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

Sharani'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.

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

Saraswati Martín San Juan, Puerto Rico

The most beautiful and fulfilling of all possible experiences

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

'Christ has stolen her heart and brought it now to me'

Dodula and Gunthita Zurich, Switzerland

Just go with it and jump!

Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States

In the Whirlwind of Life

Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands

In the middle of an ocean of love

Bhadra Kleinman New York

The day when everything began

Bhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria

The day my Guru accepted me as his disciple

Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico

I just knew from the moment I saw him

Ashrita Furman New York, United States

My wife's soul comes to visit

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Learning to love songs ever more

Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil

The first time we met our Guru

Kaivalya, Devashishu and Sahadeva Torpy London, England

Connecting the dots

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

What drew me to Sri Chinmoy's path

Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States

My typical day

Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States

2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life

Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia

My first impressions of Sri Chinmoy's philosophy

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

How I became interested in meditation

Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic

Sri Chinmoy's inner guidance

Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland

Humorous moments with Sri Chinmoy

Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand

Europe

Americas

Oceania