Sri Chinmoy TV

Meditation-Silence 1: What is meditation?

Kedar Misani — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:14:59 +0000

In this first episode of the MEDITATION-SILENCE series Sri Chinmoy himself explains what meditation is (excerpt from a TV interview) and demonstrates it through meditation in the video section of the clip.

Length: 2:57 min

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CREDITS
Camera & Edit: Kedar Misani
Voice: Sri Chinmoy
Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy
Copyright: © 2006 Sri Chinmoy

Meditation-Silence 2: Feeding the inner life

Kedar Misani — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:14:37 +0000

In this second episode of the MEDITATION-SILENCE series Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) himself speaks about “Feeding the inner life” and demonstrates it through meditation in the video section of the clip.

Length: 7:28 min

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CREDITS
Camera : Mridanga Spencer
Voice: Sri Chinmoy
Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy
Copyright: © 2006 Sri Chinmoy

Meditation-Silence 3: Concentration

Kedar Misani — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:14:04 +0000

An episode of Meditation-Silence featuring Sri Chinmoy and focusing on the subject of concentration.

“When we concentrate we do not allow any thought to enter into our minds, whether it is divine, earthly or heavenly, good or bad. The mind, the entire mind, hat to be focused on a particular object or subject. If you are concentrating on the petal of a flower, try to feel that only you and the petal exist, that nothing else exists in the entire world but you and the petal. You will look neither forward nor backward, upward nor inward. You will just try to pierce the object that you are focusing on with your one-pointed concentration. But this concentration is not an aggressive way of looking into a thing or entering into an object. Far from it! This concentration comes directly from the heart, or more precisely, from the soul. We call it the soul’s indomitable will, or willpower.”

- Sri Chinmoy

Length: 3:30 min

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Produced and filmed by kedarvideo, Switzerland
Narration: Kanan Roberts
Music: “Flute Music for Meditation” © Sri Chinmoy

Meditation-Silence 4: Meditation

Kedar Misani — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:13:52 +0000

“When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into a vacant, calm, still, silent mind. We go deep within and approach our true existence, which is our soul. When we live in the soul, we feel that we are actually meditating spontaneously. On the surface of the sea are multitudes of waves, but the sea is not affected below. In the deepest depths, at the bottom of the sea is all tranquility. So when you start meditating, try to feel your own inner existence first. That is to say, the bottom of the sea: calm and quiet. Feel that your whole being is surcharged with peace and tranquility.”

- Sri Chinmoy

Length: 3:40 min

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Produced and filmed by kedarvideo, Switzerland
Narration: Kanan Roberts
Music: “Flute Music for Meditation” © Sri Chinmoy

Meditation-Silence 5: Concentration – Meditation – Contemplation

Kedar Misani — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:13:32 +0000

“Through concentration we become one-pointed and through meditation we expand our consciousness into the Vast. But in contemplation we grow into the Vast itself. We have seen the Truth. We have felt the Truth. But the most important thing is to grow into the Truth and become totally one with the Truth. If we are concentrating on God, we may feel God right in front of us or besides us. When we are meditating, we are bound to feel Infinity, Eternity, Immortality within us. But when we are contemplating, we will see that we ourselves are Infinity, Eternity, Immortality.”

- Sri Chinmoy

Length 3:23 min

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Produced and filmed by kedarvideo, Switzerland
Narration: Kanan Roberts
Music: “Flute Music for Meditation” © Sri Chinmoy

Meditation-Silence 6: Why do we meditate?

Kedar Misani — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:13:00 +0000

“We meditate because this world of ours has not been able to fulfill us. The so-called peace that we feel in our day-to-day life is five minutes of peace after ten hours of anxiety, worry and frustration. We are constantly at the mercy of the negative forces that are all around us: jealousy, fear, doubt, worry, anxiety and despair. These forces are like monkeys. When they get tired of biting us and take rest for a few minutes, then we say that we are enjoying peace. But this is not real peace at all, and the next moment they will attack us again. It is only through meditation that we can get lasting peace, divine peace.”

- Sri Chinmoy

Length: 4:08 min

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Produced and filmed by kedarvideo, Switzerland
Narration: Kanan Roberts
Music: “Flute Music for Meditation” © Sri Chinmoy

Meditation-Silence 25: Meditating on the Heart

Kedar Misani — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:52:32 +0000

The 25th episode of the series Meditation-Silence, including an exercises about meditating on the heart and a short meditation by Sri Chinmoy.

When you meditate feel that you are a child, standing in a flower garden. This flower garden is your heart. A child can play in a garden for hours. He will go from this flower to that flower, but will not leave the garden, because he will get joy from the beauty and fragrance of each flower. Feel that inside you is a garden and you can stay in it for as long as you want. In this way you can meditate on the heart.

- Sri Chinmoy, Wings of Joy

The meditation sequence shows Sri Chinmoy meditating during a concert in Panajachel, at Lake Atatlan in Guatemala.

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Produced and filmed by kedarvideo, Switzerland
Narration: Kanan Roberts
Music: “Flute Music for Meditation” © Sri Chinmoy

Meditation-Silence 7: The Heart-Lotus

Kedar Misani — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:47:12 +0000

Get inspired by the teachings of Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) who devoted his whole live to the cause of peace, prayer and meditation through an extensive body of work in the fields of art, music, poetry and prose. The series “Meditation-Silence” brings you quotes by the master as well as unique videos of his most sacred moments in meditation.

Please try to imagine a lotus inside your heart. Then try to imagine that the lotus is not only inside your heart, but that your heart itself is a lotus. When you look at the lotus or imagine the lotus, try to be deeply absorbed in the beauty of the lotus. It is your own heart-lotus. Then your mind will have no time to roam.

When you enter into a garden, you look at the flowers and enjoy their beauty and fragrance. At that time you do not pay attention to anything else. You have no thought. You are only enjoying the experience that the flowers are offering.

In the same way, try to be deeply absorbed in the lotus which is inside your heart. Then a day will come when you will see that this lotus is not a flower at all — it is your heart itself, which is full of beauty and fragrance. If you start appreciating the beauty and fragrance of your own heart, then there will be no time for your mind to think of anything else.

- Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy’s writings can be found at SriChinmoyLibrary.com

Sitar Performance 2004

Kedar Misani — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:37:50 +0000

During the August Birthday Celebrations 2004 Sri Chinmoy played and improvised on the Sitar in Queens, NY. Watch this special open-air live performance.

Jharna-Kala Exhibition in Oslo

Kedar Misani — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:28:32 +0000

In June 2001 Sri Chinmoy visted Oslo, Norway for a Peace Week with many activities. One beautiful event was a Jharna-Kala art exhibition in the City Hall which was combined with a poetry reading. This video clip shows you the colorful display and focuses on various single artworks, offering an experience of Sri Chinmoy’s soulful and meditative art world.