Sri Chinmoy's memorial service for Mother Teresa

13 September 1997

Aspiration-Ground

Jamaica, Queens, New York

Programme

Sri Chinmoy offers a silent prayer and meditation before a special altar, which contains a central photograph of Mother Teresa.

The offering of votive candles to Mother Teresa’s picture.

The Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers perform Sri Chinmoy’s songs for Mother Teresa and the Christ.

Sri Chinmoy recites his eulogy and then holds up large artistic representations of each image in the eulogy.

Sri Chinmoy’s students sing the eulogy while offering dramatic tableaux of each image.

Miss Dayna Day son reads her poem on Mother Teresa.

Sri Chinmoy reads President Gorbachev’s message for Mother Teresa.

A video is shown of Mother Teresa’s life and work.

Sri Chinmoy releases Part Two of his writings on Mother Teresa.

Sri Chinmoy offers his prayerful homage to Mother Teresa at a special memorial programme which he held for her at Aspiration-Ground, Queens, New York, on Saturday, 13 September. A special elevated altar, in Mother’s colours of blue and white, contains garlanded pictures of the Christ, Mother Mary and Mother as well as cherished moments from Sri Chinmoy’s meetings with her. A flag of India, Mother Teresa’s adopted homeland, is draped over the offering table.

Sri Chinmoy invokes Mother’s boundless love and compassion to bless all her world-children.

Ranjana Ghose leads the Sri Chinmoy International Bhajan Singers in a moving procession to offer votive candles before Mother Teresa’s photograph.

As the singers sing Sri Chinmoy’s special musical tributes to Mother Teresa, they are filled with sweetest memories of their meeting with Mother on 17 June, when they were blessed to sing at her feet.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Mother Teresa: Humanity’s Flower-Heart, Divinity’s Fragrance-Soul, part 3, Agni Press, 1997
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