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Each human being can at once be a fighter and forgiver. When self-doubt tortures him, he most play the role of a fighter. And when his own ignorance humiliates him, he must play the role of a forgiver.

Sri Chinmoy

Ignorance, Self, Play

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The hope or climbing aspiration of a divine child is to receive and achieve Peace, Light and Bliss in infinite measure.

Sri Chinmoy

Children, Light, Climbing

Sri Chinmoy (2014). “The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga”, p.401, Aum Publications

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God's first Smile was born
The day humanity awoke
To His Light.

Sri Chinmoy

Smile, Light, Humanity

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God is beyond definition. But according to one's own vision or receptivity, one will define God in one's own way. Some will say that God is all Love. Others will say that God is all Power. Each one will see God according to his own necessity, his own receptivity and, finally, according to the way God wants him to see the ultimate Truth.

Sri Chinmoy

God, Vision, Definitions

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You do not have to be The fastest starter. Just be a starter! You will, without fail, Reach your destination-sun.

Sri Chinmoy

Encouragement, Inspiration, Sun

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Man's eternal question is:'Who is God?'God's immediate answer is:'My child, who else is God, if not you?

Sri Chinmoy

Children, Men, Answers

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Do not try to approach God with your thinking mind. It may only stimulate your intellectual ideas, activities, and beliefs. Try to approach God with your crying heart. It will awaken your soulful, spiritual consciousness.

Sri Chinmoy

Spiritual, Heart, Thinking

Sri Chinmoy (2015). “Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life”, p.66, Aum Publications

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One positive seed-thought Has saved me, My entire life: My Lord Supreme Will always love me No matter what I do Or what I say Or even what I become.

Sri Chinmoy

Matter, Lord, Seeds

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Smile, my friends, my soulful friends, smile. Let us smile. True, this world of ours is full of suffering and excruciating pangs, but that is no reason why we should not smile.

Sri Chinmoy

Suffering, World, Reason Why

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Do you want to change the world? Then change yourself first. Do you want to change yourself? Then remain completely silent inside the silence-sea.

Sri Chinmoy

Sea, Silence, World

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I never fight with reason- I just ignore it.

Sri Chinmoy

Fighting, Reason

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Each child born on earth Is a unique promise of God To God Himself.

Sri Chinmoy

Children, Unique, Promise

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When we go deep within, into the deepest recesses of our hearts, we commune with God through meditation. It is through meditation that we can know that God is both with form and without form, with attributes and without attributes.

Sri Chinmoy

Heart, Meditation, Form

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One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility.

Sri Chinmoy

Humble, Humility, Inferiority

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Instead of telling the world What it is supposed to do, Why don't you immediately do it yourself? In this way, I assure you, Your happiness will be surprisingly multiplied.

Sri Chinmoy

Happiness, World, Way

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When I meditate, I clearly see that God is already seated inside my heart.

Sri Chinmoy

Yoga, Heart, Meditation

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Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment.

Sri Chinmoy

Life, Enlightenment, Finals

"Ten Thousand Flower Flames". Poetry series by Sri Chinmoy (#4029, Part 41), 1979.

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I love my enemies for two reasons: they inspire me to recognise my weakness. They also inspire me to perfect my imperfect nature.

Sri Chinmoy

Two, Perfect, Inspire

"Meditations: Food For The Soul (June 23)". Book by Sri Chinmoy, 1971.

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Of all the medicines
In the inner life,
A smile is by far
The best medecine.

Sri Chinmoy

Smile, Medicine, Inner Life

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Love is hope. Hope is nectar.

Sri Chinmoy

Love Is, Nectar

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If hope is just a mere wish, if it is just like making friends with fantasy, then consciousness will not respond to it. But if it is something significant, like a vision that is trying to blossom inside the heart of an individual, then consciousness will be elevated.

Sri Chinmoy

Heart, Vision, Trying

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A simple man will have only what he needs, and he will know the difference between what he needs and what he wants. We feel that whatever we want, we desperately need. But before we possess the world, to our wide surprise we see that the world has already possessed us.

Sri Chinmoy

Simple, Men, Differences

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Just becauseWe cannot see,We are not entitled to doubt.

Sri Chinmoy

Doubt, Entitled

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Arise, awake! This path is arduous. So we learn from the wise, and we have to follow in the footsteps of the wise. The path of spirituality is not a bed of roses. But neither is it a chimerical mist. The Golden Shores of the Beyond are not a mere promise. The crown of human aspiration is bound to be fulfilled on the Golden Shores of the Beyond.

Sri Chinmoy

Wise, Bed Of Roses, Promise

Sri Chinmoy (2014). “The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga”, p.74, Aum Publications

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I took a closer look. There is no such thing as ignorance. Ignorance is nothing But my limited knowledge. I took a closer look. There is no such thing as defeat. Defeat is nothing But the inspirer Of my increasing will. I took a closer look. There is no such thing as death. Death is nothing But my strengthening And Dreaming rest.

Sri Chinmoy

Death, Dream, Ignorance

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Born: August 27, 1931
Died: October 11, 2007
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