Sri Chinmoy
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Sri Chinmoy (born 1931), né Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, is an Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher (guru). He was the youngest of seven children, born in Shakpura in East Bengal (now Bangladesh), and moved to New York City in 1964. For a while he was an interfaith chaplin at the United Nations. He now lives in Jamaica in Queens County, New York. In 1944, after both his parents had died, 12-year-old Chinmoy entered the Sri Aurobindo ashram, a spiritual community near Pondicherry in South India. Here he spent the next twenty years in spiritual practice. His teachings promote celibacy, meditation, abstinence and physical fitness; it is common for his followers to run marathons or to lift heavy weights. One distinctive feature of his own practice is that he lifts people: followers, celebrities and public figures. As with many spiritual leaders, there are allegations that his group is a cult organization.
The Sri Chinmoy Centre contains a cross-section of people with many diverse backgrounds and interests.
External links
Official Sri Chinmoy sites
- Sri Chinmoy: The Official, Complete Source (http://www.srichinmoy.org/) (Sri Chinmoy's homepage)
- The global home of the Sri Chinmoy Centre (http://www.srichinmoycentre.org/)
- Sri Chinmoy Library (http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/) (Sri Chinmoy's books online)
- Radio Sri Chinmoy: Listen to spiritual music online (http://www.radiosrichinmoy.org/)
- Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team International (http://www.srichinmoyraces.org/)
- Sri Chinmoy Inspiration Group: Enlightened opinion on Sri Chinmoy (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration/)
- Sri Chinmoy Songs (http://www.srichinmoysongs.com/) (Lyrics and music scores to Sri Chinmoy's songs)
- Sri Chinmoy Concerts (http://www.srichinmoyconcert.org/)
- World Harmony Run (http://www.worldharmonyrun.org/) (A global torch relay to strengthen international friendship and understanding organised by the Sri Chinmoy Centre)
- Sri Chinmoy TV (http://www.srichinmoy.tv/) (Online videos)
- Sri Chinmoy Poetry (http://www.srichinmoypoetry.com/)
- The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles Worldwide Humanitarian Service (http://www.oneness-heart.org/) (Humanitarian aid network founded in 1990 by Sri Chinmoy)