Daily Wisdom from Sri Chinmoy » Ten Thousand http://www.shortpoems.org/blog quotes and poems of inspiration Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A Life of Mistakes http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/29/a-life-of-mistakes/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/29/a-life-of-mistakes/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:32 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=594 His is a life
Mostly spent in making mistakes.
But his hallowed hunger for God-Love
Will eventually
Not only rectify and justify
But also glorify
All his unavoidable mistakes.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/29/a-life-of-mistakes/feed/ 0 The Secret Of Divine Education http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/28/the-secret-of-divine-education/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/28/the-secret-of-divine-education/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:56:19 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=592 The secret of divine education:
Do not look back.
Your forgotten, hungry wolf-life
Will immediately devour you.
The secret of divine education:
Be sleeplessly on the alert.
Your ego-life can easily
Keep growing without nourishment.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/28/the-secret-of-divine-education/feed/ 0 Three Tearful Prayers http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/26/three-tearful-prayers/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/26/three-tearful-prayers/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:54:09 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=588 My Eternity’s Lord Supreme,
Three tearful prayers:
Reinspire my heart-cry,
Rebuild my hope-tower,
Replenish my gratitude-cup.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

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Faith never delays.
Love never sleeps.
Devotion never doubts.
Surrender never fails.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/24/hope-never-retreats/feed/ 0 Jesus Came To You Quickly http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2008/12/25/jesus-came-to-you-quickly/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2008/12/25/jesus-came-to-you-quickly/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:26:50 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=322 Jesus came to you quickly
To love you
When you were young.
The Christ has come to you unconditionally
To save you
When you are old.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 8 by Sri Chinmoy.

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“Will you be available?”
He never asks me,
“Will you be able?”

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 21 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2008/11/29/will-you-be-available/feed/ 1 There Was A Time http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2008/10/28/there-was-a-time/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2008/10/28/there-was-a-time/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:46:47 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=273 There was a time
When I loved you,
O my thought-world.
But now I love
The beauty of a silence-mind
And
The purity of a gratitude-heart.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 9 by Sri Chinmoy.

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Is a golden opportunity to realise God.
Therefore, do not withdraw
From the battlefield of life.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 45 by Sri Chinmoy.

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I have all along been with you.
Now I definitely want to switch sides.
I want to spend the rest of my life
With the fault-mender.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 45 by Sri Chinmoy.

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To be truly happy
You must do two things:
You must overlook
The imperfection-evenings of others ;
You must look over
Your own imperfection-nights.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 45 by Sri Chinmoy.

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