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.
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.
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 (
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Sri Chinmoy singing
Talks by Sri Chinmoy
Instrumental recordings
Recordings by category
Talks & interviews
Sri Chinmoy’s radio and tv interviews. Plus recordings of talks at major universities. More »
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Experience and Realisation, CD by Sri Chinmoy
This CD offers a wonderful kaleidoscope of poetry, prose and music by Sri Chinmoy. The album includes three short talks […]
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The Inner Experience of Light
A recording from a spiritual lecture on ‘The Inner Experience of Light’ by Sri Chinmoy given in 1973. As well […]
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Poetry
Sri Chinmoy was a prolific poet, who composed both short aphorisms and more traditional longer poetry. More »
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A selection of Sri Chinmoy’s music for inner peace
Idyllic string, melodic and keyboard tracks chosen from Sri Chinmoy’s peace concerts
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‘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 […]
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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.
- Existence-Consciousness-Bliss – esraj, harmonium and vocals.
- My Europe-Aspiration-Blossoms – organ performances in Europe
- Concert de Paix, Paris, 1984 – one of the earliest Peace Concerts with flute, esraj, cello, harmonium and vocal.
More uploads
Random selections from Sri Chinmoy’s audio recordings, including popular categories, such as interviews, flute, esraj, singing and poetry recitals. More »
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Songs honouring the great spiritual Masters, by Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy had the highest regard great spiritual figures such as Krishna, Buddha and the Christ, honouring them frequently in his writings and in his songs.
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Schubert’s ‘Ave Maria’ – sung and played by Sri Chinmoy
Performed during a June 1992 Peace Concert in Albany, New York.
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Indian devotional songs in Bengali / Bangla and Sanskrit
A traditional Sanskrit and Bengali song collection.
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Songs, aphorisms and talks on Peace
by Sri Chinmoy