Sri Chinmoy Poetry Festival 2010 – Meditation Group Members participate Aug 24thd
Filed under PoetryA number of members of the meditation group participated in and helped organize the the Sri Chinmoy Poetry Festival that was held at Aspiration-Ground in New York on August 24rd 2010.
Chinmoy Poetry Festival 2010
An inspiring evening of readings, commentary and musical performances
Tuesday, August 24, 7:30 p.rn.
Aspiration-Ground
Jamaica Hills, New York
(corner 164,h Street and 85’h Avenu e)
In cooperation with the Jharna-Kala Art Foundation,Sri Chinmoy Culture-Light and the Sri Chinmoy Centres International
Sri Chinmoy Poetry Festival 2010
An exploration of life through poetry, music and art
Guest Speaker Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch, an American poet and critic, is the author of many books, including the best-selling How to Read a Poem and Fall ill Love with Poetry. He is President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. In insightful and compelling fashion, he makes the art of poetry accessible to all.
Welcome to the Sri Chinmoy Poetry Festival 2010.
Sri Chinmoy was a poet and a lover of poetry. A deeply spiritual man with many talents, he once noted, “My poetry and spirituality are inseparable. I was born to be a poet; I was born to be a God-lover.” His poetry ranged from the lyrical to the tightly compressed, and breathtakingly captured the experiences of the spiritual seeker searching for his Goal.
Born in 1931 Sri Chinmoy spent his childhood years in Chittagong, eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh), his youth and young adulthood in Pondicherry, India and, since 1964, in New York City, from which he travelled the globe.Through his poetry, music, art, prayers, meditations and love for humanity, he spread the message of hope, harmony and oneness at the United Nations and throughout the world.
Tonight we pay tribute, not just to Sri Chinmoy’s soul stirring poetic off’erings, but to the genre he loved so well: poetry itself.
We are grateful to all those present.
Presented in cooperation with the Jharna-Kala Art Foundation
Sri Chinmoy Culture-Light
and the Sri Chinmoy Centres International
Programme
(order ~ subject to change)
Prelude music by Silence and Sound (Ukraine)
Welcome
Mr. Edward Hirsch, Chancellor, Academy of American Poets
President, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
“Poetry: Soul in Action”
Sri Chinmoy reads his poetr), (video)
Nlr. Sudhahota Carl Lewis
Mr. Momtazuddin Ahmed, Cultural Minister, Permanent Mission of’ Bangladesh to the United Nations, Ms. Mumu Asnari and Mr. Kausar Mumin
Mr. Ramu Damodaran, Deputy Director for Partnerships and Public Engagement, Department of Public Information, United Nations.
Mr. Sanatanu Bhowmick, Mr. Tapan Modak and Friends
Ms. Vidagdha Bennett
Ms. Anie Nunnally
H.E. Mr. Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations
Ms. Nathalie Handal
Ms. Duradarshinee Lee
Ms. Bhikshuni Weisbrot, Mr. Chidananda Burke, Ms. Nilpushpi White
Ms. Saudamini Siegrist
“Be Like A Child “, poem by Sri Chinmoy in 13 languages: English (original), Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Maori, Russian, Shona, Spanish, Zulu
Finale music by Arthada’s group (Austria)
There was a time when I stumbled and stumbled,
But now I only climb and climb beyond
And far beyond my Goal’s endless Beyond
And yet my Captain commands: “Go on, go on! ”
– Sri Chinmoy
My Flute. Poem 49
Beyond speech and mind,
Into the river of ever-effulgent Light
My heart dives.
Today Thousands of doors,
Closed for millennia,
Are opened wide.
– Sri Chinmoy
A man may be
Ordinary,
But his dreams can be
Extraordinary.
– Sri Chinmoy
Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants., Poem 2,292 (Part 23)
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