“I lift them up to show my appreciation for their achievements,”
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Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the United States after moving to New York City in 1964. Chinmoy established his first meditation center in Queens, New York, and eventually had seven thousand students in 60 countries. He was an author, artist, poet, and musician; he also held public events such as concerts and meditations on…
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culture · Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007) · poet · writer · philosopher · painter · musician · weightlifter · humanitarian · spiritual teacher · guru · ultramarathon runner · also Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, Sri Chinmoy, Ghose
Born 27 August 1931 · Died 11 October 2007 · Q319578
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Variants: My books, they all have only one message: the heart's Power Of Love must replace the mind's Love Of Power. If I have the Power Of Love, then I shall claim the whole World as my own … World Peace can be achieved when the Power Of Love replaces the Love Of Power.
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2017· 1 entry
Santana told Rolling Stone, "I'm really grateful for those 10 years I spent with that spiritual master
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2011· 1 entry
Lewis appeared in the short documentary Challenging Impossibility, which features the feats of strength demonstrated by Chinmoy
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2010· 1 entry
Ashrita Furman, who holds over 150 Guinness World Records, stated that "the meditation he learned from Sri Chinmoy helps him to perform beyond his expectations
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2009· 1 entry
Jayanti Tamm published an account of life as a Chinmoy disciple, Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult
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2007· 2 entries
Died 2007-10-11.
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“Variants: My books, they all have only one message: the heart's Power Of Love must replace the mind's Love Of Power. If I have the Power Of Love, then I shall claim the whole World as my own … World Peace can be achieved when the Power Of Love replaces the Love Of Power.”
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2002· 1 entry
The event attracts around 900 international runners
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2001· 1 entry
Chinmoy recited his poetry at the United Nations, as part of a UN sponsored event of promoting "Dialogue Among Civilizations Through Poetry"
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2000· 1 entry
Told Rolling Stone that things soured between him and Chinmoy in the 1980s
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1999· 1 entry
Bill Pearl wrote: "Today you are going to see some amazing feats of strength that I myself – and I have been in the industry for fifty-five years – would not even attempt to perform
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1998· 1 entry
Known as 'Lifting up the world with a Oneness Heart', Sri Chinmoy lifted well- known people while they stood on a platform overhead
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1997· 1 entry
Honouring him for teaching a yoga which combines aspects of ancient Hinduism in a modern setting
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1991· 2 entries
Sri Chinmoy initiated the 'Oneness Heart Tears and Smiles' humanitarian service which sends food and medicine to those in need
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And 1996, and in 2000 Chinmoy ordered her to have sex with another female disciple while he watched
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1987· 2 entries
Sri Chinmoy inaugurated the Sri Chinmoy Oneness Home Peace Run, a relay style run for peace through many countries of the world where runners carry a flaming torch representing harmony
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To become the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run
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1985· 1 entry
Sri Chinmoy, with the then Mayor of Oxford, inaugurated the first "Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile", which is a measured mile in Cutteslowe Park, Oxford giving joggers something against which to measure their progress
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1984· 1 entry
Started giving free 'Peace Concerts' around the world
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1981· 1 entry
Broke with Sri Chinmoy and became a guru on his own
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1977· 1 entry
The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team was founded; it holds running, swimming, and cycling events worldwide, from fun runs to ultramarathons
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1976· 2 entries
Stated, "The ideas of the United Nations are universal peace and universal brotherhood, and the ideals of the United Nations are a oneness-world-family and a oneness-heart
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Sri Chinmoy released a meditative album on Folkways Records entitled Music for Meditation
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1974· 1 entry
Gave lectures in 50 states at 50 universities, and these lectures were published as a six-part book series entitled 50 Freedom-Boats to One Golden Shore (1974)
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1973· 2 entries
Released an album based on Sri Chinmoy's teachings, titled Love Devotion Surrender
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The New York Times wrote that Sri Chinmoy was "revered in India as one of the few holy men to have reached Nirvikalpa Samadhi, the absolute highest level of consciousness"
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1971· 1 entry
Formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra, named for the spiritual name Sri Chinmoy had given him
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1970· 1 entry
Sri Chinmoy began giving twice-weekly non-denominational peace meditations at the United Nations for UN delegates, staff, and NGO representatives
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1966· 1 entry
Chinmoy opened a Sri Chinmoy Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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1964· 1 entry
Was prompted to move to the United States in response to a "message from within" to be of service to people in the West searching for spiritual fulfillment
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1944· 1 entry
The 12-year-old Chinmoy joined his brothers and sisters at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, where his elder brothers Hriday and Chitta had already established a presence
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1931· 2 entries
Born 1931-08-27.
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“s heart cry for freedom. His art has been displayed in the UNESCO offices in Paris, London”
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