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    The Silent Teaching
    The Silent Teaching
    The Silent Teaching
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    The Silent Teaching

    By Sri Chinmoy

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    “From the spiritual point of view, every seeker is a beginner. The moment you want to make constant and continual progress, at that moment you become an eternal beginner.” -- Sri Chinmoy

    AN IDEAL BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TRY MEDITATION FOR THE FIRST TIME.

    This simple exposition covers both the theory and practice of meditation in amazingly clear detail. As always with Sri Chinmoy’s works, inspiration is the key. The writing itself freely communicates the very same feeling of joy and satisfaction one gets from the spontaneous inner discovery of meditation.
    Sri Chinmoy is a fully realised spiritual Master, offering the “Path of the Heart” as the simplest way to make rapid spiritual progress. He feels that spirituality is a normal pursuit, as almost everyone yearns for something deeper in themselves at some time in their lives. By meditating on the spiritual heart, seekers can discover their own inner treasures of peace, joy, light and love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSri Chinmoy
    Release dateMar 22, 2014
    ISBN9781938599613
    The Silent Teaching
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    Sri Chinmoy

    Sri Chinmoy was born in the small village of Shakpura in East Bengal, India (now Bangladesh) in 1931. He was the youngest of seven children in a devout family. In 1944, after the passing of both of his parents, he joined his brothers and sisters at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, a spiritual community near Pondicherry in South India. He prayed and meditated for several hours a day, having many deep inner experiences. It was here that he first began writing poetry to convey his widening mystical vision. He also took an active part in Ashram life and was an athletic champion for many years. Heeding an inner command, Sri Chinmoy came to the United States in 1964 to be of service to spiritual aspirants in the Western world. During the 43 years that he lived in the West, he opened more than 100 meditation Centres worldwide and served as spiritual guide to thousands of students. Sri Chinmoy’s boundless creativity found expression not only in poetry and other forms of literature, but also in musical composition and performance, art and sport. In each sphere he sought to convey the diverse experiences that comprise the spiritual journey: the search for truth and beauty, the struggle to transcend limitations, and the supremely fulfilling communion of the human soul with the Divine. As a self-described student of peace who combined Eastern spirituality and Western dynamism in a remarkable way, Sri Chinmoy garnered international renown. In 1970, at the request of U Thant, third Secretary-General of the United Nations, he began the twice-weekly peace meditations for delegates and staff members at UN headquarters that continue to this day. He offered hundreds of peace concerts, always free of charge, in the U.S. and many other countries. He founded the World Harmony Run, a biennial Olympic-style relay in which runners pass a flaming peace torch from hand to hand as they travel around the globe bearing the message of universal oneness. And he established the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles humanitarian organization, which serves the less fortunate members of the world family by supplying food, medical and educational equipment and other urgent support. On 11 October 2007, Sri Chinmoy passed behind the curtain of Eternity. His creative, peace-loving and humanitarian endeavours are carried on worldwide by his students, who practise meditation and strive to serve the world in accordance with his timeless teachings.

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      The Silent Teaching - Sri Chinmoy

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      Silent Teaching:

      a beginner’s guide

      to meditation

      by

      Sri Chinmoy

      With an Introduction by Alan Spence

      ISBN: 978-1-938599-61-3

      Copyright © 1996 Sri Chinmoy

      Copyright © 2014 Sri Chinmoy Centre (eBook)

      All rights reserved. No portion

      of this book may be reproduced

      in any form without express written

      permission from the Publisher.

      Published by

      Aum Publications

      8610 Parsons Blvd.

      Jamaica, NY 11432

      www.srichinmoy.org

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      VISION

      THEORY

      PRACTISE

      INTRODUCTION

      The title of this collection, The Silent Teaching, may at first glance seem strange, even paradoxical. To the mind which is accustomed to regard teaching as instruction, or at best practical demonstration, the notion that such a process can be silent, wordless, may be difficult.

      Yet in discussing meditation we are moving in a realm where, traditionally, truth is communicated directly, in silence, by a look, a gesture, a touch. (One of the best known examples is Buddha’s ‘flower-sermon’ in which he came to address a large gathering, and his ‘lecture’ consisted of holding up a flower!) As Sri Chinmoy puts it, All real spiritual Masters teach meditation in silence.

      It is not surprising then, that when such masters do use words, the mode is poetic, or paradoxical, or mantric (in which the sound and rhythm of the words actually invoke the qualities described). The aim is always to by-pass the analytical mind and speak directly to that deeper source of awareness which Sri Chinmoy calls the heart.

      A book by such a master could never be merely a manual, meditation reduced to techniques. (Though you will find a good deal of practical advice in section three of this volume.)

      The techniques suggested by Sri Chinmoy are like springboards for the creative use of the imagination. What you can only imagine today, you will one day discover as real, and eventually you can grow into that reality.

      He writes, You have always to create. This creation of yours is something which you ultimately become. Finally you come to realise that your creation is nothing other than your self-revelation.

      Sri Chinmoy stresses that there is always more to meditation than techniques, useful though they may be. And that ‘more’ is essentially the seeker’s sincere aspiration, the ‘inner cry’ for the highest.

      Aspiration, he writes, is a cry within our heart. The heart is crying and yearning like a mounting flame burning upward. And this gets to the very heart of his teaching, brings out the essential dynamism of his philosophy. Meditation is not simply a passive process, though openness and receptivity are clearly important.

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