Sri Chinmoy - The Jewels of Happiness

These sweet gems of wisdom written by my dear friend Sri Chinmoy are timeless truths full of encouragement, love and goodness. The Jewels of Happiness will inspire you to become who you truly are a shining child in Gods big Family.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Sri Chinmoy has been a true voice for peace and love, based on the profound principles of humanity. He takes us into a world where our heart and aspirations run free. A place where we pursue our most wanted desire to discover the true meaning of happiness the jewels of happiness inside of us.

Dr. Jos Ramos-Horta

President of Timor-Lest (East Timor) and Nobel Peace Laureate

The Jewels of Happiness is beautiful and inspiring, and is a reflection of Sri Chinmoy himself. It conveys powerfully the calm inner peace that was so much a part of him, and it shines, too, with the spiritual joy of a life well lived.

Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE

Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace

Sri Chinmoy reverberates knowledge. Reading this book will allow you to experience a radiant and abundant awareness of how to achieve happiness. Thank you, Sri Chinmoy.

Roberta Flack

Four-time Grammy Award-winning singer and musician

Just reading these pages by Sri Chinmoy instantly brought me a feeling of peace. They returned me, like a loving voice calling me home from the worlds wilderness, to myself and to the awareness that unconditional giving, love and happiness are possible for us every moment of our lives. This book brims over with the jewels of wisdom that await everyone who embraces a spiritual path and is devoted to daily serving humankind.

Professor Charles Johnson

Renowned author and National Book Award winner

My dear friend and teacher, Sri Chinmoy, inspired millions through his own example that each one of us has access to the field of all possibilities. These wonderful reflections in The Jewels of Happiness encourage us to live more creative and fulfilled lives.

Paul Horn

Flutist and composer inside the Taj Mahal and other world wonders

about the author

Sri Chinmoy is a renowned spiritual leader, peace luminary and friend of humanity. Born in East Bengal, India in 1931, he was the youngest of seven children. From the age of twelve, he lived in a spiritual community in southern India where he was a champion sprinter and decathlete.

Following an inner command, Sri Chinmoy came to America in 1964, living in New York City until his passing in 2007. There he led the Peace Meditation at the United Nations for 37 years with delegates and staff at the invitation of Secretary-General U Thant. Through myriad creative public offerings including Peace Concerts, the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, and the Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms family Sri Chinmoy traveled the globe to offer the message that each of us has boundless treasures within.

My ultimate goal is for the power of love

To replace the love of power

Within each individual.

My ultimate goal is for the whole world

To walk together in peace and oneness.

Sri Chinmoy

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Arise! Awake! Thoughts of a Yogi

Commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita

Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life

The Divine Hero

Eastern Light for the Western Mind

Everest-Aspiration

The Garland of Nation-Souls

Garden of the Soul

Heart-Songs

The Inner Promise

Songs of the Soul

The
Jewels
of

Happiness

Sri Chinmoy

Contents

Introduction

from
Archbishop Desmond Tutu

These sweet gems of wisdom written by my dear friend Sri Chinmoy are timeless truths full of encouragement, love and goodness. The Jewels of Happiness will inspire you to become who you truly are a shining child in Gods big Family.

In sweet and heartfelt words, Sri Chinmoy tells us that we are made for togetherness, for fellowship, for oneness and for peace. These chapters fill us with indomitable hope and enthusiasm for life.

Indeed, God says to each and every one of us that He has a dream that the world will become good and kind. He asks us to be His arms and legs to make this dream come true. This is the precious message contained in these wonderful pages. You and you and you each and every one of us is called to become the rainbow children we are.

Our spirit tells us that we are made for transcendence. We are not small. We are not helpless. We are vast, and we have everything we need to succeed.

Come, please just say yes to these precious jewels of happiness and to their wonderful invitation. Come, let us make a better and happier life for ourselves and for all our brothers and sisters.

Chapter I

Peace

What do you want?

I want peace.

Meditate on the setting sun.

Meditate on the top of a mountain.

Meditate on self-giving.

Meditate on the non-existence

Of expectation.

The Seed of Peace

I n the outer life you cannot have peace unless and until you have first established peace in your inner life. Early in the morning, if you treasure a few divine thoughts before leaving your home, then these thoughts will enter into your outer life as energizing, fulfilling realities.

It is in the inner world that everything starts. The inner world is where we sow the seed. If we sow the seed of peace and love, naturally it will produce a tree of peace and love when it germinates. The peace we bring to the fore from the inner world through our prayer and meditation is very strong, very powerful, and it lasts. When we have that peace in our inner life, our outer life is bound to be transformed. It is only a matter of time.

A moments truth

Can and shall make the world beautiful.

A moments peace

Can and shall save the world.

A moments love

Can and shall make the world perfect.

Beyond the Mind

Peace is our greatest and highest blessing. We think that we can get everything with prosperity; but if we are wanting in peace, then we are the worst possible beggar. We say peace of mind, but actually we do not have peace in the mind. By staying in the mind, we can never have even a glimpse of peace. When we want peace, we have to go beyond the realm of the mind.

How can we go beyond the mind? It is through our constant aspiration. That aspiration will enable us to collect the mind like a bundle and throw it into the sea of the heart. Then we will see that our whole existence will be inundated with inner peace.

It is only through

Inner peace

That we can have true