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

Manatita'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.

Learning to follow my intuition

Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia

So much longing, for something

Pushpa rani Piner Ottawa, Canada

Sri Chinmoy's biography, written by one of the most famous Bengali authors

Mahatapa Palit New York, United States

A 40-Year Blessing

Sarama Minoli New York, United States

Celebrating birthdays at Guru's house

Devashishu Torpy London, United Kingdom

A demonstration of the Master’s occult powers

Arpan De Angelo New York, United States

My wife's soul comes to visit

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

The first time we met our Guru

Kaivalya, Devashishu and Sahadeva Torpy London, England

Is it unspiritual to care about winning?

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

You only have to keep your eyes and ears open

Gannika Wiesenberger Linz, Austria

If I can smile like that, it's worth becoming a disciple

Mahatapa Palit New York, United States

How sports and fitness became part of our spiritual life

Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico

Spiritual moments with my grandmother

Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path

Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany

My favourite part of Sri Chinmoy's path

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

Where the finite connects to the Infinite

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Sri Chinmoy's vision of the Peace Run

Harita Davies New York, United States

My daily spiritual practises

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

My first impressions of Sri Chinmoy's philosophy

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

Europe

Americas

Oceania