Entries from January 2010 ↓

This week’s featured gallery is a Jharna Kala exhibition in Moscow, Russia during 2009.

Selection of Paintings from exhibition

The exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s art was held in the Museum of Russian Contemporary History.

A view of the gallery

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Sri Chinmoy reflections is a site with a range of essays and articles on the different aspect of Sri Chinmoy’s life.

Sri Chinmoy

The website is maintained by Animesh Harrington, who has been a student of Sri Chinmoy since the 1970s.

Recent articles on the site include:

Cascading Organ-Delight – an article by Prachar Stegemann on the organ playing of Sri Chinmoy

… Sri Chinmoy: Yes, I find spirituality in the organ, more than I find it in any other instrument. Here I see that the organ is not only the King of all the musical instruments but it is also the Queen of all the instruments. It has a very subtle, delicate touch at the same time….

Sri Chinmoy playing tennis

Sri Chinmoy’s Peerless Tennis Achievement Part 2 by Dr Vidagdha Bennett
“…At 7:30 p.m. people began arriving for meditation. Instead, they found themselves witness to a remarkable display of energy and skill. In the final moments of play, Sri Chinmoy employed his whole repertoire of dipping and angled shots, spins and lobs, to defeat the opposing team. The scores stood at 50-35 games in his favour. Smiling, he said: “Almost nearing 100 games – so one can become tired!”

• www.srichinmoy-reflections

Annapurna was opened in 1974, by Shivaram & Devavira two students of Sri Chinmoy from Toronto.

It is now the oldest vegetarian restaurant in Ontario. It is renowned for its peaceful and welcoming atmosphere and its excellent range of healthy gastronomic delights.

Anna Purna

Annapūrṇā is a Sanskrit name which literally means “full of food” (feminine form), but is normally translated as Goddess of the Harvests. In Hinduism, Annapurna is a goddess of fertility and agriculture and an avatar of Durga.

More Canadian enterprises at Sri Chinmoy Centre

Ananda, a  group performing the music of Sri Chinmoy recently offered a concert at Bristol Cathedral.

Ananda Concert

The concert was held in the Charterhouse an ancient part of Bristol Cathedral. Over 100 people attended the concert of soulful music, performed by Ananda.

“When we play soulful music, we elevate our consciousness most rapidly. Soulful music is a form of aspiration, a form of meditation.”

- Sri Chinmoy

Excerpt from Sri Chinmoy Speaks, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

Bristol Cathedral

After the concert – Sadanand (from Dublin Ireland), Devashishu, Upasana.

Ananda at Radio Sri Chinmoy

Everest Aspiration is a collection of talks given by Sri Chinmoy on the Spiritual life.

“Smile, my friends, my soulful friends, smile. Let us smile. True, this world of ours is full of suffering and excruciating pangs, but that is no reason why we should not smile. We must smile in order to unburden the world’s suffering-burden. We must smile in order to diminish its untold pangs.”

- Sri Chinmoy, Extract from Smile, Love And Claim – Everest Aspiration Part 1

You can also hear Sri Chinmoy read  extracts from his book at Radio Sri Chinmoy – Everest Aspiration

Photo by Pranlobha, Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries.

This week’s featured gallery is by Pavitrata Taylor from a recent visit to Glastonbury.

This is a shot of Glastonbury Tor taken last summer.

During last summer, the music group Ananda played a concert of Sri Chinmoy’s music in the famous town of Glastonbury.

• Pavitrata’s photo album

The Songs of the Soul concert tour began 2010 with three enthusiastically received concerts in Guatemala.

Songs of the Soul began in 2008 as a way to celebrate and introduce people to Sri Chinmoy’s musical legacy. The concerts feature Sri Chinmoy’s music played in different styles by many different groups, from instrumental duets to huge 100-member orchestras. In 2009, 19 such concerts were performed across 3 continents.

The first Guatemalan concert was performed in Panajachel overlooking beautiful Lake Atitlan. The second concert took place in Guatemala city.

The last concert was an outdoor performance in front Hermita de Santa Cruz in the ancient colonial town of Antigua. Much of the town was destroyed in earthquakes in 1773, leaving many impressive ruined structures behind. Around the building there is an outdoor amphitheater which seated 600 people for the concert.

More from songsofthesoul.com:

• Photos from Panajachel concert
• Photos from Antigua concert

Officially the most prolific Guinness World Record breaker of all time—a total of 265 records set over the last three decades, and currently holding 108—Ashrita Furman of Queens, New York is now one of the most popular, voted as the leading claimant of the decade by members of public at the Guinness World Records website.

“With so many remarkable achievements over the past decade we decided to let the fans dictate the best of the best,” explained Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief. “After thousands of votes the Top Records of the Decade does not disappoint.”

Ashrita, an anything but disappointing 54 year old health-food store manager, and possibly a better advertisement for good health than the products he sells, set his first record in 1979 by performing the most star jumps—an astounding 27,000—and has since gained the monikers Mr Versatility and Mr Guinness Records by hopping, skipping and juggling his way to records on all seven continents, and in disciplines as diverse as the most pogostick jumps in one minute (238), the fastest mile somersaulting (19 min 11 sec), and standing on a swiss ball for the longest time (3 hrs 38 min).

As one of the top record breakers of the 2000s, Ashrita joins an illustrious field including Usain Bolt, whose 2008 9.69 second 100m was voted the top sports record, and Barack Obama, who made history and the record books as the first African-American U.S. President.

The 2010 World Harmony Run began in spectacular style from the top of Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala.

Lighting of the torch

The World Harmony Run, founded by Sri Chinmoy, will be covering 56,000 Kilometres during 2010 as it passes through over 100 countries.

The 2010 launch began with lighting the torch from the molten lava of an active Volcano in Guatemala. The team in Guatemala includes runners from around the world including countries such as Ukraine, Switzerland, China, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Iceland and Mongolia as well as Guatemala.

To follow the 2010 run in different parts of the world visit World Harmony Run for all latest updates.