Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) is a Spiritual Master who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of world harmony. He feels that through leading a balanced life of spirituality, meditation and selfless service we can reveal our true inner potential and love of humanity.
As well as serving as a spiritual guide to his students Sri Chinmoy lived an active life, showing that meditation can also lead to a productive outer life. Sri Chinmoy was a prolific writer, writing over 1,500 books and painting over 13 million soul birds. Sri Chinmoy was an accomplished musician and composer. He composed over 19,000 songs, including nearly 13,000 in Bengali. For over 35 years Sri Chinmoy offered prayers and mediations at the United Nations in an attempt to foster greater world harmony.
Sri Chinmoy has created many new initiatives to foster his ideal of world harmony. These include the World Harmony Run which seeks to spread friendship and harmony through a global relay torch run. Another is the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles humanitarian aid project.
Through his spiritual activities and initialitives he seeks to inspire others to lead a better, more fulfilling life.
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