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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).
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Those reciting the poem included Olympic legend Carl Lewis, Guinness top record holder Ashrita Furman, UN Ambassadors and Consul Generals as well as people from a wide variety of different countries.

The poem was

Be like a child,
Act like a child.
Go from one flower to another
In your heart-garden
Until you find complete joy
And perfect satisfaction.

- Sri Chinmoy

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The poem was from the new book “Jewels of Happiness” written by Sri Chinmoy. The 146 languages ranged from Bengali and Maori to Newari and Zulu, “Be Like a Child” was expressed with some of the most unusual and charming communication sounds in the globe.

Ashrita Furman has been setting Guinness World Records since 1979 and has broken 299 Guinness World Records on all seven continents.

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)

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Flower Flames Anniversary

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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.

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 writing in his native Bengali, then later moved to writing poetry in English. His early poetry is much more structured and metricized than his current output, which mainly consists of short haiku-like aphorisms.

The above poem is a typical example dating from 1958, referring to the mother aspect of the Divine.

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Photo: Prabhakar Street on Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries

Seventy Seven Thousand Service Trees

When the flowers sing
I feel a new dawn in my heart.

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The children of happiness
Will create a new world.

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Inspiration
Without speech
Is most powerful

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Alas,
The mind never takes advice
From the heart!

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No enthusiasm,
No success or progress-
Either in our outer life
Or in our inner life.

By: Sri Chinmoy
From: Seventy Seven Thousand Service Trees

photo by: Richard, Sri Chinmoy Centre

Nearer than the Nearest

When you feel that you are
Farther than the Farthest
From your Lord Beloved Supreme,
Who Knows
Perhaps that is the time
When he is nearer than the nearest!

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By: Sri Chinmoy

From: Seventy Seven Thousand Service Trees part 43

Poems on Difficulties

When troubles
Attack you,
Just smile them away.

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Adversity
Is a disguised
Opportunity.

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Desires and worries
are extremely difficult
To separate.

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Depression
Has its antidote:
God’s Smile.

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Poems by Sri Chinmoy. From 77,000 Service Trees volume 40