Mississippi (MS). The 20th state to join the Union in 1817
Mississippi factoids: The capital of Mississippi is Jackson — which is also its largest city. Known as the “Hospitality State”, today’s population is approximately 2.9 million (averaging around 63 people per square mile). Mississippi’s state tree is the ‘Southern Magnolia’; its state flower is the ‘Magnolia’; its state bird the ‘Northern Mockingbird’; and its state fruit is the ‘Blueberry’. Mississippi’s State Motto is: “Virtute et armis” (by valor and arms).
Activities of Sri Chinmoy in Mississippi (see page for activities in the each of the 50 states)
- February 27, 1974 (multiple lectures were given in multiple states this day). Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture entitled “‘Love Human and Love Divine” at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College in Gulfport, MS.
- The Q&A following that lecture:
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In August 2000, while telling a story about how “Each River is Sacred“, Sri Chinmoy said, in part,:
(…) As soon as we think of a river, purity enters into us. We do not have to think of a particular river, for the very word “river” gives us a tremendous inner thrill. Even if I do not know anything about a particular river, the very name gives me joy. In my case, as soon as I hear “Mississippi,” I get an immediate inner thrill. What do I know about the Mississippi River? Nothing, but the word itself gives me joy. The Mississippi River is America’s most famous river, and the name gives me such joy. It is the same when we think of some rivers in Indian villages. There are sacred rivers near the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.(…)
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1987-current, the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run passes through Mississippi bi-annually on its cross-country trek and engages with its welcoming citizens (see example of photos of a previous visit)
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Listen to the melody Sri Chinmoy set for name ‘Mississippi’
(read more about these on the 50-state songs page)
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Among the many songs Sri Chinmoy composed on America, his adopted country, this one is perhaps the most powerful:
America, America, America!
Great you are, good you are,
Brave you are, kind you are.
O my America, America.
Your Heaven-freedom is earth’s aspiration-choice.
With you, in you, is God-Hour’s Victory-Voice.
—Sri Chinmoy
(see https://www.srichinmoysongs.com/america-great-you-are-good-you-are)
The song “America! Great You Are, Good You Are” recording, below, as performed by the Sri Chinmoy Choir:
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