From Apartment to Apartment

An American disciple of Sri Aurobindo, Sam Spanier, was one of the sponsors of Sri Chinmoy's trip to the United States. Mr. Spanier also offered the thirty-two year old Indian lodging after his arrival on April 13, 1964. Soon thereafter, Sri Chinmoy obtained work at the Indian Consulate, and he moved into a series of residences in Manhattan and Brooklyn. These modest rooms and apartments in New York were the backdrop not only for important works of poetry and the origins of the Sri Chimoy Centre but also for a series of personal adventures, inner and outer, as told in many of these wonderful stories.

First Residence in America

 

A Place of His Own

 

Dire Poverty

 

A Short Walk to the Consulate

 

An Apartment Next to the Train Line

 

Upstairs, Soul Repair!