Sri Chinmoy Quotes

We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.

There's more to life than physical and material.

Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.

We will not find the inner strength to evolve to a higher level if we do not inwardly develop this profound feeling that there is something higher than ourselves.

Focus your mind on what your Highest Self chooses to be.

The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been. From ignorance to recognition.

When every moment, you experience yourself as the source of creation, not as a piece of creation, then you are realized.

Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.

Everything vanishes round me and good works rise from me of their own accord.

Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.

If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who is everything.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel.

One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.

The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.

There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years.

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.

We are graced with a greater capacity for direct contact with our own higher power than most of us are in the habit of using.

The word 'yoga' means union. It's like everything in yoga yokes or unites you to something higher, the highest part of yourself.

I believe spiritualism is above everything, and I would choose it over name, fame, and money because spiritualism gives you power, and I love power.

Prince didn't want to celebrate birthdays but to live life, to elevate and educate to the next level of enlightenment.

There is a business side to me and a spiritual side.