Meet Foreign Minister India, Mr. S. N. Mishra, during visit U.N. 1979 Oct 11

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MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF INDIA

On 11 October 1979 Sri Chinmoy and members of the Peace Meditation Group met privately with Indian Foreign Minister, Mr. S. N. Mishra, during his visit to the United Nations.

Following are a few excerpts from their conversation.

Sri Chinmoy:

We are extremely grateful to you for granting us the opportunity to be in your blessingful presence.

Foreign Minister Mishra:

In fact, I should be grateful to you all. You have been good enough to come and give me such bliss inside.

Shraddha

Listening to singers

Read the inscription on the banner together and continue to discus:

Sri Chinmoy: Here at the United Nations we pray and meditate. We try to bring to the fore our divine love, divine devotion and divine surrender. These inner qualities we try to bring forward by prayer and meditation.

Foreign Minister Mishra: How long does the process last?

Sri Chinmoy: About half an hour… only meditation. Sometimes we have special programmes where we invite the delegates and diplomats of different countries to speak about the good qualities and capacities of their respective countries. We also have programmes honouring individuals who have contributed greatly to international understanding

Shraddha

Sri Chinmoy: It is the old Indian traditional way – to make the mind calm and quiet and let the inner flow of spiritual energy come forward.

Foreign Minister Mishra: How long has your Centre been operating?

Sri Chinmoy: I have been living here for the last fifteen years and I have been holding meditations for U. N. delegates and staff for about ten years.

Foreign Minister Mishra: How many have benefited from your meditation?

Sri Chinmoy: Hundreds of people all over the world. We have quite a few Centres here in the New York area as well as quite a few in the States and also in Europe, Australia and other places. Altogether we have about sixty Centres.

Ours is not a religion. It is just a path. We try to walk along a spiritual path with our heart’s love.

The main thing is to devotedly serve others as much as we can.

Foreign Minister Mishra: It is indeed very kind of you to have taken the trouble of coming here. I would also have benefited from your meditation, learned something from you, had I known about it a little earlier. I am going to be leaving tomorrow, so unfortunately, I cannot attend a meditation.

Sri Chinmoy: Again, we wish to thank you most devotedly from the very depth of our heart for inviting us.

Foreign Minister Mishra: It is I who thank you for coming.

Report in periodic Bulletin “Meditation at he United Nations” April 1980

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