Kailash, a long-time student of Sri Chinmoy, explains how constant self-transcendence is essential in the spiritual life - "if you want to have a deeper meditation, you need to grow into a deeper kind of personality, and in order to do that we have to transcend ourselves."

Daulot Fountain from Seattle talks about his early years on Sri Chinmoy’s path and how he began to live a spiritual life.

Garga Chamberlain from Bristol Sri Chinmoy Centre talks about how he came to follow a spiritual life and his experience of being on Sri Chinmoy’s path. Garga also explains what, for him, is the essence of Sri Chinmoy’s spiritual path.

Pranlobha works as a cook in a vegetarian restaurant in Seattle, run by students of Sri Chinmoy. In this short video, Pranlobha talks about the benefits and challenges of working in a spiritual workplace, focused on the teachings of Sri Chinmoy.

Abhejali swam the English Channel in 2011, and is working on completing the 'Oceans Seven' list of famous swims around the world. Here she talks about how she started, and how meditation helps her during these challenging endurance swims.

Abhejali talks about how even though she had quite a happy life with many friends, there was something missing, something which she eventually found through meditation and spiritual practise.

Mahatapa explains how her spiritual journey began, and how she was lead to find the meditation path that was right for her.

Lunthitha describes how she was drawn the inherent simplicity of Sri Chinmoy’s teachings, and how the experience of meditation made these philosophical ideas feel real and relevant to everyday life.

Toshala Elliot shares some of her more light-hearted and humorous moments with Sri Chinmoy.

Vajra talks about his early ideas of God, and his early search for spirituality and direct experience of God. Later, Vajra would meet Sri Chinmoy, and after attending a lecture at Colombia University, came to feel Sri Chinmoy was his spiritual Master.