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“True religion has a universal quality. It does not find fault with other religions.... Forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood and the feeling of oneness are the signs of a true religion.”

Book: World-Destruction: Never, Impossible! Part 1
Original page number(s): pp. 33-34
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
Year of Publication: 1994
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“The day shall dawn in the near or distant future when the United Nations will definitely achieve and grow into everything that is good and divine. But just because it has not achieved these things at this particular stage of its development, just because over the years it has encountered failure in some of its efforts, we cannot say that the vision of the United Nations is imperfect or that it will not succeed. No, it will succeed - slowly, steadily and unerringly. And for that, each individual member has a significant role to play according to his own inner awakening.”


Book: My Meditation-Service At The United Nations For 25 Years
Original page number(s): p. 135
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
Year of Publication: 1995
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No mind, no form, I only exist;
Now ceased all will and thought;
The final end of Nature’s dance,
I am It whom I have sought.

Poem Title: The Absolute (excerpt)
Book: My Flute
Original page number(s): p. 1
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse
ISBN: 0-88497-227-5
Year of Publication: 1972
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The blue bird is flying in the blue sky.
Alas, here below I am dying in utter
frustration.

Poem Title: Nil Pakhi Ure Akashe (excerpt)
Book: My Green Adoration-Gifts Songbook
Original page number(s): p. 41
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-363-8
Year of Publication: 1977
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Shunye-Uro Pakhi Tumi

O bird, you fly in the sky of Infinity.
Tell me, is flying your only game?
Tell me, how do you fly in the infinite blue welkin?
My soulful eyes look at you with all admiration.
My heart pines to fly like you.
O bird, you fly in the sky of Infinity.

Poem Title: Shunye-Uro Pakhi Tumi
Book: Supreme, Teach Me How To Cry Songbook
Original page number(s): p. 89
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88947-116-3
Year of Publication: 1975
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“All art, without fail, is an expression of the Supreme’s Beauty. Art is beauty and beauty is art. Art, beauty and joy are like three brothers.”

Book: Art’s Life And The Soul’s Light
Original page number(s): 8
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-153-8
Year of Publication: 1974
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“When we paint, we have to become one with the inner painter. When we sing, we have to become one with the inner singer. Outwardly, we may be very expert in music, but if we do not have the capacity to become one with the inner singer, then our singing will not be soulful.”

Book: Sri Chinmoy Speaks, Part 4
Original page number(s): p. 45
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-288-7
Year of Publication: 1976
Date/Venue: February 18, 1976; State University of New York at Purchase
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“There are many, many, many, many, many singers who have extraordinary voices and singing ability. I am no match for them. I have heard many singers of that type, but they do not feel the living breath of the words when they sing. Their beautiful, melodious voice carries the tune, but the depth and real significance of the words, we do not get from their voice. In my case, musical talent, voice, everything is unbearable; but when it is a matter of expressing the thoughts, of showing the inner significance of the ideas, I wish to say that in almost all of the songs I have been successful.”

Title: Spiritual Singing
Book: God The Supreme Musician (second edition, revised)
Original page number(s): pp. 74-75
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-313-1
Year of Publication: 1976
Date/Venue: September 18, 1970
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“In the spiritual world, next to meditation is music, the breath of music. Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silence is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.”

Book: God The Supreme Musician (second edition, revised)
Original page number(s): pp. 5-6
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-313-1
Year of Publication: 1976
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Shudhu Sundar

You are nothing but beauty, eternal beauty,
Wherever I turn my eyes.
Do You always drink the nectar of Your
self-form
Residing in my eyes?
The waves of tune and sweet and melodious
songs
That create heart-elevating resonance,
O Beloved, do You hear them
By using my ears?

Poem Title: Shudhu Sundar
Book: Patience-Groves Songbook
Original page number(s): p. 26
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-434-0
Year of Publication: 1978
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“Unless and until we have peace deep within us, we can never hope to have peace in the outer world. You and I create the world by the vibrations that we offer to it. If we can invoke peace and then offer it to somebody else, we will see how peace expands from one to two persons, and gradually to the world at large. Peace will come about in the world from the perfection of individuals. If you have peace, I have peace, he has peace, and she has peace, then automatically universal peace will dawn.”

Book: The Wings of Joy
Original page number(s): p. 175
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0-684-82242-3
Year of Publication: 1997
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“I encourage and inspire my students to organise and participate in triathlons, long-distance races and short-distance races precisely because I feel that the world needs dynamism. The outer world needs dynamism and the inner world needs peace. We are all seekers; so we pray and meditate in order to have peace. Again, we feel that if we can be dynamic, then we will be able to accomplish much in our outer life. To be dynamic we need physical fitness at every moment, and running helps us considerably to keep physically fit. Also, running reminds us of our eternal journey in which we walk, march and run along Eternity’s Road to our eternal Goal.”

Book: The Outer Running and the Inner Running
Original page number(s): pp. 140-141
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-786-2
Year of Publication: 1974
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“I am trying with my capacity to encourage and inspire people in various walks of life who have inspired others in sports, literature, science or politics, or in their own personal lives. I lift them up to show my appreciation for their achievements.”

Source site:
http://www.srichinmoy.org/service/lifting_up_the_world/
Author of quote: Sri Chinmoy
Article Name: Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart
Publisher: Sri Chinmoy Centre
Year of Publication: 2005
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“My lifting is all done on the strength of my heart’s oneness with the world. What I wish to show by these feats of strength is that prayer and meditation can definitely increase one’s outer capacity.”

Source site:
http://www.srichinmoycentre.org/nz/sri_chinmoy/biography_part_4/
Author of quote: Sri Chinmoy
Article Name: Biography of Sri Chinmoy - Part 4
Publisher: Sri Chinmoy Centre
Year of Publication: 2005
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“I am trying, according to my humble capacity, to be of dedicated service to the world. I have been going to the United Nations to offer meditations since 1970. In addition, I have composed many songs and poems, plus I have done thousands and thousands of paintings. All this I am doing to inspire others. Similarly, others also do many, many things to inspire me. If I am inspiring people and people are inspiring me, then we become good human beings. When we are inspired, we try to do many, many good things for mankind. When we are not inspired, we do many, many bad things. Inspiration is a divine element inside our life. When we are inspired, we try to climb up the Himalayas. When we are inspired, we try to swim the English Channel. When we are inspired, we go from one country to another country to inspire people and to be inspired by them. I feel that when we inspire humanity, we automatically become good citizens of the world. This is my philosophy. My weightlifting feats I have done solely to inspire humanity.”

Book: A Mystic Journey in the Weightlifting World, Part One
Original page number(s): pp. 1-2
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
Year of Publication: 2000
Date/Venue: 2 November 1998; Teterboro, New Jersey
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“Name and fame as such, what most of the world craves, is not what I want. Only I want the manifestation of God’s Will, to show that the spirit can be manifested in and through the body. Previously spirit and matter were separated. Matter was one thing and spirit was another. Spirit wouldn't touch matter; matter wouldn't touch spirit.”

Book: Aspiration-Body, Illumination-Soul Part 1
Original page number(s): pp. 1-2
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-874-5
Year of Publication: 1993
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You are beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful,
Beauty unparalleled in the garden of Eden.
Day and night may Thy Image abide
In the very depth of my heart.

Poem Title: O My Lord of Beauty (excerpt)
Book: My Flute
Original page number(s): p. 58
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse
ISBN: 0-88497-227-5
Year of Publication: 1972
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It is for a man like me who has no capacity
That the Eyes of the Mother are eternally awake.
All you wish to know about me, ask Her.
Without Her Affection and Love,
I do not exist.

Poem Title: Jogyata Mor Nai (excerpt)
Book: The Garden of Love-Light Songbook, Part 2
Original page number(s): p. 4
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Press
ISBN: 0-88497-032-9
Year of Publication: 1973
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“The ultimate goal of aspiration is to go to the Beyond, the ever-transcending Beyond. And the ever-transcending Beyond is nothing other than God.”

Title: How To Know God
Book: Cry Within: Yours Is the Goal
Original page number(s): pp. 5-6
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-170-8
Year of Publication: 1974
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“The ever-transcending heart knows that there is no end to our progress and achievement. Today’s goal is tomorrow’s starting point. Again, tomorrow’s goal will be the starting point for the day after tomorrow, since God Himself is endlessly progressing and eternally transcending His own infinite Heights.”

Title: The World Within and the World Without
Book: Fifty Freedom-Boats to One Golden Shore, Part 1
Original page number(s): p. 16
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-087-6
Year of Publication: 1974
Date/Venue: 11 January1974; Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire
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“Truth is inside us, and it is crying to come to the fore. But unfortunately, we have kept the door shut and we are not allowing the Truth to come out. Now how can we bring the Truth out of its prison cell? Again, I have to say it is through love. Love for whom? Love for God. And who is God? God is the highest illumined part in us. God is nothing and nobody else.”

Title: Our Path
Book: The Master and the Disciple
Original page number(s): p. 108
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-884-3
Year of Publication: 1985
Date/Venue: November, 1970; London, England
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“I believe in one God, one Source. Love of God is like a tree - the life-tree - and it has many branches. Each of the branches has its own identity and its own name, such as Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and so forth. But they are still branches of the same tree.”

Book: World-Destruction: Never, Impossible! Part 1
Original page number(s): p. 45
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
Year of Publication: 1994
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Where Have They Gone?

I see an empty church.
Where is the Christ?
Where has he gone?

I see an empty temple.
Where is Sri Krishna?
Where has he gone?

I see an empty heart.
Where is God?
Where has He gone?

Poem Title: Where Have They Gone?
Book: Brother Jesus
Original page number(s): p. 63
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-234-8
Year of Publication: 1975
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I Saw, I Felt, I Clasped

I saw the Face
Of the suffering Christ.
I cried and cried.

I felt the Heart
Of the forgiving Christ.
I smiled and smiled.

I clasped the Soul
Of the illumining Christ.
I danced and danced.

Poem Title: I Saw, I Felt, I Clasped
Book: Brother Jesus
Original page number(s): p. 61
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-234-8
Year of Publication: 1975
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Question: If you were comparing your religion to Islam, Christianity or Buddhism, which one is nearest to your belief?

Sri Chinmoy: Being a spiritual man, I must say that there is only one religion. You call it Christianity, I call it Hinduism, somebody calls it Judaism and somebody else calls it Islam. But there is only one religion. So when there is one religion, there cannot be nearness or distance. There are many branches of the religion-tree, but there is only one religion, and that religion is God-realisation. The ultimate Goal of all religion is God-realisation. Religions may fight on the way to the goal, but at the end of the journey they become most intimate friends, and then they feel that they were all the time together on the same journey, only following different paths. True, sincere followers of any religion, either Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam or Judaism, will never find fault in the truths of other religions. They know that the ultimate Truth exists in each religion. But in the field of practice or manifestation, human thoughts, human ideas, human vibrations can alter the truth. This is at the root of conflict between religions. The moment we go deep within, however, we see that there is no religion, only Truth. India’s greatest political leader, Mahatma Gandhi, said, “Where is religion? To me religion is just Truth.” The word religion can cause conflict and fighting. But when we use the word Truth, the conflicting parties remain silent.

Book: The Spiritual Journey: Oneness in Diversity
Original page number(s): pp. 47-48
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-384-0
Year of Publication: 1977
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“Our path, the path of the heart, is also the path of acceptance. We have to accept the world. If we enter into a Himalayan cave or sit on a mountain top and cry for our personal achievement and satisfaction, then we are not going to do anything for the world.... That is not good. If I am a real human being, I have to see that my brothers and sisters also eat along with me. If we eat together, then only shall we get real satisfaction.”

Title: Our Path
Book: The Master and the Disciple
Original page number(s): p. 109
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-884-3
Year of Publication: 1985
Date/Venue: November, 1970; London, England
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“Our path is basically the path of the heart and not the path of the mind. This does not mean that we are criticising the path of the mind. Far from it. We just feel that the path of the heart leads us faster towards our goal.... The heart is all love. The mind is quite often all confusion. When we say the heart, we mean the spiritual heart, which is flooded with divine love.”

Title: Our Path
Book: The Master And The Disciple
Original page number(s): p. 105
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-884-3
Year of Publication: 1985
Date/Venue: November, 1970; London, England
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“The real Guru is not in the vast blue skies. He is inside the very depth of our hearts. Now, you may ask, if He is inside our hearts, then why is it necessary for us to take help from somebody else? I wish to say that this invaluable treasure is inside our hearts, but we have misplaced it, so we need help. A friend of ours who is the spiritual Teacher comes to us and searches for our treasure. When he finds it, he tells us, ‘Look, here is your treasure and here is the key. Now if you want me to show you how to open the box, that also I will do for you.’ And then when we see the treasure inside the box, immediately we come to realise that the treasure belongs entirely to us and does not belong to our helper.”

Book: The Spiritual Journey: Oneness in Diversity
Original page number(s): p. 2
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-384-0
Year of Publication: 1977
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"If you asked me to prove my capacity to swim, you would have to let me
do it in my own way. If you asked me to prove my capacity with my hands
tied behind my back and my feet tied together, I don't think I would be
able to prove anything to you. Or if you refused to let me get into the
water, or if you closed your eyes and refused to watch my performance,
I don't think I could prove anything to you. There is a way for a
spiritual Master to prove the truth of his philosophy or of his
realisation, but you must allow him to do it in his own way. I would
ask you to give up your doubts, your impurities, your attachments, your
desires for a few months, and meditate with me sincerely, devotedly and
soulfully. If you allowed me to prove myself in this way, you would
very soon see and feel the truth. But if you said, ‘No, I don't want
you to prove yourself in that way; right now I want you to show me God,
Truth and Light right before my very eyes,’ then what could I do? I
would be helpless at that time."

Book: Mind-Confusion and Heart-Illumination, Part 1
Original page number(s): pp. 35-36
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-147-3
Year of Publication: 1974
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“Yoga does not interfere with any religion. Anybody can practise Yoga. I have disciples who are Catholics, Protestants, Jews and so forth. One can practise Yoga irrespective of religion.... The real aspirant who has launched into spirituality and Yoga will find no difficulty in remaining in his own religion. I tell my disciples not to give up their own religion.”

Book: Earth’s Cry Meets Heaven’s Smile, Part 1
Original page number(s): p. 109
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-097-3
Year of Publication: 1974
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“Vivekananda’s heart pined for the removal of the untold poverty and suffering of the masses - not through alms and charity, but by awakening the Spirit in their hearts, so that they could make their own way.”

Title: Two Mothers and A Son
Book: Mother India’s Lighthouse: India’s Spiritual Leaders
Original page number(s): pp. 234-235
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Rudolph Steiner Publications
Library of Congress: 74-189998
Year of Publication: 1973
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“He who broke the barrier between East and West and placed the two on common ground is still a living force in both. His function was to bring in oneness where there was none before, by carrying the best of each to the other. The East had become lost by moving away from materialism; the West, by keeping clear of spirituality. A happy marriage of the two, he deeply felt, was the supreme need of the world. Life without spirituality was as poor as life without material power. Hence he dynamised the East with the force of the West, and inspired the West with the ancient wisdom of the East.”

Title: Vivekananda and America
Book: Mother India’s Lighthouse: India’s Spiritual Leaders
Original page number(s): p. 241
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Rudolph Steiner Publications
Library of Congress: 74-189998
Year of Publication: 1973
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“Each soul needs involution and evolution. When the soul descends, it is the soul’s involution. When the soul ascends, it is the soul’s evolution. The soul enters into the lowest abyss of inconscience. The soul evolves again into Satchidananda - Existence, Consciousness, Bliss - the triple Consciousness.”

Title: The Journey’s Start, The Journey’s Close
Book: The Upanishads: The Crown Of India’s Soul
Original page number(s): p. 47
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse
ISBN: 0-87847-012-3
Year of Publication: 1972
Date/Venue: January 26, 1972; Cornell University; Ithaca, New York
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“When I say that I am an instrument, I really mean it. I am not God; far from it. God is your Father as much as He is mine. God is not anybody’s monopoly. But I am a conscious instrument of His, while unfortunately you are not. But tomorrow you can be a conscious instrument if you follow the inner path of spiritual discipline.”

Book: A Hundred Years From Now
Original page number(s): p. 46
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-158-9
Year of Publication: 1974
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“We make a mistake when we try to show others that our religion is the best or our path is the best. Each path, each road, will lead a seeker to the goal. At the end of the journey we all arrive at the same goal, but each individual has to follow his own particular path, the path that suits him. Here at our Centre, we never say that if you go to church you will not be able to realise God. As a spiritual Master, I do not have the least objection if anyone goes to a church, a synagogue or any other spiritual place. As a spiritual Master, I am here to inspire you. Then, when you are inspired to go deep within, you enter into the realm of aspiration and feel the necessity of following a path.”

Book: A Hundred Years From Now
Original page number(s): p. 43
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Agni Press
ISBN: 0-88497-158-9
Year of Publication: 1974
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“Religions may fight on the way to the goal, but at the end of the journey they become most intimate friends, and then they feel that they were all the time together on the same journey, only following different paths. True, sincere followers of any religion, either Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam or Judaism, will never find fault in the truths of other religions. They know that the ultimate Truth exists in each religion. But in the field of practice or manifestation, human thoughts, human ideas, human vibrations can alter the truth. This is at the root of conflict between religions. The moment we go deep within, however, we see that there is no religion, only Truth. India’s greatest political leader, Mahatma Gandhi, said, ‘Where is religion? To me religion is just Truth.’ The word ‘religion’ can cause conflict and fighting. But when we use the word ‘Truth,’ the conflicting parties remain silent.”

Book: The Spiritual Journey: Oneness In Diversity
Original page number(s): pp. 47-48
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Aum Publications
ISBN: 0-88497-384-0
Year of Publication: 1977
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“In the hoary past, Asoka, the great Emperor of India, sent missionaries to the corners of the globe with a profound message: ‘The basis of all religions is the same, wherever they are. Try to help them all you can, teach them all you can, but do not try to injure them.’“

Title: The Song Universal
Book: The Garland Of Nation-Souls
Original page number(s): p. 9
Author: Sri Chinmoy
Publisher: Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse
ISBN: 0-87847-013-1
Year of Publication: 1972
Date/Venue: November 26, 1968; United Nations Church Center
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