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News & Highlights The History of Chinmaya Mission Trinidad and Tobago
Chinmaya Mission
Trinidad & Tobago
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.
`Moksha' is not `Freedom from Action' but, `Freedom in Action'.
To give love is true freedom; To demand love is pure slavery.
The success is not in the trophy won but in the race run
The secret of action is to get established in equanimity, renouncing all egocentric attachments, and forgetting to worry over our successes and failures.
Character is formed from the repeated choice of thoughts and action. Make the right choice - You shall have a firm and noble character.
There is no destiny beyond and above ourselves; we are ourselves the architects of our future.
Without devotion, knowledge is tasteless. Without knowledge, devotion is mere empty idol worship.
Bhakti is the attitude of the mind, and jnana is the attitude of the intellect, both flow towards the Lord.
Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living.
Prosperity is like wine, which goes to the head, and makes man forget his Creator.
Spirituality is neither the privilege of the poor nor the luxury of the rich. It is the choice of the wise man.
- Swami Chinmayananda
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The History of Chinmaya Mission Trinidad and Tobago
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CHINMAYA MISSION TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO INC.
Swami Sivananda, once eloquently illustrated an old saying which stated “that while sacred shrines and Tirthas purify and sanctify all mankind, the sacred places and Tirthas are themselves more sanctified and divinised by the holy men and saints who grace them with their passing footprints or prolonged presence.
”May 10th, 1965 marked the first time Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayananda, placed his holy feet upon the soils of Trinidad and Tobago. A large crowd comprising both local Indians and non-Indians ushered in his three day visit with a heartfelt welcome at the Piarco International Airport. During his visit, which was largely orchestrated by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha organization, he observed that “There were no frontiers for Spiritual India.”
An indelible impression was engraved upon the hearts and minds of people in Trinidad, such that in 1966, when they learnt that his scheduled visit to Honolulu was cancelled, they eagerly invited Swami Chinmayananda to grace the “Geeta Talk Fest” with his presence. Swami Chinmayananda conducted a Geeta Gyan Yagna at Skinner’s Park, San Fernando from November 9th to November 21st. He also included in his yagna, lectures on the Bhaja Govindam and the Kenopanishad. Additionally, he inaugurated a Divine Life Society temple and was invited to give talks to Muslims in a mosque as well as forty trainees at the Monastery of Mount St. Benedict where locals were being trained as missionaries.