Sources and Links
Autobiographical sources used in this site.
Over the years Sri Chinmoy has written over a thirty books of autobiographical material covering various periods and activities of his life, as follows.
1. Childhood
[Source: Sri Chinmoy, My Father Shashi Kumar Ghosh, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1994. © Sri Chinmoy. Found at http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/father-shashi-kumar-ghosh. Accessed 22 January 2005.]
To the Streaming Tears of My Mother's Heart ...
[Source: Sri Chinmoy, To the Streaming Tears of My Mother's Heart and to the Brimming Smiles of My Mother's Soul, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1994. © Sri Chinmoy. Found at www.srichinmoylibrary.com/streaming-tears. Accessed 14 December 2004.]
[Source: Sri Chinmoy, My Brother Chitta, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1994. © Sri Chinmoy. Found at http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/brother-chitta-madal. Accessed 14 December 2004.]
2. Ashram Years
[Source: Sri Chinmoy, My Brother Chitta, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1994. © Sri Chinmoy. Found at http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/brother-chitta-madal. Accessed 14 December 2004.]
A Service-Flame and a Service-Sun (Nolini Kanta Gupta)
[Source: Sri Chinmoy, A Service-Flame and a Service-Sun, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1998. © Sri Chinmoy. Not yet available online, except excerpts here.]
Mridu-di: My First and Foremost Mother of Affection (Mridu Bhashini Devi)
[Source: Sri Chinmoy, Mridu-di: My First and Foremost Mother of Affection (Mridu Bhashini Devi), Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1998. © Sri Chinmoy. Not yet available online, except excerpts here.]
3. Consulate Years
My Consulate Years
Our Affection-Love-Admiration-Heart: Lily-di[Source: Sri Chinmoy, My Consulate Years, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1996. © Sri Chinmoy. Not yet available online, except excerpts here.]
(picture book, Agni Press, Jamica, NY, 1999; not available online)
4. Establishing a Centre (Source: "Journey of Light")
i) New York
First disciples (e.g., Sudha, Bolanath, Dulal, Shivaram);
Home purchase; "Eastern Light for the Western Mind"; experiences with disciples reflected in part in the stories told in books; lecture tours.
Spiritual Milestones: AUM magazine, Invocation; Transcendental
ii) Puerto Rico [Sources: The Master Speaks to His Puerto Rican Disciples, Part 1 and Part 2, see esp. story of beginning of UN meditations]
5. United Nations Service
Sources: The Master Speaks to His Puerto Rican Disciples, Part 1 and Part 2 (see esp. story of beginning of UN meditations); U Thant: Divinty's Smile, Humanity's Cry; ....
6. 1970s: Entering the Art World
First book
Jharna-Kala (see Jharna Kala book)
Canadian manifestation
Meetings
7. 1980s onwards
I Love Shopping, Part 1 (continues with Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5)
8. Sports
My Weightlifting Tears And Smiles, Part 1 (continues to Part 2)
A Mystic Journey In The Weightlifting World, Part One
Run And Become, Become And Run, Part 1 (continues to Part 19)
Sri Chinmoy With His Himalayan Champion-Coach (Payton Jordan)
Walking-Challenging-Becoming, Part 1
9. Travels
Salutations, No. 1-4 (continues with No. 5-8 and No. 9-12)
Sri Chinmoy Visits India (1995)
The World-Experience-Tree-Climber, Part 1 (continues with Parts 2 (1984), 3, 4,
10. Other (incl. autobiographical materials in Sri Chinmoy's talks)
Compassion-Affection Versus Deception-Destruction [childhood stories]
Sri Chinmoy With His Upper-Storey-Weak Students
Biographical Materials (various authors)
A Journey of Light: Sri Chinmoy’s First Decade in the West
(picture book with commentary , Agni Press; not available online)
Aum Magazine
Chinmoy Family (magazine)
Jharna-Kala Art Quarterly. Vols. 1-3 (1977-1980)
Meditation at the United Nations (magazine, monthly, 1970s)
The Life of Sri Chinmoy by Madhuri
