8 March
44 Years in the West
April 13th, 2008, marked the 44th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's arrival in the West. Sri Chinmoy arrived in New York, USA on April 13th 1964.
2008, was also the first celebration since Sri Chinmoy's mahasamadhi in October 2007.
To commemorate the arrival of Sri Chinmoy in the West, for many years, disciples have taken part in a 12 hour race walk. I believe in earlier years, Sri Chinmoy himself took part in the 12 hour walk.
Many of Sri Chinmoy's students were in New York for the celebrations. Also, those from other countries who could not travel, took part in events in their own countries. For example, disciples in Mongolia arranged a 12 hour walk, with 45 people participating.
Mongolia 12 Hour Walk
See more photos at Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries
Utpal Marshall gives an account of celebrations through his blog post on Departures Day
Picture top by: Sharani
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
The spiritual life is normal to me
Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom
Reflections on meditation
Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Spiritual moments with my grandmother
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
Bhutan, A Country Less Travelled...
Ambarish Keenan Dublin, Ireland
Believe, take a step and proceed: a 6-day race experience
Susan Marshall ,
Learning to follow my intuition
Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia
Soul-Birds take flight
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
The day when everything began
Bhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria
Meditation Nights at the Sri Chinmoy Centre
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
Connecting the dots
Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States
Spiritual Friends
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
'I could find out myself, but it was so much easier asking your soul'
Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom
If I can smile like that, it's worth becoming a disciple
Mahatapa Palit New York, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Meditation: you make progress just by doing it
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
What meditation gave me that I was missing
Purnahuti Wagner Guatemala City, Guatemala
Getting through difficult times in your meditation
Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico
Starting a spiritual café
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
When I met Sri Chinmoy for the first time
Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria
The relationship between Guru and disciple
Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria
Self-transcendence in meditation
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
Except where explicitly stated otherwise, the contents of this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. read more »
SriChinmoyCentre.org is a Vasudeva Server project.