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

Prabuddha'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.

My Room

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

In the Whirlwind of Life

Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands

My first Guru

Adarini Inkei Geneva, Switzerland

My inner calling

Purnakama Rajna Winnipeg, Canada

Learning to follow my intuition

Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia

Failures are the pillars of success

Anugata Bach New York, United States

The day when everything began

Bhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria

The day my Guru accepted me as his disciple

Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico

Patanga: my spiritual name

Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil

My love of spiritual poetry

Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom

Connecting the dots

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

The first time that I really understood that I had a soul

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Check your Front Tire

Arpan De Angelo New York, United States

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

When I met Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria

My favourite part of Sri Chinmoy's path

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

Meditation functions with Sri Chinmoy

Kokila Chamberlain Bristol, United Kingdom

What is it like on the Peace Run?

Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States

Self-transcendence in meditation

Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland

What meditation gave me that I was missing

Purnahuti Wagner Guatemala City, Guatemala

No prior experience needed

Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany

Europe

Americas

Oceania