Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees is a collection of short poems that Sri Chinmoy composed between 1998 and 2007. New books have been added to Sri Chinmoy Library, and the full set will be available soon. I have a false boss And a real boss. My false boss is my ego-pride And my real boss is my [...]
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The Power of Hope
Sri Chinmoy writes that “…Hope is the bridge between Heaven and earth…” (1) Recently, the Governor of New York, David Paterson, quoted three short poems on hope during the 9/11 memorial service of 2010. The poems and video are available here. – Poems on Hope Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope [...]
Most Recited Poem
As part of the Sri Chinmoy Poetry Festival, August 2010, an international team of individuals helped set a new Guinness World Record for translating a poem by Sri Chinmoy into the most number of languages (146). Those reciting the poem included Olympic legend Carl Lewis, Guinness top record holder Ashrita Furman, UN Ambassadors and Consul [...]
Everyday Poem
Sri Chinmoy composed many thousands of inspiring short poems and aphorisms. God himself asks me Every day To make a fresh start – Sri Chinmoy From: Daily Poem of Day (German and English) Related Aphorism Photos
Flower Flames Anniversary
Miracles Worth Seeing Only two miracles are worth seeing: The miracle of loving And The miracle of forgiving. – Sri Chinmoy Ten Thousand Flower Flames part 66 Sri Chinmoy completed his series of 10,000 Flower Flames on July 3rd, 1983. Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of this remarkable poetic output. Selected Flower Flames
An early poem by Sri Chinmoy
Her Face O earth! but once behold her Face, Then all for you is sun-vast Grace. Your brave despair, your hopeless cry, Your prison of mortality Her gaze of Power will break the maim Into a thousand fragments of Her Name. Sri Chinmoy first began writing poetry in earnest during his adolescence. First he began [...]
Seventy Seven Thousand Service Trees
When the flowers singI feel a new dawn in my heart. 42,010 The children of happinessWill create a new world. 42,007 InspirationWithout speechIs most powerful 42,015 Alas,The mind never takes advice From the heart! 42,018 No enthusiasm,No success or progress-Either in our outer lifeOr in our inner life. By: Sri ChinmoyFrom: Seventy Seven Thousand Service [...]
Nearer than the Nearest
When you feel that you areFarther than the FarthestFrom your Lord Beloved Supreme, Who KnowsPerhaps that is the timeWhen he is nearer than the nearest! #42,366 By: Sri Chinmoy From: Seventy Seven Thousand Service Trees part 43
Poems on Difficulties
When troublesAttack you,Just smile them away. 39,162 AdversityIs a disguisedOpportunity. 39,156 Desires and worriesare extremely difficultTo separate. 39,073 DepressionHas its antidote:God’s Smile. 39,040 Poems by Sri Chinmoy. From 77,000 Service Trees volume 40
