Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy is a spiritual Teacher who taught meditation and also the benefits of leading a dynamic outer life. As well as being a poet, athlete and author Sri Chinmoy was a prolific composer of spiritual music – he composed over 21,000 songs in both English and his native Bengali. Sri Chinmoy also performed on several instruments – recording many albums of meditative music and also performing his own compositions in public concerts

“To me, music is not something that we see. Music is not even something that we feel. Music is something that we must grow into.”

– Sri Chinmoy [1]

During his time in the West, Sri Chinmoy offered 777 Peace Concerts in different parts of the world. Sri Chinmoy taught that music can be a complement to meditation.

Sri Chinmoy

“Music is psychic enlightenment. Music is the supreme fulfilment of the aspiring human soul.”

Sri Chinmoy

Recently uploaded recordings by Sri Chinmoy

In any of the fields into which he entered – poetry, art, athletics – Sri Chinmoy’s output was prolific, and his audio output of music and talks was no exception. This site contains some of the many recordings that have been released over the years.

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July 8, 2017

Peace: Divinity’s Dream on Earth

In the spring of 1992, Sri Chinmoy offered these seven Peace Concerts in his Peace: Divinity’s Dream on Earth tour. The concerts were performed at venues around the East coast of the United States.

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July 5, 2017

My Prayerful Salutations to the United Nations – Volume IV

This CD is part of a collection of selected performances from 50 concerts offered by Sri Chinmoy in 1995. These 50 concerts were given in honour of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, which was founded in 1945.

Included in this CD are songs by Sri Chinmoy about great spiritual Masters, such as Sri Ramachandra, Sri Chaitanya, Jesus Christ, and Sri Aurobindo.  There are also notable vocal performances of traditional Indian songs, such as Aj Agamanir. View all tracks »

April 19, 2017

Omnipotence-Poise – 13th piano anniversary

On 19th February 2000, Sri Chinmoy celebrated his 13th anniversary of piano playing. This recording was made in New York Public School 177 in Jamaica where Sri Chinmoy held some of his meditations. In this recording, Sri Chinmoy plays the piano in a unique way – both invigorating and uplifting. Read more »

March 30, 2017

‘The Battle of Kurukshetra‘ (1st piano performance)

On 22 February 1987, Sri Chinmoy gave his first piano performance at Buchman Hall, Manhattan, NY. This powerful, energising and soulful nine-minute improvisation came just a few days after Sri Chinmoy started to play the piano. Sri Chinmoy later gave this performance the title ‘The Battle of Kurukshetra.’ Read more »

Playlists of Sri Chinmoy’s music

Here are just a few of Sri Chinmoy’s recordings, taken from around the site. You can make your own playlists by clicking on the settings icon () next to music that you like – find out more here ».

Sri Chinmoy singing

 

Talks by Sri Chinmoy

Instrumental recordings

Recordings by category

Peace Concerts

In over 800 concerts worldwide, Sri Chinmoy created a profound atmosphere of peace. More »

Talks & interviews

Sri Chinmoy’s radio and tv interviews. Plus recordings of talks at major universities. More »

Poetry

Sri Chinmoy was a prolific poet, who composed both short aphorisms and more traditional longer poetry. More »

Vocal recordings

Sri Chinmoy sings his own compositions. This includes his own compositions and traditional Indian mantras.  More »

Classic Albums

During his time in the West, Sri Chinmoy recorded innumerable albums (including vinyl, cassette, and later CD). However, a few albums really stand out as being classics. We will add these classic albums in due course.

  1. Existence-Consciousness-Bliss – esraj, harmonium and vocals.
  2. My Europe-Aspiration-Blossoms – organ performances in Europe
  3. Concert de Paix, Paris, 1984 – one of the earliest Peace Concerts with flute, esraj, cello, harmonium and vocal.

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Random selections from Sri Chinmoy’s audio recordings, including popular categories, such as interviews, flute, esraj, singing and poetry recitals. More »

Songs, aphorisms and talks on Peace

by Sri Chinmoy

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