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The Run, founded by Sri Chinmoy,  will finish with a closing ceremony in Canberra Australia on November 20th. During the next few weeks, the run will traverse up the two islands of New Zealand before transferring to Australia (see: Itinery 2010)

What does peace do? Peace blossoms.
What else? Peace spreads.
What else? Peace illumines.
What else? Peace fulfils.

- Sri Chinmoy [1]

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[1] Excerpt from Peace by Sri Chinmoy

"..When you are surcharged with infinite energy, then no matter what you are facing, you will not be frightened. When you have divine energy in boundless measure, your divine energy enters into the wave before you touch that wave..."

- Sri Chinmoy. From conversation with Ian Cairns. Excerpt from My Heart's Salutation To Australia, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy

Therefore, do not give up hope

Even in the sunset of your life.

Resources

(1) Excerpt from Talk on Hope : What I Need From God

Photo: Unmesh, Sri Chinmoy Center Galleries

The run began in New York, before travelling down to Florida. Then it passed through the mid west of Oklahoma and Sante Fe, then on the to the east coast of San Francisco to Seattle, before returning back to the East coast finishing outside the United Nations, New York in August. See: Map of Route

Lighting the World Harmony Run torch.

The World Harmony Run was founded by Sri Chinmoy who taught that peace and harmony could easily be spread, once we can feel it in ourselves:

"...Inside, if we feel a good thought, an illumining and fulfilling thought, then that very thought we will express and offer to our friends and dear ones. Our illumining, soulful, fulfilling thoughts will enter into our dear ones and then they, too, will have peace. So when we have inner peace, automatically it expresses itself. It spreads its qualities or capacities throughout the length and breadth of the world."

(From: Inner Peace and World Peace, by Sri Chinmoy

An Oregon sunset

The international team of runners were joined by many people along the way, as the run visited some breathtaking scenery and touched the lives of many people. See: Harmony Run Team

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Top Indian musicians Tapan and Santanu joined by Premik and others.

A musical tribute to Sri Chinmoy by Maestro Leonard Bernstein.

During his lifetime, Sri Chinmoy met with the great musical maestro, Leonard Bernstein. Leonard Bernstein was so moved he composed a short song in honour of Sri Chinmoy. During the concert, this song was performed.

"Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy,
Free in joy!
Thank you, thank you, Sri Chinmoy-
You brought Leonard Bernstein joy."

From: Four Summit-Height Melodies at Sri Chinmoy Library

Photos by Jowan and Prashphutita.

More photos and comments at New York Songs of the Soul

Angikar completed the swim in 19hrs 24mins on the 8th August, becoming the first Serbian to successfully complete the swim.

Vasanti Niemz completed her swim on 03/09/2010 in a time of 16 hours 50 mins - 25 years after her first successful crossing in 1985.

After completing her epic swim across the channel, Vasanti proceeded to embark on the next leg of her epic triathlon feat. Running two marathons and cycling 300km to finish in the German town of Aachen. Vasanti's blog

Channel Triathlon - Vasanti's blog

List of successful channel swims at Sri Chinmoy Races

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In a recent New York Times article, the area was described as a great melting pot  - 'whose residents cite harmonious diversity as a defining element.'

Three storefronts stand shoulder to shoulder: a modest grocery, whose sign declares Indian-Pakistani-American roots, selling Indian DVDs, two for $5, and asking 75 cents for a microwave-warmed vegetable samosa; Annam Brahma, a new Indian vegetarian restaurant with the motto “Food Is God,” one of several businesses with exteriors painted a light blue to signal devotion to Sri Chinmoy, the late Bangladeshi spiritual teacher who made his home in the area; and St. Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church.

That stretch goes some way toward capturing a neighborhood whose residents cite harmonious diversity as a defining element... (NY Times article)

The 3100 Mile Race

For the past 14 consecutive years, in June, July and August, the neighbourhood also plays host to the world's longest certified race the 3100 Mile Race. The race can last upto 52 days. One of the most remarkable things of the race is that it is run around a single block. Local Residents and local school children have become accustomed to this remarkable race which has been one of the features heralding the start of the summer.

Local residents explain how they have come to appreciate the presence of this unique race which occurs between 6am and 12pm every day for those 52  days of summer.

Members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre have a strong presence in the area with a number of business enterprises painted in a defining blue. Some of these local stores include:

• The Smile of the Beyond - a breakfast and luncheonette diner on Parsons Boulevard
• The Divine Robe - A specialist clothes shop
• Guru Stationary - Small independent stationary store
• Guru Health Foods - a busy independent health food store managed by serial Guinness World Record Breaker, Ashrita Furman.
• Annam Brahma - a popular vegetarian restaurant.
• Panorama Cafe of My Silence-Heart

The poem was

Be like a child,

Act like a child.

Go from one flower to another

In your heart-garden

Until you find complete joy

And perfect satisfaction.

- Sri Chinmoy

The poem was from the new book “Jewels of Happiness” written by Sri Chinmoy. The 146 languages ranged from Bengali and Maori to Newari and Zulu, “Be Like a Child” was expressed with some of the most unusual and charming communication sounds in the globe.

Ashrita Furman has been setting Guinness World Records since 1979 and has broken 299 Guinness World Records on all seven continents.

"Try not to change the world. You will fail. Try to love the world. Lo, the world is changed. Changed forever."

- Sri Chinmoy (1)

"Joy, spontaneity and self-giving always go together. If one has a joyful heart, that means that one possesses spontaneity or a spontaneous heart and also that one is self-giving. Or we can say that self-giving is the hyphen, the connecting link, between joy and spontaneity."

- Sri Chinmoy, The Jewels of Happiness

The Jewels of Happiness will be on sale from September 7th. In the forward to the book, Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes:

“These sweet gems of wisdom by my dear friend Sri Chinmoy are timeless truths full of encouragement, love and goodness.”

Video Of Race From ABC News

The race was won in a time of 46 days, 07:37:24 by Asprihanal Aalto

For results see: 3100 Mile Race Results

• Daily Blog at 3100.ws
• Perfection Journey - Utpal's daily blog on the race
• Photo Gallery of Race

Sri Chinmoy has stated:

"The significance of the rose in the inner world is most important. The rose, like other flowers, has fragrance and beauty, but it also has something special, unique. There are very few flowers in God's creation that please God to the greatest extent. The rose is one of those, along with the lotus. Rose and lotus: these are the two mystical flowers. These are the two flowers in God's Heart-Garden that please Him most."

Excerpt from My Heart's Salutation To Australia, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy, the founder of the World Harmony Run, visited Mongolia in 2007 where he was given an award by the President Nambaryn Enkhbayar See: Sri Chinmoy Mongolia visit

Pranlobha Kalagian from Seattle, writes about her experience participating in the World Harmony Run across Mongolia. Mongolia dreaming

Photos from Mongolia by Pranlobha

Photos from Mongolai by Erdenebaatar

Video of Mongolian Harmony Run

WHR

"The majestic Mongolian landscape plays a feature role in this beautiful coverage of the World Harmony Run's travels across the country, meeting school children, soldiers, track runners, city officials and large gatherings. "

Video and Edit: Erdenebaatar Gankhuu. Postediting and Coding: Kedar Misani

Video also at: Sri Chinmoy TV

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- Sri Chinmoy In this new book - America the Beautiful, many of Sri Chinmoy's writings on America and great Americans such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King and others, have been drawn together and published in this new book.

• America The Beautiful website

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Sculpted by British artist Kaivalya Torpy, the life-size statue of World Harmony Run founder Sri Chinmoy is the second in the world to be dedicated in which the visionary is depicted holding a World Harmony Run Torch. The first such statue is located in Mazatlan Mexico.

Local park officials, politicians and members of the Vaasa and Helsinki Sri Chinmoy Centres joined together for the dedication. Sri Chinmoy Centre members from other countries such as Norway, Sweden, Russia, Italy, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Austria and the United States were also present at the statue unveiling in the park.

World Harmony Runners representing Russia ran into the park with the Torch and a musical group from the Czech republic sang a song composed by Sri Chinmoy about the country of Finland.

The large nature attraction, called Sand Bay Park in English, contains tall trees and winding paths through the woods for hiking and biking. A beach pavilion is nearby and there are benches interspersed throughout the park providing views out over the water. The statue is located close to a Villa and gazebo available for rental for group functions and meetings. Participants gathered after the ceremony to share a meal and cake in the Villa nearby the statue.

Later that evening, a Songs of the Soul Concert was held in a concert hall in dowtown Vaasa with performances by Sangit Desh and Agnikana's Group.

View more photos of the statue in Finland at Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries.

Useful links for Following 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race

• Daily Results for 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race
• The 3100 Mile self-transcendence race was founded by Sri Chinmoy, with the distance of 3100 miles first run in 1997. See: About 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race.
• 3100 Mile Race Blog at 3100.ws
• Utpal Marshall is offering a daily update on the race at his blog - Perfection Journey. First day - The Hour has come
• Media coverage of the 3100 Mile Race

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Races

Previous posts at Sri Chinmoy Centre News

• 2009 Race finish
• Images from Race

The fastest 12 hour runners were Thomas Herget (134 k) and Dorothea Pfeffer (115 k), also from Germany.

12 - 24 Hour Race - Results at Sri Chinmoy Races

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True inner joy is self - created.
It does not depend on outer circumstances.
A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy.
This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.

- Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy: The best way to begin to learn how to meditate is to associate with poeple who have been meditating for some time. These people are not in a position to teach you, but they are in a position to inspire you. If you have some friends who know how to meditate, just sit beside them while they are meditating. Unconsciously your inner being will be able to derive some meditative power from them. You are not stealing anything from them, but your inner being is taking help from them without your outer knowledge.....

(Continue reading excerpt from Meditation: Humanity's Race And Divinity's Grace, Part 2 by Sri Chinmoy)

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