In a recent interview, Ashrita Furman, a student of Sri Chinmoy, explains how the practise of meditation helped him in his spiritual journey and setting a wide range of Guinness World Records. When Ashrita was young, he admits he was not good at sport, in fact he mentions he was ‘a bit of nerd’. But, [...]
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Starting to Meditate
The latest edition of Meditation Silence offers some practical suggestions by Sri Chinmoy for starting a daily meditation routine. Beginning Meditation – Meditation Silence podcast at Sri Chinmoy TV I meditate So that I can inundate My entire being With the omnipotent Power of peace. – Sri Chinmoy 1 Sri Chinmoy, I Meditate So [...]
Online Meditation Guide
Members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre frequently give free meditation classes in cities around the world, our online meditation guide can give a few insights into the practise of meditation. An online meditation guide can be found here: Online Meditation Guide ….Begin by thinking of meditation as a journey – your own abiding happiness is [...]
The Silent Mind
Sri Chinmoy gives several practical ways to keep the mind silent during meditation. What can we do about thoughts on a practical level? Let us take thoughts as individuals and take the mind as a room that we live in and own. We have to bolt the door to our mind-room from the inside and [...]
The Spiritual Heart
“It is better to meditate in the heart than in the mind. The mind is like Times Square on New Year’s Eve; the heart is like a lonely cave in the Himalayas. If you meditate in the mind, you will be able to meditate for perhaps five minutes; and out of that five minutes, for [...]
What is a Good Meditation?
“…You can also know whether you had a good meditation by the way you feel afterwards. If peace, light, love and joy have come to the fore from within as a result of your meditation, then you will know that you have meditated well.” – Sri Chinmoy Excerpt from: Am I Meditating Well? by Sri [...]
Secrets of Meditation
Jogyata Dallas of Auckland, New Zealand has written an entertaining and insightful look at meditation, in a recent set of articles entitled – Seven Secrets of Meditation he explains some of the essential aspects of a successful meditation practice. These include sincerity, aspiration and the spiritual heart. “Meditation is man’s thirst for the Infinite Real, [...]
Meditation Classes in New York
The New York Sri Chinmoy Centre offer free meditation classes throughout the year. Recently, a new course was offered in Manhattan. Over 200 people attended the course which taught beginners the basics of meditation. My meditation Is my soul’s Soundless sound-conversation With my Inner Pilot. – Sri Chinmoy Sri Chinmoy’s Path of Meditation Sri Chinmoy’s [...]
