Contact Us

Visit one of our meditation sites and get in touch to find out more about our next class:

Auckland • Wellington

»

The cat who wanted to reincarnate as a cow

This is one of the stories in our Story-Gems project, a collection of our experiences with our Guru, Sri Chinmoy. Project homepage »

I’m going to tell a cute story about Sarama, who taught my first meditation classes and who I helped in her manifestation projects.

Sarama had a cat called Inky. She told me that when she came home one night and opened the door, Inky was sitting on the floor waiting for her. As soon as Sarama came in, Inky died. The cat had waited for Sarama to come home and then died.

Guru found out about it, and told Sarama that he had contacted Inky’s soul. He said that he would give the cat a human incarnation in its next incarnation. But Inky’s soul said it had seen a picture of a cow, and wanted to come back as a cow.

Man’s human glory begins when his animal story ends.
His divine glory begins when his human story ends.
His supreme Glory has neither birth nor death.

Sri Chinmoy 1

1. Colour Kingdom, Aum Press, 1973

Cross-posted from rupantar.srichinmoycentre.org

Story-Gems: Inner communication

More stories from Sri Chinmoy's students.

It does not matter which spoon you use

Brahmacharini Rebidoux St. John's, Canada

Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom

In the Whirlwind of Life

Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands

A Divine Phone Call

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Connecting the dots

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

Sri Chinmoy meets an old friend

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

A barrage of Candy Bullets

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Learning to love songs ever more

Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil

Why run 3100 miles?

Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria

Running for Peace

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

The very first time I heard about my spiritual Master

Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico

Your life's responsibilities compel you to develop inner strength

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

What drew me to Sri Chinmoy's path

Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States

What is it like on the Peace Run?

Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States

Starting a spiritual café

Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand

My well-scheduled day

Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia

My first impressions of Sri Chinmoy's philosophy

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

Sri Chinmoy's inner guidance

Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland

From religion to spirituality

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand