World Gratitude Day 2013
September 21 is World Gratitude Day, an opportunity to cultivate and remember the importance of gratitude. World Gratitude day was first celebrated by the United Nations Meditation Group in 1977, following an idea of Sri Chinmoy.

Sri Chinmoy has written countless poems, aphorisms and discourses on the power and benefits of gratitude.

"Gratitude in the inner world is nothing but self-expansion. It is through self-expansion that we become aware of our true reality, which is Infinity itself. Your contribution to the world at large, to the inner world especially, is momentous. As a seeker, I know that there is nothing on earth as valuable and significant as gratitude. In God's Eye there is nothing more meaningful and precious than man's gratitude. Therefore, to you, to the illumining soul in you, I wish to offer my boundless and ever-growing gratitude.
World Gratitude day at Sri Chinmoy Library
Related- Talk on gratitude and ingratitude by Sri Chinmoy
- Q.A. on Gratitude
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
My life with Sri Chinmoy
Namrata Moses New York, United States
A Flame in my Heart
Adesh Widmer Zurich, Switzerland
The Ever-Transcending Goal
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
The Random Dog
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
All I needed was the Supreme, and I would always win
Pragati Pascale New York, United StatesAkuti: a pioneer-jewel in our Centre
Akuti Eisamann Connecticut, United States
'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
In the Whirlwind of Life
Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands
Learning to love songs ever more
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
A love that was thick like butter
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
The day I saw my Guru's Third Eye
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
A spiritual name is the name of our soul, and what we can become
Nayak Polissar Seattle, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Running a Six-Day Race
Ratuja Zub Minsk, Belarus
Sri Chinmoy's vision of the Peace Run
Harita Davies New York, United States
An airport meditation experience
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path
Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany
My favourite part of Sri Chinmoy's path
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
No prior experience needed
Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany