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

Kanan'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.

'You have to be like a warrior and fight'

Mahiyan Savage San Diego, United States

Spiritual Friends

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

My first Guru

Adarini Inkei Geneva, Switzerland

How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

Sri Chinmoy meets an old friend

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

In the Whirlwind of Life

Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands

Sri Chinmoy performs on the world's largest organ

Prachar Stegemann Canberra, Australia

Believe, take a step and proceed: a 6-day race experience

Susan Marshall ,

Sri Chinmoy's opening meditation at the Parliament of World Religions

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The spiritual life is normal to me

Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom

The oneness of all paths - personal experiences

Nirbhasa Magee Dublin, Ireland

If a little meditation can give you this kind of experience...

Pragya Gerig Nuremberg, Germany

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

How I became interested in meditation

Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic

Self-transcendence in meditation

Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland

Love, devotion and surrender

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

When I met Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria

From religion to spirituality

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

My favourite part of Sri Chinmoy's path

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

Europe

Americas

Oceania