Chinmaya Mission - NWIndiana

CHINMAYA OMKARA

Swami Chinmayananda was selected by the Hindu Host Committee to be the President of Hindu Religion, representing Hinduism worldwide at the Meeting of the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago (during August 28 - September 4, 1993), an honor bestowed on the great Swami Vivekananda a century ago. The Parliament had selected fourteen eminent religious leaders around the world to form a council to guide the world into the next century. At "World Vision 2000," a conference of religious leaders sponsored by Hindu Vishwa Parishad during August 6-8, 1993, H.H. Swami Chinmayanandji was to be honored for his lifetime of selfless service to humanity and his extraordinary achievements in creating a renaissance of spiritual and cultural values in India and abroad. However, on August 3, 1993, Swami Chinmayanandji attained Mahasamadhi in SanDiego, California, after suffering a massive heart attack as the equipment became too worn out due to the ceaseless Seva of the Master to humanity for over 42 years.

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OM

The sound symbol stands for what Religion calls God, what philosophy declares as TRUTH or as REALITY.

V

Vasanas, the channel of thoughts created by our past actions and thoughts, which determine the contours of our present inner personality of thought and outer behavior.

B-M-I

The body, mind and intellect - these are the three equipments through which LI FE expresses out in the universe.

P-F-T

Perceiver, feeler, thinker - this is the sense of individuality in each one of us: "I the ego", is the sale experiencer in me.

O-E-T

The world of objects, the field of emotions and the realm of thought. O-E- T - constitutes the world of things and beings which in totality provides our field of experience.

SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA

SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA[1916-1993]