Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

Question:  Staff at the UN with seemingly insignificant jobs contribute to world peace? SRI CHINMOY:  THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995). Question: How can staff at the United Nations with seemingly insignificant jobs … Read more →

1. If tired, still beneficial to attend meditation at UN? 2. Best way to serve = meditation or action? The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995).  Question: If we are feeling tired, is it still beneficial to attend the meditation sessions … Read more →

 1. Does Meditation Peace have effect on delegates who don’t attend? 2. Meditation and Prayer = love and joy – But what about suffering of others  felt? 3. does writing about happiness help others? The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995). … Read more →

1. Is portion of soul of UN inside all people who work for the UN? 2. What is most important aspect of work at UN? The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995).  Question: Is a portion of the soul of the … Read more →

1. Question: What is most important to remember working at UN?  2. Question: What qualities can we offer to UN to best fulfil it?  2. Question: How work with dynamism and confidence at UN? SRI CHINMOY:  THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the … Read more →

1. Question: Can knowledge of spirituality help professional people to serve mankind? SRI CHINMOY: THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following question and answer are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995). Question: How can the knowledge of spirituality help professional people in their efforts … Read more →

1. Question: What should  attitude be towards working at the UN? SRI CHINMOY: THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS The following question and answer are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995). 1. Question: What should our attitude be towards working at the United Nations?             … Read more →

1. Question: What about the gap between high ideals of  UN and  daily life in Secretariat offices? SRI CHINMOY: THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995). 1. Question: What can be done about the … Read more →

1.  Question:  How  dedicate each task to soul of UN?  2.  Question:  Bring divine consciousness to everyday activities at UN? 3.  Question:  Work with spontaneity and sincerity at UN? 4.  Question: Should  body of  UN remain fluid so soul can easily manifest? SRI CHINMOY:  THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following questions and … Read more →

1.  Question: What do to help humanity become more receptive to UN efforts towards peace? 2.  Question: How can help pilots of UN—the Secretary-General and Directors?   SRI CHINMOY: THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy … Read more →

1.   Question: How should a seeker at the UN deal with staff members who do not want to work and who even block the work of others? SRI CHINMOY: THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri … Read more →

1. Question: How detach emotionally from irritating people and situations? SRI CHINMOY:  THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995). 1. Question: How can a person detach himself emotionally from irritating people and situations?             … Read more →

 1. Question: How avoid tension when doing a project under pressure?  SRI CHINMOY: THE PEACE MEDITATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS  The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995).    1. Question: How can we avoid tension when doing a project under pressure?  … Read more →

1-Meditation on UN and for UN? 2. Meditation for specifics or peace and love? The following questions and answers are excerpted from My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 years, by Sri Chinmoy (1995).  1 . Question: When I meditate on my own, I take it as my own personal meditation. But I was … Read more →

THE INNER VISION :  LOVE OF GOD THE OUTER MISSION :  SERVICE OF HUMANITY PREFACE : In the spring of 1977, Mr. David Rowe, Political Advisor, United States Mission to the U.N. , submitted the following questions to Sri Chinmoy, Leader of the Meditation Group at the United Nations. To edited to highlights of answer … Read more →

SRI CHINMOY ON HIS EFFORTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS An Excerpt from an interview by LE MONDE Paris, September 1984 LE MONDE: Since 1970 you have been the leader of a meditation group at the United Nations. What is its purpose? What type of issues do you deal with? What type of people come to see … Read more →

This post contains links to pages of book published in 2005 which contains answers to spiritual questions, poems and inspirational talks, offered by Sri Chinmoy at the United Nations between June 1977 and October 1994.  This is the 1,510th book that Sri Chinmoy has written since he came to the West in 1964. His first … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy was interviewed at the United Nations by a reporter from the worldwide news service, United Press International, 15 June 1977 Following are excerpts from that interview: UPI: You said once that honesty and frankness are the birthright of the West, humility and devotion are the birthright of the East, and the combination of … Read more →

The Peace Meditation group at the U.N. hosted a special meditation for the diplomatic community, in which Sri Chinmoy delivered a short talk and answered questions about meditation and the spiritual life. Following is a transcript from the programme.including questions on: Other techniques besides meditation that might be more effective for certain types of people? … Read more →

Two questions: Do you think that one can meditate by oneself without somebody there who can help you at every step?  With the kind of life we have and the kind of world we live in, it is not that easy to sit and be with oneself. I realise you said there are so many … Read more →

Here is link to the home of My Meditation-Service at the United Nations for 25 Years by Sri Chinmoy. First published by Agni Press in 1995. Reprinted with the permission of Sri Chinmoy. http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/msun Adapted from Excerpt of the Back Cover: The United Nations is a beacon of hope and goodwill for all the world. … Read more →

as part of the Meditation Programme on 16 Nov 1976 Sri Chinmoy Led the meditation, played the Esraj Musical Instrument and answered some questions. In November, Sri Chinmoy asked members of the Meditation Group to submit spiritual questions for him to answer during the Group’s regular meetings. These are questions answered on 16 and 26 … Read more →

A small booklet “The Inner Vision: Love of God, The Outer Mission: Service of Humanity” was prepared of eight questions submitted to Sri Chinmoy by Mr. David Rowe, Political Advisor, United States Mission to the United Nations, in the spring of 1977. Copies of the booklet were presented to David Rowe by Sri Chinmoy at … Read more →

Meditation Group members and friends sometimes request to know Sri Chinmoy’s Thoughts on  male and female relationships. *Below is a related excerpt from as series of questions from 30 October 1995  when Sri Chinmoy visited “Sacred Rock,” the home of Narada Michael Walden, located in Tiburon, California. Question: Good morning, Guru. Could you to shed … Read more →

    Celebrating 50 Years with 50 Questions During his nearly four decades of service at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Sri Chinmoy was asked hundreds of questions on meditation, spirituality and the inner and outer role of the United Nations. Just a few excerpts from his illumining answers are presented, which continue … Read more →

Content Highlights: About the  Bulletin, Motto, Meditation Group at UN and Sri Chinmoy. REGULAR WEEKLY SCHEDULE TUESDAY(weekly) – HOUR OF SILENT  MEDITATION  , THURSDAY (monthly) – DAG HAMMARSKJOLD LECTURE SERIES , FRIDAY (weekly)- SHORT MEDITATION, TALK, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FEBRUARY 1973 – Upcoming Events Dates and locations January report on events TUESDAY – HOUR or SILENT … Read more →

Question: What do the delegates and ambassadors who are participating in the General Assembly offer to the United Nations spiritually? Sri Chinmoy: All the diplomats and delegates have something spiritual to offer. They have come, first of all, to serve their own country. Their country is made up of thousands and millions of people. Since … Read more →

Question: What is the most important thing to remember while working at the United Nations? Sri Chinmoy: The most important thing to remember while working at the United Nations is the vision of the United Nations. The vision of the United Nations is world peace and world harmony: one nation, one soul and one goal. … Read more →

Mr. David Rowe: Cooperation among all nations is an ancient dream. Assuming we are building on the past, how can we assess the outlook now? This is one of eight questions submitted to Sri Chinmoy by Mr. David Rowe, Political Advisor, United States Mission to the United Nations, in the spring of 1977. Read more →

This is a most challenging question. Each person is competent to answer this lofty question according to his soul’s light. First, I wish to tell you what the United Nations is, according to my own inner light. The United Nations is humanity’s colossal hope. The United Nations is Divinity’s lofty promise. Hope needs assurance from … Read more →

Question: How do you view the problems of the world and how do you think these problems can be solved? Sri Chinmoy: The problems of the world are nothing but teeming clouds in the sky. It is only a matter of time before the sun disperses the clouds. We use the term ‘God’s Hour.’ God’s … Read more →

Question: Is it spiritually correct for some countries not to join the United Nations? Sri Chinmoy: No, every country should join the United Nations, which is humanity’s oneness-world-home. From a spiritual point of view, countries that do not join the United Nations are making a deplorable mistake. Spirituality means not only simplicity, sincerity, purity and … Read more →

Question: Is it possible that the United Nations will one day be a nucleus of worldwide spirituality? Sri Chinmoy: That is not only possible but also inevitable. The symbol, the truth, the light that the United Nations embodies is bound to cover the length and breadth of the world. The body and form that the … Read more →

Question: How can we overcome feelings of resentment and anger that we feel when our superiors appear to be unfair? Sri Chinmoy: When we work in a group, there are many individuals, many ideas, many thoughts and many propensities working together. But we have to do our best to feel that all the individuals in … Read more →

Question: Does any small, progressive act towards world-oneness anywhere on earth improve the United Nations? Sri Chinmoy: Certainly it does. If there is any progress in any corner of the globe, the fruits of that progress will come back to its ultimate source. It is like a father and son. When the son goes abroad … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy: The role of the United Nations will not come to an end after the establishment of peace on earth. To have world peace is just the beginning; it is not and cannot be the end of human achievement. When an individual seeker acquires peace, for example, there are many other things that he … Read more →

Peace I have come to you today as a seeker-brother, a lover of humanity. We are all seekers here; we are all aspiring for the highest Truth. You are aspiring and I also am aspiring. Aspiration is the climbing flame within us and, at the same time, a connecting link between you and me, between … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy: How can you forget the past? Before you can answer that question, first you have to know something about peace, light and power. “What is peace ?” A child is peaceful when you give him a toy. He plays with the toy for about ten or fifteen minutes and while he is playing … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy answered the following questions during a meeting of the Meditation Group, held on 9 May 197 9 in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium: How does the Supreme see the United Nations? Will the dream that began with the League of Nations need yet another organisation to manifest itself? Will the United Nations grow in … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy: The United Nations is a garden that has lots of plants and trees. If a garden has beautiful plants, fragrant flowers and many trees with most delicious fruits, then the person who houses the garden will treasure it. He will feel that the flowers and trees are like his own children, and that … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy: When we are in the mind, when we are of the mind and when we are for the mind, then we feel that the United Nations is definitely a fruit. The hungry minds and, especially, the hungry vitals of some countries and some individuals have been greedily trying to devour this fruit. But … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy: Certainly it does. Whenever and wherever an iota of progress is manifested in the earth-consciousness, the United Nations gets the result. It is like a father and son. When the son goes abroad and does something great and good for mankind, the father gets tremendous joy, for the father sees his own inspiration, … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy: No, every country should join the United Nations. Countries that do not join the United Nations are doing something spiritually incorrect. Spirituality means not only simplicity, sincerity, purity and humility, but also universality, oneness and unity. World unity is of paramount importance. True, the United Nations is not perfect. But no individual and … Read more →

Special Issue of “Meditation at the United Nations”, the Periodic Publication of Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations. Salute to the United Nations Security and Safety Service This is Part (A) *   *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    * TABLE OF … Read more →

Question: How can one best serve the ideal of the United Nations when not working at the United Nations? Sri Chinmoy: One can best serve the United Nations even though one is not working there by keeping in one’s heart the main principles of the United Nations. What are these principles? World peace, world harmony, … Read more →

Dr. Robert Muller: Do you think the United Nations exercises a real influence in the world? What in your view is its principal contribution? How does it appear to you in the great stream of history and human evolution? Sri Chinmoy: Not only do I think, but it is my absolute inner conviction, that the … Read more →

Some frequently asked questions including “is meditation practical” and “dealing with stressful situations” Read more →

Question: In practical terms, how can we give the world love and concern? Sri Chinmoy: A practical thing is something that comes spontaneously from within and not from without. When you get up in the morning, if the thought comes to your mind to show love or concern for the world, that is a practical … Read more →

On 11 March 1977, BBC’s United Nations correspondent Mr. Brian Saxton interviewed Sri Chinmoy about spirituality at the United Nations for a European radio broadcast. Mr. Saxton also requested a tape of songs Sri Chinmoy has composed for the United Nations and included “O United Nations” in the broadcast. The songs were sung by members … Read more →

The following question and answer is taken from The Inner Vision: Love of God, The Outer Mission: Service of Humanity, a series of  questions asked of Sri Chinmoy by Mr. David Rowe of the United States Mission ******* Mr . David Rowe, Political Advisor, United States Mission: Cooperation of all nations is an ancient dream. … Read more →