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

Story-Gems: Inner communication

More stories from Sri Chinmoy's students.

A Truckload of Humanitarian Aid Sails through Customs

Arthada Platzgummer Vienna, Austria

How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

Why run 3100 miles?

Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria

My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

Is it unspiritual to care about winning?

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

Spiritual Friends

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

My 5 a.m. strategic meditations

Sanchita Fleming Ottawa, Canada

The spiritual life is normal to me

Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom

An intense, concentrated Fire

Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand

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

Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales

Bhutan, A Country Less Travelled...

Ambarish Keenan Dublin, Ireland

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

Running for peace in the South Pacific

Nirbhasa Magee Dublin, Ireland

The value of meditation in a stressful job

Garga Chamberlain Bristol, United Kingdom

No prior experience needed

Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany

My first impressions of Sri Chinmoy's philosophy

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life

Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia

How Sri Chinmoy appreciated enthusiasm

Prachar Stegemann Canberra, Australia

My typical day

Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States

Europe

Americas

Oceania