Over 700 videos on meditation and spirituality.

Meditation exercises, spiritual music and art, and the multifarious activities of spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy and his students.

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March 27, 2024

Concentration Exercise

This is a meditation exercise taken from Sri Chinmoy’s Meditation book, narrated by Purnakama Rajna. Concentration is the building block of meditation and involves being focused on a single object and avoiding distracting thoughts.

February 18, 2024

Early film footage of Sri Chinmoy

A selection of early film footage from the 1980s, recorded on the Super-8mm format. This rare archive footage features Sri Chinmoy in meditation, performing in concerts, and taking part in sporting activities.

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February 7, 2024

Sri Chinmoy talks about the Peace Run

In August 2005, Sri Chinmoy spoke during the opening ceremony of the US leg of the World Harmony Run (now Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run), which was held in New York’s Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, just across from the UN secretariat building.

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January 27, 2024

Sri Chinmoy: Samadhi

A rare historical 16mm film from the 1970s shows Sri Chinmoy in meditation at his home in Queens, NY. Read more »

January 22, 2024

Kailash on self-transcendence

In this video, Kailash talks about what he understands by the concept of self-transcendence; he explains how self-transcendence is the process of going deeper in meditation and understanding more about our real nature. Kailash also explains how sport can help us to practise a form of self-transcendence that can be then used in other areas of life. Read more »

January 17, 2024

Ashrita Furman – A spiritual journey

Ashrita Furman has over 130 Guinness World records to his name, far more than any other person on earth. Here in this special 30 minute interview, he talks in detail about his spiritual journey, how he started meditation and how his journey of self-discovery transformed him from a self-described ‘shy, skinny kid’ who was completely non sports-oriented into a Guinness Record breaker who uses the power of meditation to go beyond the mind and achieve things that previously seemed almost impossible. Read more »

December 31, 2023

Interview: “Love of God is exactly what I was looking for in life”

Hemabha Jang talks about the inner search which led her to become a student of Sri Chinmoy. Growing up in South Korea, Hemabha was interested in spirituality from a very young age. Coming originally from a Christian background, she explored many different roads to greater happiness and deeper meaning in life. Read more »

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Meditation videos

Videos on how to meditate, meditation exercises, and footage of Sri Chinmoy in meditation. Watch more videos » 

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October 28, 2019

First instructions for beginners in meditation – Sri Chinmoy

During an interview at the Holistic Health Association of the Princeton area, New Jersey, Sri Chinmoy is asked to share what he considers the preliminary stages and attitude for people who are starting to meditate.

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April 11, 2021

Jharna-Kala Meditation

Meditating with Sri Chinmoy’s art is a soulful journey through a world of colours and forms. Spiritual teacher and artist Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) calls his artwork “Jharna-Kala” or in English “Fountain-Art”, art that comes from the inner feelings, from the soul’s region. Read more »

April 20, 2022

Meditation exercises: Love, Peace and Light

These meditation exercises are taken from the writings of meditation Master Sri Chinmoy. In this exercise, Sri Chinmoy writes how we can focus our meditation on a divine quality that we wish to invoke. Read more »

May 11, 2013

A compilation of Sri Chinmoy’s meditations

Sri Chinmoy taught meditation through silence. By meditating with him, one became aware of the vastness, purity and depth of consciousness that one could find inside one’s own being.  Sri Chinmoy may no longer be with us in person, but fortunately we have a wealth of footage of the Master in meditation, in which the same powerful effect can be felt by the viewer.
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February 28, 2018

Meditation videos with Sri Chinmoy

Meditation with a spiritual Master can be quite an uplifting experience for a seeker, since the Master´s consciousness and silent gave can guide us toward our hearts – and more, bring our souls to the fore, which is the most effective way of learning to meditate. Read more »

June 19, 2017

Sri Chinmoy in silent meditation – 27-8-1991

A video from Sri Chinmoy’s birthday on August 27, 1991, showing him in silent meditation. Sri Chinmoy felt the real teaching of a spiritual Master occurred through silence and bringing to the fore the presence of peace and light, which can be felt by receptive seekers.

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Sport and self-transcendence.

Sri Chinmoy felt that sport and spirituality naturally went together; he was an avid runner and weightlifter, and his students also aim to better themselves through sports, as well as organising sporting events for the general public. View more sports videos »

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June 19, 2018

At the start of the 3100 Mile Race

In this video, Utpal Marshall captures the atmosphere at the start of the 2018 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. The short video gives an insight into the hopes, aspirations and feelings of those runners who are taking to the start line in this epic quest of self-transcendence. The runners will aim to complete the 3100 miles in a time of fewer than 52 days – which requires a daily average of 60 miles. Read more »

July 25, 2015

New world record set in 3100 Mile Race

On 24 July 2015, Ashprihanal Aalto set a new record for the world’s longest race, the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile race. The flying Finn completed the epic journey in under 41 days, almost a day faster than the previous record set in 2006. In doing so, he averaged over 76 miles (123.5 km) a day. Read more »

June 20, 2016

Start of the 3100 Mile Race 2016

On 19th June, 12 intrepid runners lined up for the 20th edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. This video captures a small glimpse of the opening moments of the race – the activity and dynamism of the runners and organisers, combined with an inner serenity as the challenge looms ahead. Read more »

May 22, 2015

Course record set in 12 Hour Walk

Every year, Sri Chinmoy’s students hold a 12 hour walking race on April 12th, the eve of the anniversary of Sri Chinmoy’s arrival in America. This year over 150 people participated, and the race yielded a new competition record, set by Abhinabha Tangerman from Amsterdam. Read more »

July 11, 2018

Prachar on enthusiasm

In this video, Prachar Stegemann relates a short story about competing in a one mile race. Prachar narrates how he started the race with great speed and enthusiasm. Despite fading towards the end of the race, he later received warm appreciation from his spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy, for starting the race with such great enthusiasm.

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March 20, 2016

Suprabha – 3100 Mile Race stories

Suprabha Beckjord completed the 3100 Mile Self Transcendence race a record 13 consecutive years – between 1997 and 2009. In this short interview, Suprabha shares some stories of how she got into running and how Sri Chinmoy encouraged her to enter the 3100 Mile Race. Read more »

Peace Concerts.

From 1984 to 2007, Sri Chinmoy gave around 800 Peace Concerts in venues all over the world, including London’s Royal Albert Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House. More Peace Concert videos »

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August 16, 2017

Sri Chinmoy’s first Peace Concert – Cologne, 1984

On 24 March 1984, Sri Chinmoy offered his first major Peace Concert in the Kölner Sporthalle in Cologne, Germany. 8000 seekers attended and it was the start of a worldwide series of Peace Concerts.  This is an original VHS recording and the video quality is not perfect, but it gives a small impression of these Peace Concerts. Read more »

Recent uploads

Contributed from all over the world by members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre, which was set up by Sri Chinmoy to facilitate the personal development of his students and to serve the community through free meditation classes, concerts and other cultural and athletic events.

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Documentaries

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    Challenging Impossibility

    Award-winning story of Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting  Read more »

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    Spirit of a Runner

    One runner’s journey through the longest foot race in the world. Read more »

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    Ocean Monk

    Seeking enlightenment through meditation and surfing. Read more »

Podcasts on Sri Chinmoy TV

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    LIFE Voices

    Interviews with inspiring voices from around the world Read more »

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    Meditation-Silence

    Silent meditation and spiritual writings by Sri Chinmoy. Read more »

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    Moments of Silence

    Meditative scenery from Hawai’i, Switzerland, Bali and more »