Home »
The cat who wanted to reincarnate as a cow

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 »

Video Content

Playing this video will load cookies from Vimeo. Please accept cookies to view this content.

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

Cross-posted from rupantar.srichinmoycentre.org

Pradhan's home

'Guru was like this ball of energy'
I was what you call a classic unconscious seeker
The cat who wanted to reincarnate as a cow

Story-Gems: Inner communication

More stories from Sri Chinmoy's students.

Learning to love songs ever more

Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil

Check your Front Tire

Arpan De Angelo New York, United States

People see something in Guru and want to be part of it

Saraswati Martín San Juan, Puerto Rico

Just go with it and jump!

Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States

A disciple re-incarnates

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

My love of spiritual poetry

Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom

The Ever-Transcending Goal

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

The connection between Sri Chinmoy's music and my soul

Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States

My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sri Chinmoy's biography, written by one of the most famous Bengali authors

Mahatapa Palit New York, United States

In the Whirlwind of Life

Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands

The spiritual life is normal to me

Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

Self-transcendence in meditation

Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland

The value of meditation in a stressful job

Garga Chamberlain Bristol, United Kingdom

An airport meditation experience

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

My typical day

Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States

My first impressions of Sri Chinmoy's philosophy

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

A feeling that something more exists

Florbela Caniceiro Coimbra, Portugal

Starting a spiritual café

Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand

Europe

Americas

Oceania