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

Mahatapa'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.

The first time we met our Guru

Kaivalya, Devashishu and Sahadeva Torpy London, England

Spiritual moments with my grandmother

Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil

The spiritual life is normal to me

Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom

Praying for God’s Grace to Descend

Sweta Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal

Now you are in the boat

Kaushalya Casey Toronto, Canada

'You two have been friends for many hundreds of years'

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Sri Chinmoy meets an old friend

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

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

Dodula and Gunthita Zurich, Switzerland

My wife's soul comes to visit

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

I see infinitely more than I say

Agraha Levine Seattle, United States

Muhammad Ali: I was expecting a monster, but I found a lamb

Sevananda Padilla San Juan, Puerto Rico

The day when everything began

Bhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

When I met Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria

Humorous moments with Sri Chinmoy

Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand

Running the world's longest race

Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia

Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path

Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany

My first impressions of Sri Chinmoy's philosophy

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

Breaking Guinness records

Ashrita Furman New York, United States

Europe

Americas

Oceania