boys will be boys;
Girls will be girls.
Boys will reach their Goal
Singing and running.
Girls will reach their Goal
Dancing and diving.

Boys will be boys;
Girls will be girls.
Boys will realise God,
The Highest Realisation.
Girls will manifest God,
The Absolute Perfection.

God feels sad
 

The doctor fails;
And God feels sad.
He feels sad
That He did not give the doctor
The life-saving medicine.

The patient dies;
And God feels sad.
He feels sad
That He did not give the patient
The message of immortal life.

The relatives weep;
And God feels sad.
He feels sad
That He did not tell them
That Heaven is the second floor
And earth is the first floor
Of the same building.
God feels sad
That He forgot to tell them
Even the name of the building.
Love is its name.

Carriers
 

Doubt, don't come to me!
If you come
I shall carry you to Faith.
Faith and I shall kill you.

Fear, don't come to me!
If you come
I shall carry you to Will.
Will and I shall kill you.

Faith, do come to me!
Carry me to the real starting point.

Will, do come to me!
Carry me to the ultimate Goal.

Tomorrow does not come
 

Tomorrow does not come.
Why?
Because
Yesterday was enough
And
Today is more than enough.

Tomorrow will never come.
Why?
Because
God has not given birth
To tomorrow
And
He does not want
To change His Plan.

No news
 

No news is sad news
When I expect
My God-realisation news
From God,
My negligent correspondent.

No news is good news
When I expect
My endless bondage news
From ignorance,
My forgetful correspondent.

Passports
 

Money is the superlative passport
In the country of
Deception and corruption.

Conscience is the most effective passport
In the country of
Truth and justice.

Surrender divine is the only passport
In the country of
Realisation and Perfection.

Practice makes perfect
 

Practice makes perfect.
God believes in this theory;
Therefore
He practised Compassion.
Lo, He has become Compassion,
Unconditional Compassion.

Practice makes perfect.
God believes in this theory;
Therefore
He practised surrender.
Lo, He has become perfect Surrender,
Surrender to man's countless desires.

Ask me any question
 

O man,
Ask me any question.
I shall answer
According to your sense of perfection.

O earth,
Ask me any question.
I shall answer
According to your sublime satisfaction.

O God,
Ask me any question.
I shall answer
According to my insignificant realisation.

He told me
 

He told me
The forgotten truth:
I pray to God.

He told me
The undiscovered truth:
God needs me.

He told me
The impossible secret:
God fasts in the morning
Because I cannot afford
To eat Light in the morning.

He told me
The open secret:
God starves in the evening
Because I have consumed
All His patience-food.

Is it true?
 

“A great talker
Is a great liar.”
I asked God
If this statement is true.
God said, “No!
Son, every second I speak
To My countless children,
And I never tell a lie.”

“A great saint
Can never be a liar.”
I asked God
If this statement is true.
God said, “No!
Son, your great saint
Has convinced his mind
That he has surpassed
My creation, which is nothing
Other than Myself, in purity.
Can anybody surpass Me in purity?
Son, what else is he
If not a liar?”

For God no return
 

Doubt came to him on horseback
And went away on foot.

Faith came to him on foot
And went away on horseback.

Hate came to him on foot
And went away on foot.

Love came to him on horseback
And went away on horseback.

Truth came to him dancing
And went away limping.

God came to him running
And exhausted all His Energy.
God is dead tired;
He needs a long rest.
Therefore
For God, no return.

Published in The Dance of Life, part 12

 

Victory is Meant for Those who Can Tolerate

by Sri Chinmoy
speaking at his home in Jamaica, New York

 

You have written to me about the difficulties you are having with your boss. You have to tolerate, tolerate, tolerate this boss. In a few months the boss will retire and disappear, so you do not have to worry.

Each time the boss treats you unjustly, just think of my affection, love, gratitude and pride. Immediately imagine me. Others also have gone through this experience. They survived, and you also can survive. You will survive. Survive, survive, survive!

Victory is meant for those who can tolerate. In my life, have I not been the example? Those who stand against spirituality may be impossible human beings, but there is a law of karma. Right now we may not see their karma, but from Heaven we are bound to see that they will reap the results of their actions, either in this incarnation or in their future incarnations. If we surrender to God’s Will, then God will definitely give us the capacity to see the experiences that God is going to give them.

Time is a great factor — time, time. Unfortunately, we have chosen time in our own way. Again, God has chosen time in His own Way. When it is a matter of our human time, everybody can escape. But when God’s Hour strikes, nobody can escape, nobody can escape.

Tolerance, tolerance, tolerance!

Published in The Temple and the Shrine

 

31 May 2006

Be not averse
To God-service-light
If you want to reach
Your ecstasy's height.

Sri Chinmoy, My God-Hunger-Cry, Agni Press, New York, 2009

May 31

 

Sri Chinmoy at a celebration for his ‘Thirteen Thousand God’s Dream-Souls’ soul-bird drawings at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York.

 

নীল পাখি – Nil pakhi (blue bird)

 

হরিৎ পাখি – Harit pakhi (green bird)

 

বেগুনি পাখি – Beguni pakhi (brinjal violet bird)

 

Transliteration and translation of Sri Chinmoy’s Bengali script by Rintu Chakravarthy.