When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves. Sri Chinmoy More Quotes by Sri Chinmoy More Quotes From Sri Chinmoy What is Yoga? Yoga is self-conquest. Self-conquest is God-Realization. He who practices Yoga does two things with one stroke: he simplifies his whole life and he gets a freee access to the Divine. Sri Chinmoy yoga practice self God is not a thing to be achieved, but a thing to be. Sri Chinmoy A moment of self-giving lifecan conquer the sorrowsof many long years Sri Chinmoy self long years If your Lord Supreme requests you to do something, rest assured he has already given you the capacity - even more than necessary - long before you actually need it. Sri Chinmoy lord long needs The problem with fault-findingIs that he who finds fault with othersIs in no way a happy person Even after he has successfully Accomplished his task. Sri Chinmoy faults tasks way Only by our positive thinking, by our bringing the positive qualities of others to the fore, will this world be able to make progress. Sri Chinmoy progress positive-thinking quality Music is the language of God. God's language, music, is not like mathematics or geometry. It is a language of love. If we love music, that is enough. Sri Chinmoy language-of-love music-love enough You and I create the world by the vibrations that we offer to the world. Sri Chinmoy offers vibrations world If you can create harmony in your own life, This harmony will enter into the vast world. Sri Chinmoy harmony ifs world True, this world of ours is full of hatred and disbelief, but that is no reason why we should not love and why we should not believe. We must love and believe in order to empty the hatred-sea. Sri Chinmoy sea order believe Hope is at once both simple and profound. It is hope that binds Heaven and earth. Hope is the bridge between Heaven and earth. Sri Chinmoy simple bridges profound How to overcome destructive criticism? Just love a little more. That's all. Sri Chinmoy criticism overcoming littles This divine Compassion is spontaneous Delight. In it there is no feeling of separativity, no feeling that one is superior and the other is inferior. No! It is a feeling of oneness. Sri Chinmoy oneness compassion feelings Consciousness is the inner spark or inner link in us, the golden link within us that connects our highest and most illumined part with our lowest and most unillumined part. Consciousness is the connecting link between Heaven and earth. Sri Chinmoy earth links heaven What is realisation? Realisation is my conscious and constant sailing with my Inner Pilot in His Golden Boat towards the uncharted land, where sooner than at once beauty, divinity and Immortality seeds grow into the richest harvest. Sri Chinmoy sailing golden land Do not cherish suffering. Don't act like a fool. Don't think that your suffering is going to accelerate your spiritual progress. Sri Chinmoy suffering spiritual thinking What comes to me unmistakably is what I carefully or carelessly invite. Sri Chinmoy invites Who is the winner? Not he who wins but he who has established his cheerful oneness with the result, which is an experience in the form of failure or success, a journey forward or a journey backward. Sri Chinmoy oneness journey winning And in self-giving we become really happy. Real humility is the expansion of our consciousness and our service. Sri Chinmoy humility real self Smile, my friends, my soulful friends, smile. Let us smile. True, this world of ours is full of suffering and excruciating pangs, but that is no reason why we should not smile. Sri Chinmoy suffering reason-why world