Father’s Day songs and poems:

For Day 22, I’ve created a different type of posting with fewer songs (a chance to really learn them 🙂 ) — as well as some additional writings and links.

Selected English songs by Sri Chinmoy with practice recordings (see selected writings below)

A recording of the set, sung 1x each. Below the scores are practice recordings.

E.A.#780 (from Enthusiasm Songbook, Part 13)

Note: when singing along to the recording, you may want to count out the repeats of seven (7) “Supreme” 🙂

E.A.#1247 (from Enthusiasm Songbook, Part 11)

E.A.#948 (from Enthusiasm Songbook, Part 13)

E.A.#797 (from Enthusiasm Songbook, Part 13)

E.A.#1258 (from Enthusiasm Songbook, Part 11)

A selection of writings on “Father’s Day” by Sri Chinmoy

Without the leaves, flowers and fruits,
The tree is nothing, absolutely nothing.
I am that nothing.
But with you, my children,
I am the fulness-tree.
The Supreme Father in me is telling you
That your kindness and your oneness
I appreciate far beyond your imagination.
Because of your kindness,
I am successful here on earth.
Because of your oneness,
I shall be fulfilled here on earth
And there in Heaven.

—Sri Chinmoy
Gratitude-Flower-Hearts, Father’s Day Message, June 1988

It is Father’s Day — a very special day — and I bless each one of you from my highest height and deepest depth.

I am your spiritual Father. You have an earthly father. Your connection with him lasts fifty or sixty years — for one incarnation. But your connection with me will last for eternity. In the ordinary life the father demands of the children and the children demand of the father. But we do not demand anything. In the spiritual life the relationship depends on give and give and give. What you have you give me and what I have I give you. What you have is your aspiration and what I have is my realisation. Here everything is self-offering. I am offering you what I have — realisation, and you are offering me what you have — aspiration. This is spiritual self-giving. Yours is spiritual self-giving and mine is spiritual self-giving. When we do this devotedly our oneness, inseparable oneness, will last for Eternity.

— Sri Chinmoy,
AUM — Vol.II-1, No.6 (June 1974, Message from Father’s Day, 1973 from London)

As your spiritual Father,
I am crying and I shall be crying
Inside your minds for Illumination,
Inside your lives for Liberation,
Inside your hearts for Realisation,
Inside your souls for your attainment
Of God’s ever-transcending Vision,
Inside your Inner Pilot for His sleepless,
Birthless and deathless Satisfaction
In you and through you.

— Sri Chinmoy
Twenty-five Aspiration-Flames (Father’s Day Message, 21 June 1987)

 Our Sweetest Oneness (Father’s Day Prayer and Song, 2006)

“The human father
Gives his children earth-affection.
The Divine Father
Gives His children Heaven-Delight.”

I am useful only when my sweet children are with me, in me and for me. I had aspiration, and with your dedication you have made me known throughout the length and breadth of the world. My aspiration is all gratitude to your service, unprecedented service. I am very, very grateful to you, extremely grateful to you all, and extremely proud of you, proud of you, proud of you.

You have made me what I am today. A tinier than the tiniest village is where I saw the light of day. I saw the light of day in Shakpura. Now you have offered to the world my inner light. It is simply a miracle. With your aspiration and your dedication you have brought my inner light to the fore, and you are helping me unimaginably to spread my inner light here, there, everywhere, everywhere.

Today I am telling you that I am your spiritual father, and throughout Eternity you will remain my spiritual children. Once my soul has accepted you, you can rest assured that you belong to me and I belong to you. I belong to you; you belong to me. There is no third party in between you and me. My children, there is nobody to block our sweetest oneness. You are for me, and I am for you. This is not only our conviction, but also our realisation.

At times the father can be strict. But again, the same father has ever-glowing and ever-growing affection, love, sweetness and fondness for his children, and I am that father. I am that father to love you every day more and more and more and more. And if you have a little bit of imperfection, I gladly take it as my own, very own. Never be afraid of your imperfections or your weaknesses. Just throw them into me, as you throw garbage into the garbage can. Everything that you have, good or bad, my universal heart is more than happy to accept from you. Your good qualities and bad qualities just offer to me. My Universal Consciousness — which I have and which I am, believe it or not — will gladly accept and house all your qualities, good and bad.

Once more I am telling you, my heart’s infinite gratitude, gratitude and gratitude I am offering to each of you. Infinite, infinite, infinite — I repeat — infinite gratitude I am offering to each of you, for you have made me what I am now for world service.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Our Sweetest Oneness (#38, Father’s Day, 18 June 2006, Aspiration-Ground, Jamaica, New York), Agni Press 2012

Other writings:

There is a entire book of Three Hundred Sixty-Five Father’s Day Prayers, by Sri Chinmoy (Agni Press, 1974).
Check the interesting introduction to the book here; and then proceed to the full volume here.

See also a sweet story by Sri Chinmoy entitled Four Faults: Jealousy, Doubt,Fear, Pride — They Are Gone

Other musical performances:See Radio Sri Chinmoy which has a large collection of recordings by Sri Chinmoy and by many different musical and song groups performing compositions of Sri Chinmoy. For example, see this search result for ‘Father’s Day’ performances (be sure to click on the ‘audio files’ tab for a recording of Sri Chinmoy)
https://www.radiosrichinmoy.org/?s=%22Father%27s+Day%22

There is an amazing collection of writings and photos on Sri Chinmoy Reflections, presented chronologically. Definitely not to be missed!
https://www.srichinmoy-reflections.com/fathers-day

Congratulations — Day 22 of the 90-day-for-90-Years project completed!

Don’t forget to give yourself a gold-star (you can ‘light’ a star on this printout calendar)

[Return to 90-days-for-90-Years project materials page, which contains sets for each and all days]