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Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees

Tejvan Pettinger — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:56:02 +0000

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 heart-delight.

Sri Chinmoy ¹

Little by little,
My soul’s light
Is coming to the fore.

- Sri Chinmoy ²

God is every day looking
For more and more
Self-giving seekers.

- Sri Chinmoy ³

Photo, Tejvan, Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries.

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I always try to speak with my heart

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, # 49019, Part 50, Agni Press, 2009 ↩
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, # 49023 Part 50 ↩
Sri Chinmoy, # 49043, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 50 ↩

The Power of Hope

Tejvan Pettinger — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:36:24 +0000

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 can be everlasting.
Therefore, do not give up hope
Even in the sunset of your life.

Excerpt from Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 112 by Sri Chinmoy

Resources

(1) Excerpt from Talk on Hope : What I Need From God

Photo: Unmesh, Sri Chinmoy Center Galleries

Most Recited Poem

Tejvan Pettinger — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:51:41 +0000

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 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

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

Tejvan Pettinger — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:24:34 +0000

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

Tejvan Pettinger — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:34:51 +0000

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

Nirbhasa Magee — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:18:00 +0000

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.

Seventy Seven Thousand Service Trees

Nirbhasa Magee — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:12:00 +0000

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

42,010

The children of happiness
Will create a new world.

42,007

Inspiration
Without speech
Is 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 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

Nirbhasa Magee — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:25:00 +0000

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!

#42,366

By: Sri Chinmoy

From: Seventy Seven Thousand Service Trees part 43

Poems on Difficulties

Nirbhasa Magee — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:45:00 +0000

When troubles
Attack you,
Just smile them away.

39,162

Adversity
Is a disguised
Opportunity.

39,156

Desires and worries
are extremely difficult
To separate.

39,073

Depression
Has its antidote:
God’s Smile.

39,040

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