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Champion-Perfection-PrideShall lovingly, selflessly guide.
Head-clime, hand-clime, foot-climeBeyond the earth-bound time —
My soul sees them all here.Therefore, this shop, supremely dear.
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Cosmic Sound-Delight,Cosmic Sound-Delight!
Purifier-transformer of ignorance-night.No smallness, no darkness;
Silence-sound-oneness. ```
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Dipti NivasSupti binahs
Mukti nrityaParama tripta
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Happiness-Life-Tree,Fulness-Body-Home!
In man’s ecstasy-eyesGod’s God-Smile flies.
```Man’s Health, God’s Wealth.
Body the fort, soul the sport.Emblem-truth-height-delight.
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Para Prakriti, Mother Nature transcendent,Your bounty beyond measure, permanent.
Body’s strength, soul’s light, this enterprise.Purity’s length, duty’s light — a perfect surprise.
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Service-Seeds and Service-Trees,My climbing heart’s supreme needs.
Before me, U.N. vision:Oneness-satisfaction-sun.
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Marathon, marathon, marathon,Eternity’s dawn!
O kindling, streaming flamesOf great Olympic Games,
O Greece-world vision-height,Cosmos-oneness-delight!
Humanity’s transcendence-race,Divinity’s supreme Grace.
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One hundred Indian stories,American heart in Indian glories.
Bande Mataram, Mother, I bow to Thee.Independence-Light are one eternally.
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Musician of the Year: Devadip!He feeds his fans from his heart-ship.
He shuns the dryness of the desert-mind.Soul-sweetness, life-closeness in him we find.
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New York Senators, Assemblymen!We treasure your oneness-heart,
We salute your sunlit ken.You love your state soulfully,
You serve your people selflessly.In you we have found the fount
Of inspiration-light, affection-delight. ```
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Cycle marathon relay:Hurry up, no delay!
Cycle marathon relay:Oneness-height’s progress-play.
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Cycling, cycling, cycling!Evolving, evolving, evolving!
The march of time and the soul of GoalAre proud of our giant role.
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I bicycle at speed high.Not with wings but with legs I fly.
The journey’s dawn and the journey’s endTreasure me as their oneness-friend.
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I bicycle with my heavenly friend: speed!Earthly cries before me die,
Heavenly smiles within me fly.Supreme God-Joy our only need.
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Chinmoy Lane, Chinmoy Lane,Consciousness-oneness-fane!
Bliss within, peace without,Perfection all about.
A vision-promise roleTo win the sun-smile Goal.
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Aspiration, aspiration-sky,For you my heart, my body cry.
Gratitude, gratitude-sea,In you alone I am free.
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Aspiration leads me to my Father dear.Gratitude gives me His boundless sphere.
Aspiration is purity-light.Gratitude is beauty-delight.
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Aspiration-heart, dedication-life:These are my divine possessions.
Gratitude-soul, perfection-goal:These are my supreme realisations.
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I am walking, I am walking, I am walkingSeven hundred miles,
Loving, serving.Sri Chinmoy, I love your
Silence-blossoming soul.New York, I love your
Sound-offering goal. ```
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I amSlowly walking,
Consciously concentrating,Soulfully meditating.
New York soulIn me, through me,
Dreaming triumphantly. ```
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New York, the Empire State!Supreme Lord’s Victory-Gate.
‘Excelsior’ forward ever,No sad failure, never!
O world-capital sure,Almighty Lord’s Vision pure.
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Doctor, doctor, O save my life!Hurry up, use your proudest knife.
Doctor, doctor, O cure my health,My tiny world’s most precious wealth.
Doctor, doctor, for me no death.Help me discover my endless breath.
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One hundred miles in a fleeting week!Who says I am hopelessly weak?
Imagine, although I fail to imagine!No wonder why so much commotion and din.
A bullock-body is drawn by a lion-soul.No doubt mine are the slowest feet,
But they are perfectly clean, perfectly neat.I shall ever reach my transcending Goal!
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I am running, I am running around the clock.My Lord Supreme has aroused my sleeping lock.
Twenty-four hours I have been running,Challenging my capacity-world and transcending
My power-friend sun, my beauty-friend moon,My friends planets, stars and sky.
Here on earth, there in HeavenMy soul-bird and I fly.
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Anna Purna parama taraniDharar pushti prabhur tushti
Jyotir vijaya kripar abhayaNami madhumayi asima janani
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Dipti nivas dipti nivasBidhatar jaya sudha ullas
Atmatyager bahni udasBishwa prabhur prema bishwas
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O Abode of the Light supreme,O Abode of the Light supreme,
You are the nectar-ecstasyOf the Supreme’s Victory divine.
You are the blazing, illuminingAnd all-loving fire of self-sacrifice.
In you is the love-fulfillingAnd life-fulfilled faith
Of the Absolute Supreme. ```For the soulfully sincere seekers
Of the Absolute Supreme,The year nineteen hundred and eighty
Is the year of amazing Harmony,Astounding Peace and abiding Oneness.
```In 1981 the Supreme Lord will utilise
The soul-beauty, the heart-purity andThe life-sincerity of His seeker-children
For the manifestation ofHis perfect Perfection.
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Madal Bal Madal Bal Madal BalBhakti jal shakti jal mukti jal
Shunirmal shunirmalJharna parimal jharna parimal
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Birthday is the vision-day of daysTo spread the soul’s truth-promise-rays.
Earth-life enjoys Heaven the song.Great gods, good souls in oneness throng.
```Father’s Day, Father’s Day!
Begins my conscious cosmic play.I shall not fail Your Compassion-Love.
I shall become Your fondest dove. ```
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I am a New York member.Mine is the soulful Centre.
Aspiration-plant am I.For me God’s Bounty-Sky.
Gratitude-leaf am I.My self-giving never shall die.
Pioneer Centre-soul,All-where blossoms its Goal!
```Mother’s love is untiring.
Mother’s compassion is unconditional.Mother’s forgiveness is perpetual.
Mother’s oneness is unhorizoned. ```Mother’s love is untiring.
Mother’s compassion is unconditional.Mother’s forgiveness is perpetual.
Mother’s oneness is unhorizoned. ```
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Devadip, Devadip, Devadip,O vision-eye of supreme chief!
Here on earth, there in Heaven,One translucent song
Binds God and manIn birthless, deathless gong.
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Devadip UrmilaJapaner antar kariya bijoy
Supremer pada taleHalo garab akkhoi
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Olivier, Olivier!O wonder-flower and splendour-bower
Of ecstasy’s music-tower!Beauty’s cry, serenity high,
Clarity’s poise, immensity’s choice,You own, you own, you own, you own.
Music-waves of perfection-flow,Music-waters of satisfaction-glow,
O Ustad-maestro, in you have grown.[Dedicated to the French composer and pianist Haridas Olivier Greif]
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Haridas Haridas Haridas HaridasBhakatir pragatir kallal ullash
Sangit pandit projjwal sambitParamer bijoyer uchhas chidakash
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Congratulation, congratulation!Brother, sister,
We hoist your supreme glory’s banner high.In you, for you, our blue-gold satisfaction-sky.
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Parting, parting — indeed, no farewell.Our closeness, sweetness-hearts in oneness dwell.
No time, no clime, no moon, no sun we know,Shall dare challenge our deathless fondness-flow.
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I am running a marathon.Self-pity, self-doubt, all gone.
The golden Goal is beckoning me.I am now ecstasy-flood-sea.
```The New Year is the year of man
And earth’s self-giving choice,And also is the victory-year
Of God’s Soundless Voice. ```
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O Angels Thirteen, O Guardian Angels!I like your silver trip, I love your Golden Shore.
O Angels Thirteen, O Guardian Angels!Yours is the heart of oneness deep;
For you our gratitude-core.You play with death to save the breath of life.
You smash the pride of dark ignorance-knife.A galaxy of stars is guiding your dream.
In you our Lord’s Satisfaction supreme.[Dedicated to The Guardian Angels of New York City]
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O Senators, O Congressmen,O great and good giant souls!
To hold our country’s Himalayan heights,Yours are the supreme self-giving roles.
O Senators, O Congressmen,O great and good giant souls!
You have our searching hearts’ satisfaction-choice.You are our striving lives’ perfection-voice.
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Planetary Citizens!I and my hungry world desire
Your heart of climbing cry,Your life of service-sky,
Your blue-gold soul of sacrifice-fire.Your earth-uniting promise-light,
Your one-world-vision dayShall stop man’s bondage-play —
No more sombre destruction-night!Earth’s tears and Heaven’s smiles I see,
And see man’s perfection-faceIn your one-world-embrace,
O God and man’s ecstasy-tree! ```
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Red Cross, Red Cross!To save the human soul
From sorrow-failure-loss,Yours is the self-giving role.
Compassion-oneness-cry,Heaven-glories in you fly.
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San Francisco Centre,True ignorance-hunter.
San Francisco Centre,Pure oneness-hunger.
San Francisco Centre,Sure promise-fulfiller.
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Santa Barbara Centre, Santa Barbara!You are God’s God-Fountain, fuara.
In your hallowed heart the soundless soundNow in Supreme Perfection found.
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O Satisfaction-Cry,Let us try, let us try.
O Satisfaction-Cry,Blessed by God’s Compassion-sky.
O Satisfaction-Cry,God’s Vision-Eye.
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This is my year, this is my year!I am the world-child, God-prize dear.
My dreams are my parents’ pride supreme.In me they are the fulfilled scheme.
Heaven’s joy, earth’s peace I give.Forever, everywhere I live.
[Composed in honour of the International Year of the Child, 1979] ```We are our Master’s instruments choice.
His silver smile our oneness-voice.Humility-role our journey’s start,
Perfection-goal our nectar-mart.We love our Pilot, we serve His Dream.
With Him we shine to found Supreme. ```
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Rainbow, Rainbow, Sri Chinmoy Rainbow!Supreme Beauty’s aurora-glow.
Our Master’s oneness-vision-flow,Perfection-sky in us shall grow.
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Welcome sister, welcome brother, welcome!Let us beat hard our sweetness, oneness-drum.
We love our soulful life’s translucent tree.We fly beyond the blue sky’s vastness free.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!For you, our heart’s gratitude-dew.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!You kindness, oneness-flow
Brightens your glory’s glow. ```
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Phulero dola dola dolaAtma bhola atma bhola
Dhara adharar ananda rupJibanahutir pabitra dhup
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A swing of flowers,God's sweetness showers.
Man's oneness-role,No division-dole.
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O Abode of the Light Supreme,You are the nectar-ecstasy
Of the Supreme’s Victory divine.O Abode of the Light Supreme,
You are the blazing, illuminingAnd all-loving fire of self-sacrifice.
In you, the love-fulfillingAnd life-fulfilled faith
Of the Absolute Supreme. ```
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The Divine Robe Supreme, divine.Lo, here God and man together dine.
Creator silence-height,Creation sound-delight,
O Robe Supreme of the Supreme,You shine with reality-dream.
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Perfection-Glory Press,Far and near closeness-oneness.
To please my Lord’s supreme Choice,I am my soulful surrender-voice.
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Satisfaction-Promise, promise,Friendship, kinship sure, oneness-peace.
Satisfaction-Promise, promise,Yours is the soundless, sleepless cry
To dream your Captain’s Consciousness-Sky. ```
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Soul-Joy in Body-Fort,Oneness of cosmos-sport.
With the bluebird, body fliesIn our Pilot’s Home-Skies.
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O great Olympic Games, O sun-delight!O brave victory-masters of somnolence-night!
Your vision-beauty’s sky is oneness-song.In you the world’s success and progress throng.
Streaming tears and glowing smiles sublimely thrive.Two God-Gifts: a golden flight, a silver dive.
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Winter Olympic Games!Snow-beauty, silver flames —
Skiing, skating, charming, daring,Life-flowering, breath-taking;
Women’s downhill, men’s downhill.Nature’s dance, nectar-thrill.
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O marathon runner,God the Smiler-Winner!
Bondage-body’s supreme victoryChallenged life’s summit glory.
You claim today for every dayIn the Captain’s cosmic Oneness-Play.
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Run and become.Become and run.
Run to succeed in the outer world.Become to proceed in the inner world.
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Run, run, run ```
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Run, run, run ```
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Twenty-six miles I am running,Smiling, dancing, no crying.
I am a marathon runner:Body’s ignorance-hunter.
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O, grant me the fastest speedTo feed my champion hunger-need.
O, grant me the green courage-light.I must win the victory’s delight.
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O great champion, O great champion!You are your achievement-sun.
Endless energy, sleepless speedFeed our running hunger, feed.
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The Empire State Cycle Relay:Exciting, inspiring, illumining, earth-play!
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O, come and watch our cycle-marathon-relay!It gladly shows you the good God’s Vision-Play.
Our dear and brave New York, the Empire State,Opens for the world Heaven’s Ecstasy-Gate.
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O aspiration-plant,Climbing God-infant.
O gratitude-leaf,God’s Compassion-thief.
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My God Supreme gives meHis own Aspiration-Cry.
I give Him my reality-dreamAnd its gratitude-sky.
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I go to God twice a day.In the morning, I go to my Beloved Supreme
With the surrender of a tennis ball.He tells me I am on my way to perfection.
In the evening, I go to my Beloved SupremeWith a basket of gratitude-flowers.
He tells me I am all perfection. ```
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I play tennis every dayTo join my Lord’s Vision-Play.
I am the surrender-ball:All joy in a body small.
Tennis, tennis, tennis game,My heart’s perfection-flame.
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Tennis, tennis, tennis game,I play it not for name and fame.
Tennis, tennis, tennis game,I play, my monkey-life to tame.
Tennis, tennis, tennis game,I play to feed my climbing flame.
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I love my great triathlon.It shows my heart the God-Vision-Dawn.
I swim in the sea of silver light,I cycle along the road of gold delight,
I run with the smile of the Beyond.My inner cry: God-Treasure-Diamond.
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There was a time when I swam and swamIn the sea of ignorance-night.
And now I swim and swimIn the ocean of Lord’s Consciousness-Light.
There was a time when I loved and lovedDarkness-river and blindness-pool.
And now I go to my God’sCloseness and Oneness-School.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Chandelier, Part 2, 1981
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