About - Silence-Heart-Nest Restaurant

A word of thanks...
We offer our thanks and our gratitude to our customers and the Fremont community for making our move from Seattle’s University District, where we resided for 19 years, to Fremont a fun and successful transition.

About Silence-Heart-Nest
For all of us who work at Silence-Heart-Nest, the restaurant is a spiritual expression. We exist to serve you joyfully. We hope to do this by offering the best food we can, prepared and served as devotedly as possible.

Yes, we are vegetarian, but you won’t miss the meat! We use the finest ingredients like free-range eggs (no hormones – they taste better!), fresh fruit, organic ingredients where possible and great coffee. We have attempted to make the atmosphere uplifting and harmonious. Even the sugar packets offer an inspiring message! As a commitment to Mother Earth we compost or recycle over 60% of our wastes.

All of us who work here are students of meditation, and study with the Indian Spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy. The restaurant is a reflection of the impact Sri Chinmoy has had on our lives, and it is inspired by him. His philosophy encourages a sincere inner life with an active outer life. By meditating on the spiritual heart, he teaches, the seeker can discover his own inner treasures of peace, joy, light and love.

Our name is taken from a poem written by Sri Chinmoy on our opening day March 18, 1986.

Silence-Heart-Nest
Eternity’s silence: The silence that embodies vision, light and delight.
Infinity’s heart: The universal heart that expands and expands.
Immortality’s nest: The nest of birthless and deathless nectar-delight.
- Sri Chinmoy

We close twice a year for a spiritual celebration of 12-14 days. Once in mid-April to celebrate Sri Chinmoy’s arrival in the West, and once in late August to celebrate Sri Chinmoy’s birthday.

Selected Links

A selection of related sites and articles about Sri Chinmoy. For more information on Sri Chinmoy and his works, kindly peruse the following sites:

Free Meditation Classes in the Greater Seattle Area
Meditation classes sponsored by the Sri Chinmoy Center in Seattle.

Sri Chinmoy Library
More than a thousand of Sri Chinmoy 's inspiring works are online and searchable at this site.

Sri Chinmoy Poetry
A site dedicated purely to the poetry of Sri Chinmoy.

Sri Chinmoy Races
Visit the home page of the worldwide Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, which sponsors 500 athletic events annually, from Masters track and field competitions to the world's longest certified race of 3100 miles.

Sri Chinmoy Songs
An online library for Sri Chinmoy's songs.

Sri Chinmoy Music
This site explores the the spiritual dimensions of music as a vehicle to expand one's consciousness and as the living expression of the divine Consciousness within.

Sri Chinmoy Art
Enter into an ever-glowing world of Sri Chinmoy's vast meditative art works, which number over 150,000.

Radio Sri Chinmoy
Experience the meditative and soul-stirring music of Maestro Sri Chinmoy as he sings and plays a dozen instruments from around the world.

Sri Chinmoy TV
Enter into a world of boundless creativity through the music, art and talks of Sri Chinmoy, or join him for a few moments of meditative silence.

Sri Chinmoy Inspiration
The Sri Chinmoy Inspiration group exists to share positive news, inspiration and encouragement about Sri Chinmoy and about people inspired by Sri Chinmoy--which includes students of Sri Chinmoy and friends of Sri Chinmoy. Everybody is warmly invited to submit to the Sri Chinmoy Inspiration group.

World Harmony Run
The World Harmony Run is a global relay run that seeks to promote international friendship and understanding.

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