8 March
World Gratitude Day 2013
September 21 is World Gratitude Day, an opportunity to cultivate and remember the importance of gratitude. World Gratitude day was first celebrated by the United Nations Meditation Group in 1977, following an idea of Sri Chinmoy.
Sri Chinmoy has written countless poems, aphorisms and discourses on the power and benefits of gratitude.
"Gratitude in the inner world is nothing but self-expansion. It is through self-expansion that we become aware of our true reality, which is Infinity itself. Your contribution to the world at large, to the inner world especially, is momentous. As a seeker, I know that there is nothing on earth as valuable and significant as gratitude. In God's Eye there is nothing more meaningful and precious than man's gratitude. Therefore, to you, to the illumining soul in you, I wish to offer my boundless and ever-growing gratitude.
World Gratitude day at Sri Chinmoy Library
Related- Talk on gratitude and ingratitude by Sri Chinmoy
- Q.A. on Gratitude
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
A vision at 3 a.m in the morning
Abarita Dänzer Zürich, Switzerland
Now you are in the boat
Kaushalya Casey Toronto, Canada
Spiritual moments with my grandmother
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
How I learned from Sri Chinmoy
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
Time seemed to freeze
Brahmata Michael Ottawa, Canada
Spirituality means speed
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
A love that was thick like butter
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
Sri Chinmoy meets an old friend
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
Patanga: my spiritual name
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
Akuti: a pioneer-jewel in our Centre
Akuti Eisamann Connecticut, United States
Muhammad Ali: I was expecting a monster, but I found a lamb
Sevananda Padilla San Juan, Puerto Rico
The day I saw my Guru's Third Eye
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
I just knew from the moment I saw him
Ashrita Furman New York, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
How Sri Chinmoy appreciated enthusiasm
Prachar Stegemann Canberra, Australia
Self-transcendence in meditation
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
My first experience with Sri Chinmoy
Nayak Polissar Seattle, United States
How meditation helped me swim the English Channel
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path
Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany
Where the finite connects to the Infinite
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Breaking Guinness records
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
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