On Sri Chinmoy's Sunlit Path - Trains http://www.priyadarshan.org/taxonomy/term/125/0 en Maitree Express: the train uniting hearts http://www.priyadarshan.org/maitree-express-the-train-uniting-hearts-302.html <div class="document"> <!-- -*- mode: rst -*- --> <p><a class="reference external" href="/node/301">Sri Chinmoy's only ambition as a child</a> was to become a train ticket collector or an inspector like his father. To have a train promote oneness between India and Bangladesh, what a piece of good news!</p> <p>India and Bangladesh are divinely meant to be one once again, hopefully sooner rather than later.</p> <!-- --> </div> <p><a href="http://www.priyadarshan.org/maitree-express-the-train-uniting-hearts-302.html">read more</a></p> http://www.priyadarshan.org/maitree-express-the-train-uniting-hearts-302.html#comments Sri Chinmoy India Trains Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:45:18 +0000 Priyadarshan 302 at http://www.priyadarshan.org My Only Ambition http://www.priyadarshan.org/my-only-ambition-301.html <div class="document"> <p>Because my father was a train inspector, we could travel free all over India. I used to enjoy riding on the train so much. The trains were long, with many seats inside. In those days they were not so crowded. Now they are very crowded; there is no room. Indian trains were like bullock carts - thirty miles per hour. Whenever we went on the train, everybody in the family used to fall asleep during the trip, but I couldn't wait to see the next station. There people used to carry things on their heads, and they had a peculiar way of shouting, 'Tea!' and other things.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.priyadarshan.org/my-only-ambition-301.html">read more</a></p> http://www.priyadarshan.org/my-only-ambition-301.html#comments Sri Chinmoy Childhood Trains Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:43:29 +0000 Priyadarshan 301 at http://www.priyadarshan.org