8 March
World Gratitude Day 2013
September 21 is World Gratitude Day, an opportunity to cultivate and remember the importance of gratitude. World Gratitude day was first celebrated by the United Nations Meditation Group in 1977, following an idea of Sri Chinmoy.
Sri Chinmoy has written countless poems, aphorisms and discourses on the power and benefits of gratitude.
"Gratitude in the inner world is nothing but self-expansion. It is through self-expansion that we become aware of our true reality, which is Infinity itself. Your contribution to the world at large, to the inner world especially, is momentous. As a seeker, I know that there is nothing on earth as valuable and significant as gratitude. In God's Eye there is nothing more meaningful and precious than man's gratitude. Therefore, to you, to the illumining soul in you, I wish to offer my boundless and ever-growing gratitude.
World Gratitude day at Sri Chinmoy Library
Related- Talk on gratitude and ingratitude by Sri Chinmoy
- Q.A. on Gratitude
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
My wife's soul comes to visit
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
The day when everything began
Bhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria
The Swimming Relay
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
An early spiritual experience
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
Running and Me
Garga Chamberlain Bristol, United Kingdom
Akuti: a pioneer-jewel in our Centre
Akuti Eisamann Connecticut, United States
My first Guru
Adarini Inkei Geneva, Switzerland
No Fear, Only the Heart’s Concern
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Soul-Birds take flight
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
The first time that I really understood that I had a soul
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
The day I made a useless and ridiculous weightlifting machine for Guru
Devashishu Torpy London, United Kingdom
The first time we met our Guru
Kaivalya, Devashishu and Sahadeva Torpy London, England
My 5 a.m. strategic meditations
Sanchita Fleming Ottawa, CanadaSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Sri Chinmoy's vision of the Peace Run
Harita Davies New York, United States
My typical day
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States
An airport meditation experience
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
My spiritual search from childhood
Hemabha Jang Jeonju, South Korea
From religion to spirituality
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
How meditation helped me swim the English Channel
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path
Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany
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