Early Friends and Admirers

Some of Sri Chinmoy's descriptions of his early visits to Minneapolis and Woodstock and the first friends he made in America

My Talk to the Walls

 

The Lawyer's Promise

 

Sight-Seeing in Minneapolis

 

My Way of Chanting Aum

 

Something in My Eyes

 

A Reunion With Ida Patterson

 

The Time Difference

 

The Heart and Soul of Woodstock

 

He Believed in Light, Not God

 

Writing on a Napkin

 

My Beloved Woodstock

 

I Do Not Need Any Earthly Degree

 

The Never-Ending Grace

 

My First Driving Experience

 

The Golden Purusha

 

Learning to Drive in Woodstock

 

Arthur's Spiritual Mother

 

Riding the Escalator at the United Nations

 

The Ten-Cent Store

 

My Bus Experience

 

I Cannot Eat Meat

 

Second-Hand Clothes

 

A Second Invitation

 

My First Printer

 

Reading Out My Poems in a Fancy Restaurant

 

At The Ice Rink

 

Took Care Of His Father

 

I Still Remember Mr. Custer

 

The Tooth-Maker-Disciple

 

My Adopted Grandmother

 

My Fleeting Smile

 

Going To Viet Nam

 

Getting a Green Card