World Gratitude Day 2013
September 21 is World Gratitude Day, an opportunity to cultivate and remember the importance of gratitude. World Gratitude day was first celebrated by the United Nations Meditation Group in 1977, following an idea of Sri Chinmoy.

Sri Chinmoy has written countless poems, aphorisms and discourses on the power and benefits of gratitude.

"Gratitude in the inner world is nothing but self-expansion. It is through self-expansion that we become aware of our true reality, which is Infinity itself. Your contribution to the world at large, to the inner world especially, is momentous. As a seeker, I know that there is nothing on earth as valuable and significant as gratitude. In God's Eye there is nothing more meaningful and precious than man's gratitude. Therefore, to you, to the illumining soul in you, I wish to offer my boundless and ever-growing gratitude.
World Gratitude day at Sri Chinmoy Library
Related- Talk on gratitude and ingratitude by Sri Chinmoy
- Q.A. on Gratitude
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
Spiritual moments with my grandmother
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
A disciple re-incarnates
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Is it unspiritual to care about winning?
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
The happiest I've ever been
Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States
Celestial experiences
Antaranga Gressenich Munich, Germany
My 5 a.m. strategic meditations
Sanchita Fleming Ottawa, Canada
'Christ has stolen her heart and brought it now to me'
Dodula and Gunthita Zurich, Switzerland
In the middle of an ocean of love
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Learning to follow my intuition
Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia
'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
A Mountain Meditation
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
It does not matter which spoon you use
Brahmacharini Rebidoux St. John's, CanadaSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
My typical day
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States
Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path
Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany
My first experience with Sri Chinmoy
Nayak Polissar Seattle, United States
What meditation gave me that I was missing
Purnahuti Wagner Guatemala City, Guatemala
Humorous moments with Sri Chinmoy
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
No prior experience needed
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