Archive for May, 2005
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Mantric Music
In October of 1990 Sri Chinmoy visited Sweden and gave two concerts in the Konserthus in Stockholm. During these performances he played Harmonium and sang his mantric compositions. – Kedar Misani Hear more of Sri Chinmoy’s music on Radio Sri Chinmoy CREDITS Edit & Camera: Kedar Misani Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy Copyright: © 2007 Sri Chinmoy
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Sri Chinmoy’s Colour Kingdom, Part III: Consciousness
Colours are essential for our life. As an artist himself Sri Chinmoy loves colours but he also has a feeling for which qualities come from particular colours. In 1974 the first edition of his book “Colour Kingdom” was published, presenting around 50 different shades of colours together with the quality and one poem about the [...]
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Self-Transcendence 6 & 10 Day Race 2007
80 Runners came from more than a dozen countries to run on a one mile loop in Flushing Meadow Park, New York. It is the 12th time the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team has sponsored the event and the record field was almost evenly split between the 6 and 10 day events. The race began on [...]
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Sri Chinmoy’s Colour Kingdom, Part 42: Sincerity
Sincerity is next door to Divinity.-Sri Chinmoy Colours are essential for our life. As an artist himself Sri Chinmoy loves colours but he also has a feeling for which qualities come from particular colours. In 1974 the first edition of his book “Colour Kingdom” was published, presenting around 50 different shades of colours together with [...]
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Sri Chinmoy Performs for 1000 Chinese School Children
Sri Chinmoy gives esraj concert in Xiamen, China.
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Meditation: In the World of Blossoming Peace
During the birthday celebrations of August 1993 Sri Chinmoy explained and demonstrated the meditation states of Savikalpa and Nirvikalpa Samadhi at the “Aspiration-Ground” in Queens, New York. When I filmed the meditation something strange happened with my camera. At the moment when Sri Chinmoy explained the meditation getting high, higher, highest, the colour of the [...]
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Sri Chinmoy Speaks On Spirituality – Part 4
During a Press Conference in Stockholm Sri Chinmoy answers questions from journalists. In this clip he speaks about joy, delight and the deeper meaning of life: “Joy in infinite measure is the crown of spirituality”. CREDITS Camera & Edit: Kedar Misani Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy Copyright: © 2006 Sri Chinmoy
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LIFE Voices 8: Ayurveda, Wisdom of Life
Subscribe Now on iTunes! Or get Miro and subscribe to the LIFE Voices channel. Kumudini Shoba states, “Ayurveda helps everyone to stay healthy and balanced. Ayurveda’s truth is simple: Look within yourself, look at your body, look at your mind and look at your inner being and if you can just look at yourself, then [...]
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Moments of Silence 7: Krishna & Arjuna
I recently visited Bali together with a large group of Sri Chinmoy’s students. Near Denpasar airport I found this powerful sculpture-fountain featuring Krishna and Arjuna on the chariot. I chose a simple black & white presentation to emphasize the structures and forms. —Kedar Misani CREDITS Camera & Edit: Kedar Misani Soundtrack: Parichayaka Hammerl Produced by [...]
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Sri Chinmoy’s Birthday Meditation 2002
Of all the videos made, Sri Chinmoy’s meditations seem to have a special value. They embody his love, compassion and concern in a very special way. Meditations, especially the ones on his birthdays, are a real treasure for us now, as well as for the future. Let me share with you these moments, recorded on [...]
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Sri Chinmoy Plays Stringed Instruments
Sri Chinmoy loved to play stringed instruments. Besides his most well-known, the esraj, he also regularly performed on the cello and violin. He not only played his own compisitions but also created quite unexpected modern tunes on them like in this clip from Cairns, Australia, where he plays on the cello and improvises on the [...]
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Moments of Silence 2: Daibutsu — The Great Buddha of Kamakura
The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amida Buddha in the Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is believed that the statue was originally cast in 1252, following an idea by the priest Joko, who also collected donations to build it. The sculptors were One-Goroemon and Tanji-Hisatomo. The [...]
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Sri Chinmoy’s Colour Kingdom, Part VI: Confidence
Colours are essential for our life. As an artist himself Sri Chinmoy loves colours but he also has a feeling for which qualities come from particular colours. In 1974 the first edition of his book “Colour Kingdom” was published, presenting around 50 different shades of colours together with the quality and one poem about the [...]
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Sri Chinmoy’s Colour Kingdom, Part XX: Hospitality
My heart’s hospitality Is the only hospitality My Lord Supreme Happily and unreservedly trusts.-Sri Chinmoy Colours are essential for our life. As an artist himself Sri Chinmoy loves colours but he also has a feeling for which qualities come from particular colours. In 1974 the first edition of his book “Colour Kingdom” was published, presenting [...]
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Sri Chinmoy Speaks On Spirituality – Part 2
During a Press Conference in Stockholm Sri Chinmoy answers questions from journalists. In this clip he explains the relationship between music and meditation and speaks about establishing a oneness-world family. CREDITS Camera & Edit: Kedar Misani Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy Copyright: © 2006 Sri Chinmoy
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Nature Meditation with Esraj Music
In 2003 the Christmas vacation brought Sri Chinmoy to Cairns, Australia, where he gave several concerts and also played his Chinmoy Vina. I combined some nature scenes of Australia with his playing. —Kedar Misani CREDITS Camera & Edit: Kedar Misani Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy Copyright: © 2008 Sri Chinmoy
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LIFE Voices 20: Exploring the 4 Elements
Subscribe Now on iTunes!Or get Miro and subscribe to the LIFE Voices channel. Working with the four elements in the beautiful natural scenery of Lanzarote is the focus of Swiss therapist Peter Neubauer whom I recently met during the “Art of Life” fair in Berne, Switerland. Enjoy the vastness and depth of our earth’s treasures [...]
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Recitations on Peace, by Sri Chinmoy
During the celebration activities of April 1995 in New York, Sri Chinmoy recites from his book Peace-Blossom-Fragrance, Part 6, first published by Agni Press 1994. Enjoy 24 of these Peace-Blossom poems. You can read this book online at SriChinmoyLibrary.com —Kedar Misani CREDITS Camera & Edit: Kedar Misani Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy Copyright: © 2007 Sri Chinmoy
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Sri Chinmoy’s Colour Kingdom, Part XXVII: New Life
A new life of man is the evolving soul of God.-Sri Chinmoy Colours are essential for our life. As an artist himself Sri Chinmoy loves colours but he also has a feeling for which qualities come from particular colours. In 1974 the first edition of his book “Colour Kingdom” was published, presenting around 50 different [...]
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Sri Chinmoy’s Colour Kingdom, Part 49: Uncertainty
A heart of uncertainty is a body of future failure. -Sri Chinmoy Colours are essential for our life. As an artist himself Sri Chinmoy loves colours but he also has a feeling for which qualities come from particular colours. In 1974 the first edition of his book “Colour Kingdom” was published, presenting around 50 different [...]
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German Concert Tour 2005
In autumn of 2005 Maestro Sri Chinmoy visited Europe as part of his “World Harmony Concert Tour 2005″. It included his biggest German Tour ever bringing him to eight cities: Berlin, Mannheim, Freiburg, Dresden, Dortmund, Nürnberg, München and Hamburg. He gave nine concerts with a total audience of more than 30,000. Looking through all my [...]
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Sri Chinmoy Meditates in Japan, 1997
CREDITS Camera & Edit: Mridanga Spencer Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy Copyright: © 1997 Sri Chinmoy
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12+24 Self-Transcendence Race in Switzerland
The European Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team organized its 21st International Self-Transcendence 12+24 Hour Race in Basel, Switzerland with 139 participants from 20 countries. As usual the race was appreciated by the ultra runners because of its support around the clock and the friendly atmosphere. Fastest 24 hour runners in the main category were Kai Horschig [...]
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Sri Chinmoy Plays Gongs
In 1992 Sri Chinmoy gave one of his major European concerts in the famous “Deutschlandhalle” in Berlin before an audience of 9000 seekers from all over Europe. Among many traditional Eastern and Western instruments he also played on three Chinese gongs. Watch this special performance. —Kedar Misani CREDITS Camera & Edit: Kedar Misani Acknowledgements: Sri [...]
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Songs of the Soul: Gandharva Loka Orchestra
View now: (Duration: 5:47) View now: (Duration: 5:57) The April 25th 2008 Songs of the Soul concert in New York was a first of its kind—the very first concert dedicated to the vast musical legacy of Maestro Sri Chinmoy; the very first of 777 in which the Maestro would not perform. To commemorate a musical [...]
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Moments of Silence 1: 500 Faces of Buddha
In a temple garden near Kumamoto in Southern Japan I discovered a site with 500 Buddha sculptures. They show that there is not only one Buddha, but many aspects of Buddha exist. This is the first episode of a new podcast series featuring meditative moments captured during the many travels with Sri Chinmoy. —Kedar Misani [...]
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Oneness Education — a Talk by Sri Chinmoy
“You are a Truth-seeker. I am a Truth-seeker. You are a God-lover and I am a Godlover. You and I have the same God, yet we quarrel and fight. God asks you to trust me; you fail to obey God. God asks me the same thing, He asks me to trust you; but I certainly [...]
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Mandu and Visuddhi Trummer in Concert
In November 2008 the European “Songs of the Soul” group of several dozens of singers and musicians commemorated the musical legacy of Sri Chinmoy with a successful tour through 7 European cities: Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Munich, Milano, Zurich and Heidelberg. I was visiting the Zurich performance and here is the second part: Mandu (Harp/Erhu) and [...]
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Meditation-Silence 10: The Beginning
When we start meditating, first we try to reach our own inner existence— our true existence; that is to say, the bottom of the sea – Sri Chinmoy “When we start meditating, first we try to reach our own inner existence—our true existence; that is to say, the bottom of the sea. Then when the [...]
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Sri Chinmoy’s Colour Kingdom, Part 45: Sorrow
A life of sorrow is not a life of perdition, but a life of self-purification and God-glorification.-Sri Chinmoy Colours are essential for our life. As an artist himself Sri Chinmoy loves colours but he also has a feeling for which qualities come from particular colours. In 1974 the first edition of his book “Colour Kingdom” [...]
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