Doing things together
Most of our Centres around the world can't offer public events due to the pandemic, but this time has given us the opportunity to focus on deepening our spiritual practice, and spending time together where health guidelines allow.
Sri Chinmoy would often have us come together for Joy Days - gatherings where we would meditate and do lots of spiritual things, but also have fun and delight in each other's company. So we have been finding ways to do that....
Luckily for us, much of our Joy Days are spent in the outdoors anyway - we play sports and games, and go for hikes in the mountains.
Guatemala
The beautiful Lake Atitlan is a regular Joy Day destination for our Guatemalan members. Sri Chinmoy visited this beautiful lake in 1997

Past-incarnation fancy dress
Sri Chinmoy always encouraged his Australian and New Zealand students to do things together, so once the 'travel bubble' between Australia and New Zealand was established, a Joy Day quickly followed. This particular joy day, everyone was asked to appear in fancy dress, representing their past incarnation (or what they thought/wished they were in their past incarnation)

Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
Regaining My Inner Joy
Sujata Muto Kyoto, Japan
Time seemed to freeze
Brahmata Michael Ottawa, Canada
'Christ has stolen her heart and brought it now to me'
Dodula and Gunthita Zurich, Switzerland
'I could find out myself, but it was so much easier asking your soul'
Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom
My first Guru
Adarini Inkei Geneva, Switzerland
My Room
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
President Gorbachev: a special soul brought down for a special reason
Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom
Sri Chinmoy's opening meditation at the Parliament of World Religions
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
The Ever-Transcending Goal
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
The most beautiful and fulfilling of all possible experiences
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
An early spiritual experience
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
Why run 3100 miles?
Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria
Sri Chinmoy's biography, written by one of the most famous Bengali authors
Mahatapa Palit New York, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Love, devotion and surrender
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
Self-transcendence in meditation
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
Running for peace in the South Pacific
Nirbhasa Magee Dublin, Ireland
What brought me to the spiritual life
Paula Correia Porto, Portugal
My favourite part of Sri Chinmoy's path
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand