Part III — Poems

VVK 18-56. These 39 poems and aphorisms were written by Sri Chinmoy in 1993 to commemorate the centenary of Swami Vivekananda's address to the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. Sri Chinmoy chose the number 39 because Swami Vivekananda lived on earth for only 39 years.

1.

God’s proud possession was
Vivekananda’s ancient silence-heart.

God’s proud possession was
Vivekananda’s modern dynamism-life.