A selection of ten recordings from April Celebrations which gives an insight into some of the musical and poetry offerings. All songs and poems are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his students.
April Celebrations, 2026, Part I-Selected Performances, April 15-18
Last modified April 22, 2026
Dear listeners, every year, on April 13, we celebrate the arrival of Sri Chinmoy in America. Sri Chinmoy came to the West on April 13, 1964, following an inner command to share with aspiring mankind the fruits of his prayer-life and meditation-life. Through intense discipline combining an inner life of prayer and meditation, along with creative and dynamic activities, such as sport, art, musicians literature, Sri Chinmoy attained a state known as God-Realisation, a merging of the human with the Divine; a state of inner illumination.
SRI CHINMOY (1931-2007)
Sri Chinmoy felt that music could be of tremendous help in developing a connection between man and God; a great instrument in developing our inner life:
Silence and music
Silence is the source of everything. It is the source of music and it is music itself. Silence is the deepest, most satisfying music of the Supreme. Silence is like a stream that goes to one place and becomes a river, or to another place and becomes a brook, or to the sea where it is totally expanded. Consciousness will offer us the music of the Supreme. What is the music of the Supreme? It is the constant elevation of our consciousness. God-realisation itself is the supreme Music. The meaning of God-realisation is conscious oneness with the rest of the world and with God. Each seeker is one with God, but he is not conscious of it. We use the term ‘God’ at random. Even an atheist, who does not believe in God, has the mouth to use the term ‘God’.
Where is God? Someone will say He is in Heaven; someone will say He is somewhere else. One moment He is here; the next He is not in our vicinity. He is always somewhere else. This is our conception of God. But this is wrong. We must feel, “God is where I am.” How can we have this consciousness, this feeling? The deeper within we go, the clearer it becomes that it is He who has tied us together, who has bound us with His inner Oneness. One supreme tune is being played and this tune is the tune of universal oneness.
God is the Supreme Musician. It is He who is playing with us, on us and in us. We cannot separate God from music. The universal Consciousness is constantly being played by the Supreme Himself, and is constantly growing into the supreme Music. God the Creator is the Supreme Musician and God the Creation is the supreme Music. The Musician and His Music can never be separated. The Musician Supreme is playing His Music Supreme here in the universe. His creation is being fulfilled. The Music Supreme feels its fulfilment only when it consciously becomes one with the Supreme, the Creator Himself.
God’s existence and universal music can never be separated. When God spreads His arms, it is His music. When He stretches His legs, it is His music. When He opens His eyes, it is all His music. In His Arms we see the music of Infinity’s Benediction; in His Feet we see the music of Eternity’s Compassion and in His Eyes we see the music of Immortality’s Illumination. These three — Benediction, Compassion and Illumination make God what He is: Perfection, perfect Perfection.
The truth-poet in the seeker sees the light-sky, and then houses the light-sky. The truth-musician in the seeker feels the light-ocean and then grows into the light-ocean.
Sri Chinmoy, God the Supreme Musician, Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, New York, 1970
Sri Chinmoy composed over 20,000 songs, and his disciples delight in both singing and playing many of them, and also form musical groups that offer to the world the inner beauty of prayer and meditation through music.
We hope that these selected performances from our April 2026 Celebrations will inspire you on your own inner journey.
Artist: Sri Chinmoy Disciples
Name: April Celebrations, 2026, Part I-Selected Performances, April 15-18
Composer: Sri Chinmoy
Release Year: 2026
Duration: 14 minutes
Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy
Tracks uploaded and published: Kamalakanta Nieves and Tejvan Pettinger
Format: Advanced Audio Coding
Name: April Celebrations, 2026, Part I-Selected Performances, April 15-18
Composer: Sri Chinmoy
Release Year: 2026
Duration: 14 minutes
Acknowledgements: Sri Chinmoy
Tracks uploaded and published: Kamalakanta Nieves and Tejvan Pettinger
Format: Advanced Audio Coding
