Published in 1999 this is the 1,274th book Sri Chinmoy has written since coming to the West. Here is a selection from the 135 poems in this book.
My religion
Is
My God-love
Unconditional.
My religion
Is
My heart-song and my life-dance
That I offer every morning
Prayerfully
To my Absolute Lord Supreme.
My religion
Is
My heart’s God-pleasing opportunity
Wherever I am.
My religion
Prays to God
To give my religion
A new prayer.
To please God in God’s own way.
My religion
Deeply and equally values
All the religions of the world,
For it knows that each religion
Is a beautiful, powerful
And fruitful branch
Of God’s Life-Tree.
My religion
Wants me always to remain
In my heart’s
Devotion-bliss-temple.
My religion
Is
My God-whisper-dedication
To the heart-temple
Of humanity.
My religion and I
Implore God every day
To transport us
To the summit-heights
Of Infinity’s Bliss.
My religion
Is
The beauty and fragrance
Of my world-union-heart.
My religion
Is
My all-out effort
To see goodness
In each human being.
My religion
Is
My heart-dream
To spread delight
In the world-arena.
My religion
Is
My happiness-heart
Discovered in the Eye
Of God the creation.
My religion
Is
The peace-popularity
On the rise in the world.
My religion
Is
My God-prayer and God-service
For the betterment
Of the world.
The silence-heart
Of my religion
Has answered all my mind’s
Age-old questions.
My religion
Adores
The rainbow-beauty
Of the world-heart.
My religion
Tells me that each religion
Is assigned an important role
In God’s Cosmic Drama.
My religion-life
Is not long enough
To express the full measure
Of my gratitude to God.
My religion
Tells me
Too much mind-learning
Is nothing short of
Heart-killing.
My religion
Is
My heart’s self-giving.
My religion
Is
My life’s streaming tears
And beaming smiles
For the betterment of humanity.
My religion
Is
Firmly rooted
In my all-seeing
Soul-silence-soil.
The peak performance
Of my religion
Shall be the establishment
Of world-harmony,
Both in thoughts and deeds.
My religion
Is not only in search of excellence
In other religions,
But also has discovered uniqueness
In each and every religion.
My religion
Has taught me
How to break the shackles
Of my mind’s limiting
And limited world view.
My religion
Is
A most powerful symphony
Of universal brotherhood.
My religion
Is
To sow the seed of love
Deep in each human heart.
My religion throbs
Not only in boundless space,
But also in the God-blossoming face
Of each and every human being.
Every day
My religion wants me to be
The joy of my soul’s
Sweet and strong
God-manifestation-promises.
The heart-eye of my religion
Every day
Sees a brighter divinity
On the horizon.
My religion
And all other religions
Must pay tremendous attention
To serve society for its improvement.
My religion
Tells me that each moment
Is a God-moment.
Therefore, we must carefully
Cling to it.
Hinduism
Has taught me the art
Of tolerance, silence, poise and peace.
Buddhism
Has taught me how to be
Inseparably one
With infinite Compassion
And
Shed sleepless tears
For the suffering humanity.
“The Kingdom of Heaven
Is within you” -
This supreme discovery of Christianity
Is both birthless and deathless.
Islam
Has taught me how to acquire
The art of God-reliance
And God-sacrifice
In sleepless eagerness.
Judaism
Has taught me
That the art of constant
God-remembrance
And
Earthly prosperity
Are veritable Blessings from God.
Jainism tells me,
“No asceticism, no salvation!
Intense self-discipline
Is of paramount importance.
Not earthly gratification,
But Heavenly satisfaction.
The message of Sufism is
Love, love, love.
Everything has love
And everyone is love.
Sufism embodies love unfathomable,
Ecstasy immeasurable.
Nectar-delight Sufism spreads all-where.
~ Sri Chinmoy
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