A simple man will have only what he needs, and he will know the difference between what he needs and what he wants. We feel that whatever we want, we desperately need. But before we possess the world, to our wide surprise we see that the world has already possessed us.

He taught meditation on the spiritual heart as a core spiritual practice as well as encouraging prayer and performing dedicated selfless-service as a way to personal enlightenment or God-realisation as described by Eastern religions. A prolific author artist poet athlete and musician he is perhaps best known for holding public events on the theme of inner peace (such as concerts meditations and races). Sri Chinmoy (August 27 1931 – October 11 2007) born Chinmoy Kumar Ghose was an Indian spiritual Master who began teaching meditation in the West when he moved to New York City in 1964.