If we have a simple existence, we shall feel how happy and how fortunate we are. There are some people who are of the opinion that simplicity is almost tantamount to stupidity. But simplicity and stupidity are like the North Pole and the South Pole. One can be as simple as a child and, at the same time, one can have boundless knowledge, light and wisdom.

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.