Sri Chinmoy – On Finding Inner Peace

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 19, 2017 / All of us are searching for lasting peace of mind, but one man who found it through prayer, meditation, and sporting achievement in his own lifetime was Sri Chinmoy. The guru valued inner peace as one of the greatest powers that a person can achieve. Fortunately, rather than retreating to a secluded cave, he was gracious enough to pass that gift onto the rest of us through his teachings. Chinmoy believed it was everyone’s duty to instil peace and tranquillity within oneself and spread that message throughout the entire world. His belief was that global conflicts occur as a result of a struggle that rages inside each of us. Fear and disharmony brought about by perceived limitations and doubts about our own abilities collude to create this internal battle. This lack of inner serenity is what ultimately leads to external conflict with our neighbours. In fact, the Preamble to the Constitution of UNESCO declares that “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.”

Being a committed athlete from an early age, Sri Chinmoy understood the power of overcoming obstacles and going beyond the mind’s supposed boundaries. He taught that an effective way to achieve inner peace of mind was through a combination of meditation and sport. Chinmoy saw athletic achievement as a key to unlocking the latent power that exists within us all. It was this understanding of the importance of overcoming adversity in the quest for inner peace that led to the creation of the Self Transcendence 3100 Mile Race – the longest footrace in the world. While Sri Chinmoy is no longer with us, the most recent running of the event concluded in New York this August.

As a spiritual leader, he often spoke of the significance of going beyond the body’s perceived limitations and the connection between inner peace and sporting achievement:

“The outer world needs dynamism and the inner world needs peace. As seekers, we have to pray and meditate in order to have peace. Again, if we can be dynamic, then we will be able to accomplish much in our outer life. To be dynamic we need physical fitness at every moment, and running helps us considerably to keep physically fit.”

The truth and strength of Sri Chinmoy’s teachings are embodied in the people he inspired. These include Mohammed Ali, with whom he meditated before the boxer’s historic fight with Earnie Shavers at Madison Square Garden in 1977. Other athletes influenced by Sri Chinmoy include Olympic gold medallist, Carl Lewis, and Bill Pearl, five-time Mr Universe champion. In fact, many of his students went on to set world records in sporting achievements.

Sri Chinmoy was born in former East Bengal (now Bangladesh). As a young man, he first acquired his taste for sport as a decathlon champion before relocating to New York in 1964 where he opened his first meditation centre. When he died in 2007, he had passed his message of peace on to thousands of students from almost every nation. The Peace Run is just part of his legacy – a global relay founded in 1987 that promotes international friendship and is an event that continues to touch people all over the world right up to the present day.

The motto of the Peace Run shared in schools is that “peace begins with me.” Kids learn how it is all of our personal actions from the heart, no matter how small, that add up and contribute to the peace in the world. And in the process, an individual can discover his/her own inner peace.

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