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

Smarana'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.

The day my Guru accepted me as his disciple

Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico

Sri Chinmoy meets an old friend

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

The day I saw my Guru's Third Eye

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

How I learned from Sri Chinmoy

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

'Christ has stolen her heart and brought it now to me'

Dodula and Gunthita Zurich, Switzerland

The Peace Run visits Oxford

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

My Room

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

The first time that I really understood that I had a soul

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

My love of spiritual poetry

Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom

The day when everything began

Bhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria

Learning to love songs ever more

Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil

In the Whirlwind of Life

Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands

The happiest I've ever been

Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

Spirituality - the most fascinating subject on earth

Laila Faerman New York, United States

No prior experience needed

Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany

Self-transcendence in meditation

Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland

Starting a spiritual café

Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand

What drew me to Sri Chinmoy's path

Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States

Where the finite connects to the Infinite

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Winning the Swiss Alpine Marathon

Vajin Armstrong Auckland, New Zealand

Europe

Americas

Oceania