Criticism has no peace
Either in the inner world
Or the outer world.
~~~
Forgiveness
Is mightier
Than the mightiest
~~~
The aspiring heart
Makes my life
Beauty’s heart-garden
By: Sri Chinmoy
Aphorisms from Seventy Seven Thousand Service Trees part 33 by Sri Chinmoy
Photo by Prabhakar: Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries
If you can disentangle
yourself from your selfish self
all heavenly spirits
will stand ready to serve you
if you can finally hunt down
your own beastly self
you have the right
to claim Solomon’s kingdom
you are that blessed soul who
belongs to the garden of paradise
is it fair to let yourself
fall apart in a shattered house
you are the bird of happiness
in the magic of existence
what a pity when you let
yourself be chained and caged
but if you can break free
from this dark prison named body
soon you will see
you are the sage and the fountain of life
By: Rumi
Translation by: Nader Khalili
Photo by Prabhakar: Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries
Anger says:
"I can destroy
The whole world."
Peace says:
"Not when I work
Inside you."
By: Sri Chinmoy
Photo by Unmesh Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries
WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
By: W.H.Davies
Photo by Pranlobha: Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries