Home »
The Master's initiation

The Master's initiation

This is one of the stories in our Story-Gems project, a collection of our experiences with our Guru, Sri Chinmoy. Project homepage »

Video Content

Playing this video will load cookies from Vimeo. Please accept cookies to view this content.

In the old days, because we were very few disciples, it was customary for Guru to give initiation by touching the head and heart of disciples. Although not everyone was initiated like that, the great majority of us were.

You would stand in front of him. One hand was like this, with a finger on your third eye and the other hand was on your heart chakra. The way I experienced it: I was connected to this universal dynamo, that Guru was pulling out the centuries of darkness and putting in his consciousness, his light, himself, fully into me.

To tell you the truth, this is the very first time I have been able to express this.

Initiation is the immediate expansion
Of the disciple's consciousness and
The conscious manifestation
Of the Master's compassion-height.

Sri Chinmoy 1

Cross-posted from sevananda.srichinmoycentre.org

Mandu's home

A kind of love not from this world
Guru saves me from my old life
I dreamt my meeting with Guru before it happened
I am your highest consciousness
Why can't I have my long hair and beard?
The Master's initiation
The boy who just loves me
'From now on, my Krishna’s consciousness is inside of you.'
Muhammad Ali: I was expecting a monster, but I found a lamb
Please postpone the surgery
Dreaming about my spiritual name
I only cared about the love that I felt from Sri Chinmoy and the love that I felt toward him: the rest was decoration
Reuniting with Muhammad Ali many years later
Tears of Joy and Gratitude

Related stories

Sri Chinmoy's students describe their inner and outer experiences.

'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Your life's responsibilities compel you to develop inner strength

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

Listen to the inner voice

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom

So much longing, for something

Pushpa rani Piner Ottawa, Canada

Running for Peace

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

A spiritual name is the name of our soul, and what we can become

Nayak Polissar Seattle, United States

Muhammad Ali: I was expecting a monster, but I found a lamb

Sevananda Padilla San Juan, Puerto Rico

Believe, take a step and proceed: a 6-day race experience

Susan Marshall ,

Our Guru becomes the perfect disciple

Devashishu Torpy London, United Kingdom

My life with Sri Chinmoy

Namrata Moses New York, United States

Praying for God’s Grace to Descend

Sweta Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal

Time seemed to freeze

Brahmata Michael Ottawa, Canada

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

What drew me to Sri Chinmoy's path

Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States

No prior experience needed

Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany

Humorous moments with Sri Chinmoy

Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand

Running the world's longest race

Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia

An airport meditation experience

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

When I met Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria

Self-transcendence in meditation

Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland

Europe

Americas

Oceania