Literature

As we have a human world, where we get all earthly things, even so there is a
world of inspiration. If we go deep within, we can enter into that world and find
that the poems are already written. … There is a world of poetry, a world of prose,
a world for all literature that exists. 
 –  Sri Chinmoy

 

 

Sri Chinmoy and the Language of Prayer

by Dr. Vidagdha Bennett

Perhaps the greatest impulse to pray comes from our perception of the degree of separation between our human heart and God. When God is far from us, we yearn for His Presence. When we feel close to Him, we praise Him. We pray to God in the belief that our prayers will be heard, that they will bridge the chasm between the finite and the Infinite and link us to that immense Other. And, in rare moments of mystic oneness, we feel that prayer can embody something of the radiance and beauty of the Divine itself. Read more

 

 

The Ever-Transcending Quest:
A Literary Analysis of the Poetry of Sri Chinmoy

by Mrinali Christine Clarke

The idea of a poetic voice expressing or evoking pure consciousness is, of course, a paradoxical problem, for it raises the conundrum – how can one express in mere words an experience of such a subjective metaphysical nature, or, in other words, how does one ‘express the inexpressible’? The daunting nature of such a task has, however, never discouraged the artist or writer from attempting it. Read more


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