About Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy was born in India and at the age of 12 moved to a spiritual community in the South of India where he practised meditation and other spiritual disciplines. In 1964 Sri Chinmoy felt an inner command to move to the United States and offer the spiritual wealth of the East to aspiring seekers of truth in the West.
Based in New York, Sri Chinmoy has offered many talks on meditation and frequently travelled around the world giving free concerts of meditative music. Many students have been drawn to his teachings of meditation and an integral spiritual life, and Sri Chinmoy Centres have been set up around the world.
Sri Chinmoy departed this earth in 2007, at the age of 76. He was active right up until his last moment. In particular he was always eager to inspire others and bring to the fore their good qualities. This site, Sri Chinmoy TV, is a collection of videos inspired by his lifetime’s work, sporting achievements and artistic endeavours. There are also many video contributions from members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre.
Sri Chinmoy – a life in videos
Through his involvement in multifarious fields, Sri Chinmoy showed how the inner life of prayer and meditation could be used in all manner of outer activities.
Life of Sri Chinmoy
Videos which give an overview of the life of Sri Chinmoy. Who Sri Chinmoy is and some of the activities that he participated in during his life.
Sri Chinmoy in meditation
Through his silent prayers and meditations, Sri Chinmoy was able to convey the experience of peace to millions of people
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Meditation in New York – April 1992
Videoaufnahme einer Meditation von Sri Chinmoy im New Yorker Meditationszentrum im April 1992. Während der Meditation singen und spielen Sri […]
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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 […]
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Peace Concerts
This world of ours has everything save and except one thing: peace. And this peace has to start from within. If I have peace of mind, then only can I be of help to you. If you have peace of mind, then only can you be of help to me…So I play quite a few instruments and offer soulful music — not the music that stimulates our vital, but the music that increases our inner hunger, which is love of God.
– Sri Chinmoy
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The Milan Concert 2005
A 52-minute overview of Sri Chinmoy’s 2005 performance, beginning with silent meditation, followed by instruments including esraj, cello, flute, harmonium and synthesizer.
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Sri Chinmoy’s piano improvisations
From April 1992: A short meditation, followed by a powerful piano performance
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Talks and interviews
Sri Chinmoy gave talks at universities in all 50 states, including the Ivy League universities, as well as Oxford, Cambridge and many other universities around the world. He also gave many radio and TV interviews on different subjects.
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Sri Chinmoy on spiritual advice for athletes
During an interview for television in Holland, Sri Chinmoy, himself an athlete, teaches athletes how to pray and meditate, their […]
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The value of prayer – Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy talks about how our genuine prayers and meditations for peace can have a transformative effect on the world. […]
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Sri Chinmoy’s Art
In a 33 year career spanning from 1974 to 2007, Sri Chinmoy painted thousands of mystical abstract paintings, which he called Jharna Kala (Fountain-Art), as well as over 16 million bird drawings symbolising the freedom of the human soul.
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Art and Poetry by Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy reads his poetry at at Oslo City Hall in 2001, together with a beautiful art exhibition.
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Slideshow of Sri Chinmoy’s Art
To commemorate the 44th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala At, we are presenting a new slideshow of 81 paintings that […]
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Sri Chinmoy’s sporting life
Sri Chinmoy loved running and tennis, and felt that they were sports with great spiritual significance. In addition, he performed many remarkable weightlifting feats, starting in his fifties, to show that age and impossibility are only in the mind.
- Sri Chinmoy TV interview from 1976 (Pat Collins show)
- Sri Chinmoy interview from 1977.
External Links
- Sri Chinmoy.org
- Radio Sri Chinmoy – Musical offerings of Sri Chinmoy and members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre
- Obituary of Sri Chinmoy in Independent
- Sri Chinmoy – Peace activist and spiritual leader at Scotsman
- Article on Sri Chinmoy in New York Times
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Sri Chinmoy on meditation: its value, time and effect
A selection of video excerpts with Sri Chinmoy talking about – the value of meditation, at what time of the […]
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Sri Chinmoy at Nipppon Budokan Hall, Tokyo
This is a recording of a historical performance by spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) at the famous Nippon Budokan Hall […]
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Oslo Peace Flame Inauguration
In June 2001 Sri Chinmoy went to Oslo for a week-long Peace Week with many cultural and musical events, among […]
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The spiritual significance of age
Sri Chinmoy talks about the spiritual significance of age saying that “Age is in the mind, not in the heart.” […]
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