Home » News

A fun interview with our Guinness World record holder Ashrita

Ashrita Furman became a student of Sri Chinmoy when he was just 16 years old, and has now been practising meditation for over 50 years.  In 1979, he started using the power of meditation and concentration to break Guinness World Records. Since then he has broken over 800 world records, 200 of which still stand - he holds more records than anyone else on earth.

Ashrita sets the record for longest distance balancing a baseball bat

This is a light-hearted interview with a local news station where you can see Ashrita attempt some records in his back garden....

Video Content

Playing this video will load cookies from Vimeo. Please accept cookies to view this content.

 

More news:

8 March

Europe Peace Run 2024 Launched With Pope Francis
30 December

The inner significance of the New Year
28 October

Inspiration and Records at the 3100 Mile Race

Stories

First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.

Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A Quest for Happiness

Abhinabha Tangerman Amsterdam, Netherlands

The spiritual life is normal to me

Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom

I felt a bell ringing in my heart

Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales

Meditation: Touching The Infinite

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Learning to follow my intuition

Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia

The day when everything began

Bhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria

Why run 3100 miles?

Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria

I just knew from the moment I saw him

Ashrita Furman New York, United States

The Peace Run visits Oxford

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

In the Right Place, At the Right Time

Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, Serbia

Praying for God’s Grace to Descend

Sweta Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal

My first Guru

Adarini Inkei Geneva, Switzerland

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

Running for peace in the South Pacific

Nirbhasa Magee Dublin, Ireland

How Sri Chinmoy appreciated enthusiasm

Prachar Stegemann Canberra, Australia

From religion to spirituality

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

What drew me to Sri Chinmoy's path

Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States

My typical day

Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States

What brought me to the spiritual life

Paula Correia Porto, Portugal

Humorous moments with Sri Chinmoy

Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand

Europe

Americas

Oceania