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

Chidananda'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.

My love of spiritual poetry

Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom

I see infinitely more than I say

Agraha Levine Seattle, United States

Meditation: Touching The Infinite

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Praying for God’s Grace to Descend

Sweta Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal

I was just so transported by the atmosphere

Pulak Viscardi New York, United States

In the Right Place, At the Right Time

Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, Serbia

The very first time I heard about my spiritual Master

Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico

The happiest I've ever been

Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States

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

Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales

Spiritual Friends

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

A vision at 3 a.m in the morning

Abarita Dänzer Zürich, Switzerland

My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

The Impact of a Yogi on My Life

Agni Casanova San Juan, Puerto Rico

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

My favourite part of Sri Chinmoy's path

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

A direct line to God

Vajra Henderson New York, United States

Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path

Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany

Running a Six-Day Race

Ratuja Zub Minsk, Belarus

Finding your spiritual Master

Gannika Wiesenberger Linz, Austria

Europe

Americas

Oceania