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

Balarka'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.

Why run 3100 miles?

Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria

My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

The most beautiful and fulfilling of all possible experiences

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

A vision at 3 a.m in the morning

Abarita Dänzer Zürich, Switzerland

Listen to the inner voice

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

How I learned from Sri Chinmoy

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

Sri Chinmoy meets an old friend

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

I felt a bell ringing in my heart

Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales

Reflections on meditation

Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I just knew from the moment I saw him

Ashrita Furman New York, United States

A 40-Year Blessing

Sarama Minoli New York, United States

I know where you are

Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States

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

Saraswati Martín San Juan, Puerto Rico

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

My first impressions of Sri Chinmoy's philosophy

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path

Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany

The value of meditation in a stressful job

Garga Chamberlain Bristol, United Kingdom

What is it like on the Peace Run?

Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States

Meditation: you make progress just by doing it

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

How can we create harmony in the world?

Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria

Where the finite connects to the Infinite

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Europe

Americas

Oceania