States-Vermont

Vermont (VT). The 14th state to join the Union in 1791

Vermont factoids: The capital of Vermont is Montpelier; its largest city (by pop.) is Burlington. Today’s population in Vermont is approximately 647,000 (averaging around 70 people per square mile). Famous for it’s maple syrup, Vermont ‘s state tree is the ‘Sugar Maple; its state flower is the ‘Red Clover’; and its state bird the ‘Hermit Thrush’. Vermont’s State Motto is: “Freedom and Unity”.

Activities of Sri Chinmoy in Vermont (see page for activities in each of the 50 states)

1974

• January 25, 1974. Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture entitled “Time” in the Happy Valley Common Room at Marlboro College in Marlboro, VT.
  • After the lecture, Sri Chinmoy answered the following questions:
    • Q: When you speak of someone seeking enlightenment, doesn’t that imply that the person does not have it inside him?
    • Q: Do you have any idea of why it was lost?
    • Q: Why are we more attracted to temptation, or the unreal coin?
    • Q: Is meditation the only way to achieve enlightenment?

1977

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  September 24, 1977. Sri Chinmoy offered two concerts in Vermont

  • in the afternoon at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.
  • in the evening at St Paul’s Cathedral in Burlington, VT.
    • Prior to the concerts, Sri Chinmoy visits ‘The Owl Gallery’. Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation for owner David Rowe and his friends.

1979

• November 10, 1979. Vermont’s governor, Richard A. Snelling, declares by Proclamation the day as “Sri Chinmoy Day”.

1980

• January 19, 1980. Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and delivers a lecture entitled “Peace” at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.
• January 20, 1980. At Sri Chinmoy’s impromptu request and with only 2 days planning, the first Inspiration Marathon is held at 6:00 a.m. — in subfreezing conditions — in Burlington, Vermont. Just 36 runners complete the marathon distance — Sri Chinmoy, who is recovering from running injuries, runs the first 13 miles and the last 2 miles.

1982

• June 24, 1982. As part of the 50 Oneness State-Songs, Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and delivers a lecture on ‘Obedience’ at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.
  • As part of the 50 Oneness State-Songs, he also runs 7 miles ‘solo’ (in a time of 54:01) to honour the state’s soul.
  • Vermont’s governor proclaimed a statewide ‘Sri Chinmoy Day’ and the first meditation Park was inaugurated in a wooded area in West Halifax, VT.

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Listen to the melody Sri Chinmoy set for name ‘Vermont‘ as part of the 50 Oneness-State-Songs:

(read more about these on the 50 Oneness-State-Songs page)

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Fifty oneness-state-songs,
 
Our Lord’s Compassion-Gongs.
 
Within, without, a seeker’s sleepless cry
 
To reveal America’s perfection-sky.

—Sri Chinmoy
(see https://www.srichinmoysongs.com/fifty-oneness-state-songs)

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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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