Essays and Poems

Essays and Poems

For over 37 years, Sri Chinmoy graced the halls of the United Nations, and his prolific outpouring of essays, poems, artwork and songs dedicated to the UN inspired the fourth UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to call Sri Chinmoy “the heart of the United...
Imagination and Meditation

Imagination and Meditation

During a meeting of the Peace Meditation Group on 8 January 1976, Sri Chinmoy offered these illumining insights into using imagination to help raise our consciousness or improve our meditation, as excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25...
Guidance from Answers to “Meditation Related” Questions

Guidance from Answers to “Meditation Related” Questions

This selection of answers to “meditation related” questions provides practical guidance on meditation and concentration techniques. These answers also appear in a 2020 publication which highlights 50 answers covering many more topics. The excerpts were...
Meditation Guidance from Talks at the UN

Meditation Guidance from Talks at the UN

Through talks and answers to questions offered at the United Nations, the members of the Peace Meditation Group as well as the wider UN community received valuable inspiration and guidance from Sri Chinmoy. Below are some excerpts from talks given over the years...
Excerpts from “Garland of Nation Souls”: Talk at UN – 1970

Excerpts from “Garland of Nation Souls”: Talk at UN – 1970

The Garland of Nation-Souls1 Highlighted Excerpts: The nation that soulfully cries for inner development and devotedly cries for outer growth can alone be in the vanguard of the teeming nations. A nation falls when it deliberately and vehemently resists the idea of...
Concentration, Meditation and Contemplation

Concentration, Meditation and Contemplation

At meetings of the Peace Meditation Group at the UN, Sri Chinmoy was often requested to define concentration, meditation and contemplation, and tell how they differ from each other. Below is his answer to one such question, as excerpted from Earth’s Cry Meets...
U Thant quoted on privilege of working at UN

U Thant quoted on privilege of working at UN

Excerpt: ‘Supremely significant are the words of the Secretary General, U Thant: “I can think of no worthier task for a man or a woman to be engaged in than that of creating the tools for international co-operation and working for the betterment of his fellow human...