About us

In over 50 countries around the world, the Sri Chinmoy Centre serves the community by giving free meditation classes, concerts, athletic and cultural events with the aim of uplifting the human spirit. Read more »

Sri Chinmoy

The Centre draws its inspiration from our teacher, Sri Chinmoy, whose life was an expression of the unbounded potential we all have within ourselves. Read more »

Meditation

Meditation is a core part of our lives, and the Centre organises free meditation classes in over 50 countries around the world. Read more »

Our Members

Sri Chinmoy's students come from all walks of life, and aim to combine a deep and rich inner life of meditation, with a dynamic outer life where they can serve the world.  Read more »

Free meditation classes

Sri Chinmoy believed that inner peace and happiness was everyone's birthright, so at his request we offer free meditation classes in over 300 cities.

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Our service

Besides being a home for its members to meet for meditation and spiritual activity, the Sri Chinmoy Centre also serves the wider world in many ways.

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Soulful music is one of the easiest paths to inner peace; we give many concerts including the international Songs of the Soul series. More...

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Many of Sri Chinmoy's students love to challenge themselves through athletics, and organise athletic events for the public. More...

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In many cities, Sri Chinmoy's students have opened up restaurants, cafes and other enterprises - oases of peace in a busy world. More...

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A torch relay founded by Sri Chinmoy that travels to over 80 countries spreading the message of peace and oneness. More...

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As part of the Oneness-Heart Tears and Smiles initiative, we partner with other groups to serve people in less advantaged countries. More....

Around the world

Visit some of our 200 member websites and read about their spiritual experiences, stories and insights…

Abhejali is a talented athlete, having won the Czech national 24 hour athletic championships in 2000 and successfully swum the English Channel in 2011. She often joins the international World Harmony Run team of runners in their travels to various parts of the world.

Toshala is the proprietor of the Blue-Bird vegetarian cafe, which provides a peaceful atmosphere for the people of Auckland to dine in. A singer and accomplished piano accordionist, Toshala is also a member of the international women's group Shindhu.

Source: Radio Sri Chinmoy

Toshala plays 'Amal Dhabal Pal' by Sri Chinmoy on piano accordion. This recording was part of the 'Shindhu 8' album released by Shindhu.

18 May 2012

Ananda Tour in the Balkans

The British music group Ananda travelled to the Balkan countries recently for a series of seven meditative concerts dedicated to the music of Sri Chinmoy.

14 May 2012

Jayasalini’s Lecture Tour in Brazil

Recently, Jayasalini Abramovskikh from the Moscow Sri Chinmoy Centre, travelled to Brazil for a series of meditation classes focused on the subject of Self-Transcendence.

10 May 2012

World Harmony Run 25 years anniversary

On April 27th the World Harmony Run/Peace Run celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Sri Chinmoy in Ireland

by Nirbhasa Magee from Dublin, IE

Sri Chinmoy visited Ireland three times in the early seventies, meeting with Presidents Eamon de Valera and Erskine Childers and giving lectures for the general public in Trinity College.

The Consciousness of Lions

by Chidananda Burke from New York, US

This is an edited version of an article I wrote about one of Sri Chinmoy’s unusual lifts during his Nov. 13, 2004 weightlifting demonstration. For years they had stood at the entrance to the temple, two 1000-pound stone lions, eyes blank, like...

Travelling the Inner Road

by Animesh Harrington from Sydney, AU

The Sri Chinmoy Centre has been my life, my journey and my home for many, many years. I hope these pages offer a small glimpse into the joy, the grace and the wonder that is Sri Chinmoy.

Jaitra Gillespie

Inspiration Letters 25

by Jaitra Gillespie from Auckland, NZ

Sometimes people like to work from home. Maybe they feel it’s “cooler” not to have to shower and shave and wear aftershave and look professional and presentable to the outside world.

Inspiration-Letters

A periodical collection of reflective essays contributed by Sri Chinmoy's students, each exploring a different theme. View some of our recent editions...

Spirituality in Action

Sri Chinmoy encouraged his students to see spirituality and meditation as not an escape from the world, but a way to live in the world and change it for the better by bringing to the fore the untapped divinity within ourselves.

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  • Online meditation course

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