Sri Chinmoy: No, it would not offend me at all. If that is your nature, then why should it offend me?
Leonard Bernstein: You do not smoke, I am sure.
Sri Chinmoy: On the strength of my oneness with you, how am I going to say that it is something wrong if it pleases you?
Leonard Bernstein: The doctors told me yesterday that I have to stop or I will die. I do not want to die. I would disappoint you if I died...
Sri Chinmoy: Certainly!
Leonard Bernstein:...before I did my work.
Sri Chinmoy: No question!
Leonard Bernstein: But this is very bad for me.
Sri Chinmoy: Oh, I have a present for you.
Leonard Bernstein: Another present?
Sri Chinmoy: Let me present this to you. [Sri Chinmoy gives Leonard Bernstein a framed copy of his "Leonard Bernstein" poem, written in calligraphy.]
Leonard Bernstein: I love those things.
Sri Chinmoy: Oh, excellent.
Leonard Bernstein: They are so beautiful. How I wish to get a painting of yours! I have seen so many prints, but I have not seen an original painting.
Sri Chinmoy: I shall definitely give you a painting of mine.
Leonard Bernstein: Wonderful!From:Sri Chinmoy,Four Summit-Height-Melodies meet with Sri Chinmoy, Agni Press, 1995
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