My Stories about The Lotus-Heart
I am very grateful to work full-time at The Lotus-Heart, a vegetarian cafe-restaurant. The Lotus-Heart is a divine enterprise named and inspired by Sri Chinmoy, and it belongs to our Christchurch Sri Chinmoy Centre.
I helped to set up The Lotus-Heart in 1997, when none of us even knew how to cook! Since that time, we have grown in so many ways. A divine enterprise provides unbounded opportunities for the workers to make tremendous progress, and for members of the public to spend time in a spiritual environment, being inwardly as well as outwardly nourished.
One of the greatest highlights was in January, 2003, when Sri Chinmoy visited The Lotus-Heart. He was very interested in looking at everything, and found it all to be excellent.
Sri Chinmoy even wrote a song for The Lotus-Heart, which we sing every day before we start work. The words are below:
The Lotus-Heart, The Lotus-Heart, The Lotus-Heart.
You have freed me from my own minds ignorance mart.
Mother Lakshmi's special blessing and special gift.
No eyeless bondage chains, Freedom Light's highest lift.
The Lotus-Heart, The Lotus-Heart, The Lotus-Heart.
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time
Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Celestial experiences
Antaranga Gressenich Munich, Germany
Seeing the God inside my son
Utsahi St-Armand Ottawa, Canada
Sri Chinmoy's opening meditation at the Parliament of World Religions
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
Sri Chinmoy's biography, written by one of the most famous Bengali authors
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
'Always say things in such a way as to inspire people, not discourage them'
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
The day I saw my Guru for the first time
Natabara Rollosson New York, United States
It does not matter which spoon you use
Brahmacharini Rebidoux St. John's, Canada
No Fear, Only the Heart’s Concern
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
A disciple re-incarnates
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
I felt a bell ringing in my heart
Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales
Believe, take a step and proceed: a 6-day race experience
Susan Marshall ,Suggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Love, devotion and surrender
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
My daily spiritual practises
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
From religion to spirituality
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
Starting a spiritual café
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
How I got my spiritual name
Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands
When I met Sri Chinmoy for the first time
Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria
Self-transcendence in meditation
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
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