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

Pranlobha'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.

Spiritual Friends

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

A spiritual name is the name of our soul, and what we can become

Nayak Polissar Seattle, United States

How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

Listen to the inner voice

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

A Flame in my Heart

Adesh Widmer Zurich, Switzerland

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

Dodula and Gunthita Zurich, Switzerland

Learning to love songs ever more

Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil

If I could remember this in my daily life now, I'd be a very high soul

Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales

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

Sevananda Padilla San Juan, Puerto Rico

Your life's responsibilities compel you to develop inner strength

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

President Gorbachev: a special soul brought down for a special reason

Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

Siblings on a spiritual path

Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States

Breaking Guinness records

Ashrita Furman New York, United States

My daily spiritual practises

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

Where the finite connects to the Infinite

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path

Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany

Winning the Swiss Alpine Marathon

Vajin Armstrong Auckland, New Zealand

From religion to spirituality

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

Europe

Americas

Oceania