“Every day there is only
One thing to learn:
How to be honestly happy.”
– Sri Chinmoy
If how to be honestly happy is the only thing to learn, what advice does Sri Chinmoy offer to attain this state?
First and foremost, that we take our spiritual discipline seriously:
“From the discipline-life-bud
The happiness-flower blossoms
Into immediate progress.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Work, pray and meditate soulfully.
You are bound to remain happy
And make most satisfactory progress.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“To be well-established
In the spiritual life
Is to be happy in the only way
One can really be happy.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Your heart is now in silence.
That means
Your life is soon going to be happy.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“I shall be happy and fulfilled
Only when my mind is crowned
With the beauty and purity
Of silence.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Do you want to be happy?
Then force your mind to be
Inside the breath of your heart.
This is the only way
To keep yourself happy.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Man can be happy and safe only when the heart feels faster than the mind thinks.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“You must command your thoughts,
Not vice versa,
If happiness is something
That you are looking for.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Purity, purity, purity!
True, without being pure
You can meditate.
But you cannot achieve
Abiding happiness
Without being sufficiently pure.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Don’t act like a fool.
Be sincere in your thoughts,
Be pure in your feelings.
You will not have to run after happiness.
Happiness will run after you.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“How can a mind be happy
If it does not look forward?
How can a heart be happy
If it does not dive inward?
How can a life be happy
If it does not fly upward?”
– Sri Chinmoy