Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy (born 1931), originally Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, is an Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher (guru).

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1931 - India - Guru

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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.

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Shakpura - East Bengal - Bangladesh - New York City - United Nations - Jamaica - Queens County, New York

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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.

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1944 - Sri Aurobindo - Ashram - Pondicherry

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His teachings promote celibacy, meditation, abstinence and physical fitness; it is common for his followers to run marathons, ultramarathons,or compete in triathalons. One distinctive feature of his own practice is that he lifts people: followers, celebrities and public figures.

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