On the Wednesday night before his passing away the following morning, Sri Chinmoy held a meditation function for his students at which copies of his latest book of poetry were made available for sale. The book was the 52nd instalment of a series entitled My Christmas-New Year-Vacation-Aspiration-Prayers, consisting of prayer-poems Sri Chinmoy wrote on his visits to other countries between November and February each year.
The final prayer-poem in this series reads as follows:
“My physical death
Is not the end of my life –
I am an eternal journey.”
This poem is the last poem published during Sri Chinmoy’s lifetime.
His compassion, my cry
his love, my inspiration
his devotion, my aspiration
his surrender, my gratitude
his transcendence, my goal
his immortality, my life
his eternity, my heart
such wisdom shown is nothing but a stamp of life wholly and truly lived
death to conciously welcomed shows
the detached spirit while living
what more can one say
about the knowledge of the self
reflecting in this graceful departure.
I bow to the great thinker.
Tribute to Sri Chinmoy’s Life from Sri Chinmoy Books -
http://www.srichinmoybooks.com/sri_chinmoy/tribute_sri_chinmoy
I received the most sublime blessings of my life in luminous silence from Sri Chinmoy. I’m very deeply grateful to the Supreme for providing me in this life with what Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886) called “the three greatest gifts a soul can receive: human birth, longing for God, and discipleship to an enlightened soul.”
Peace Be Upon the soul known as SRI CHINMOY (1931-2007) forever.
Gratitude for being our GURU.
Gratitude that You exist.
Sri Chinmoy will be sadly missed by his disciples and anyone whose heart he has touched. Through his spiritual teachings, he has made us aware of our Supreme, our God and our inner pilot who are one and the same.
He ranks among the greatest spiritual teachers that have ever graced this earth.
He has recently been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which in our opinion, he has earned many times over for his good works toward achieving lasting peace in the world.
He will live for ever in the hearts of his disciples and will continue to be concerned about our spiritual well
being as he has promised.
Sadness is slight,and passing
Beneath the tears the hearts’ felt truth
How very rich and full the world has become
With Guru’s Journey through our times’fields.
My eternal gratitude to Guru for being the Light of my life, my best friend, my older brother. Gratitude for the legacy of a full life, books, songs, paintings, talks… A supremely self-transcendent life.
“Death is natural. Nothing natural can be detrimental. Death is rest. Rest is strength in disguise for a further adventure.” – Sri Chinmoy
Gratitude from all Portuguese centres, friends and admirers.
may God bless and illuminate the soul of Sri Chinmoy. Greetings of Peace to him. may all lovers of God be in Divine Peace.