Sri Chinmoy info

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The asian Age

Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, London

Friday, September 05, 2008

 

 

Record 48,523 candles on cake

 

New York; To celebrate the 77th birth anniversary of spiritual guru

Sri Chinmoy, a follower led an international team in lighting 48,523

candles simultaneously on a cake measuring 52 by 17 feet, a feat he

claimed was a new world record.

 

Ashrita Furman, who holds 85 Guinness World record, staged the event

held in Queens suburb of New York to set up another.

 

" Sri Chinmoy had such a giant heart. So we celebrate his birthday

with a giant cake, " he said.

 

A team of 200 helpers spent several hours counting and inserting the

48,000 small, colourful birthday candles on the cake in the memory of

the guru, who died last year.

 

The candles were lit in a space of just two minutes by a second team

of 80 assistants with blow torches. About 1100 of his followers and

admirers sang " Happy Birthday " as the candles were lit. Furman had

been waiting to attempt the new record after his previous record of

27,000 candles was upset by a Canadian team who lit 30,000 candles in

September, 2006. —PTI

 

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Fascinating read:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo

 

Sri Aurobindo has characterized the discipline to be followed as a

" triple labor of aspiration, rejection, and surrender. " Aspiration

means the sustained call of the individual to the Divine to take

possession of the ego-centered and limited surface being.

 

 

http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/books/3004/1/10

The Trinity of India's national independence movement, started in the

first decade of this century, was Bal-Pal-Lal. The harmonious blend of

these three great names as of their minds and hearts still gives a

thrill of joy and gratitude to the memory of the Nation.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo#The_Mother

 

He describes the limitation of the Mayavada of Advaita Vedanta, and

solves the problem of the linkage between the ineffable Brahman or

Absolute and the world of multiplicity by positing a transitional

hypostasis between the two, which he called The Supermind. The

supermind is the active principle present in the transcendent

Satchidananda; a unitary mind of which our individual minds and bodies

are minuscule subdivisions.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermind

 

in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy refers to the infinite unitary

truth-consciousness or truth-idea simultaneously transcendent and

immanent to planes of matter, life, and mind. Supermind is the dynamic

form of satcitananda (being-consciousness-bliss), and the necessary

conduit, mediator or linkage between satcitananda and the manifest

creation. (Life Divine Book I, ch.14-16)

 

A NATIVE OF BANGLADESH, Chinmoy Kumar Ghose arrived in the United

States in 1964, having previously lived for two decades at the Sri

Aurobindo Ashram in India. Three years later, he started his own Aum

meditation center in Queens, New York.

 

 

 

Era

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Dear Era,

 

Thanks for posting this interesting background.

 

Love,

 

Alan --- On Mon, 15/9/08, Era <mi_nok wrote:

Era <mi_nok Sri Chinmoy info Date: Monday, 15 September, 2008, 4:54 PM

 

 

The asian AgeDelhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, LondonFriday, September 05, 2008Record 48,523 candles on cakeNew York; To celebrate the 77th birth anniversary of spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy, a follower led an international team in lighting 48,523 candles simultaneously on a cake measuring 52 by 17 feet, a feat he claimed was a new world record.Ashrita Furman, who holds 85 Guinness World record, staged the event held in Queens suburb of New York to set up another."Sri Chinmoy had such a giant heart. So we celebrate his birthday with a giant cake," he said.A team of 200 helpers spent several hours counting and inserting the 48,000 small, colourful birthday candles on the cake in the memory of the guru, who died last year.The candles were lit in a space of just two minutes by a second team of 80 assistants with blow torches. About 1100 of his followers and

admirers sang "Happy Birthday" as the candles were lit. Furman had been waiting to attempt the new record after his previous record of 27,000 candles was upset by a Canadian team who lit 30,000 candles in September, 2006. —PTI-=-=-=-=-=from Aurobino to this mass ! --> http://www.srichinm oyraces.org/ sri_chinmoy/ news/imagesnewsi tem/203lbrightdo wn.jpgFascinating read:http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Sri_AurobindoSri Aurobindo has characterized the discipline to be followed as a"triple labor of aspiration, rejection, and surrender." Aspirationmeans the sustained call of the individual to the Divine to takepossession of the ego-centered and limited surface being.http://www.srichinm oylibrary. com/books/ 3004/1/10The Trinity of India's national independence movement, started in thefirst decade of this century, was Bal-Pal-Lal. The harmonious blend ofthese three great names as of their minds and hearts still gives athrill of joy and gratitude to the memory of the Nation.http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Sri_Aurobindo# The_MotherHe describes the limitation of the Mayavada of Advaita Vedanta, andsolves the problem of the linkage between the ineffable Brahman orAbsolute and the world of multiplicity by positing a transitionalhypostasis between the two, which he called The Supermind. Thesupermind is the active principle present in the transcendentSatchidananda; a unitary mind of which our

individual minds and bodiesare minuscule subdivisions.http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Supermindin Sri Aurobindo's philosophy refers to the infinite unitarytruth-consciousness or truth-idea simultaneously transcendent andimmanent to planes of matter, life, and mind. Supermind is the dynamicform of satcitananda (being-consciousnes s-bliss), and the necessaryconduit, mediator or linkage between satcitananda and the manifestcreation. (Life Divine Book I, ch.14-16)A NATIVE OF BANGLADESH, Chinmoy Kumar Ghose arrived in the UnitedStates in 1964, having previously lived for two decades at the SriAurobindo Ashram in India. Three years later, he started his own Aummeditation center in Queens, New York.Era