The friendly elephant
Before I lifted the elephant in Connecticut this morning, I garlanded it. I was telling the elephant, “We have to become very good friends.”We were very good friends when I was lifting it up and also when I was offering it my gratitude. But, at the last minute, the elephant frightened me and I had to run away.
The elephant’s name was Karen, the same as Mahiyan’s sister.
— 23 September 1986
Sri Chinmoy, My weightlifting tears and smiles, part 1, Agni Press, 1986
