| Name(s) |
SRI CHINMOY
(Full name: Chinmoy Kumar Ghose) |
| Date of
Birth |
August 27, 1931 |
| Date of
Death |
October 11, 2007 |
|
Identity |
Indian spiritual master |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He taught meditation in
the West after moving to New York
City in 1964.
- He established his first
meditation centre in Queens, New
York, and eventually had thousands
of students in 60 countries.
- A prolific author, artist, poet,
and musician, he also held public
events such as concerts and
meditations on the theme of inner
peace.
- He also advocated athleticism to
achieve spiritual enlightenment,
including distance running,
swimming, and weightlifting.
- He organized marathons and other
races, and was an active runner and
weightlifter.
- He taught that rapid spiritual
progress could be made with divine
love, divine devotion, and divine
surrender.
- He described divine love as
self-offering and self-expansion.
- His path was not one of earthly
renunciation or asceticism, but a
middle path where the seeker has the
opportunity to renounce, or
transform, the negative qualities
which stand in the way of union with
the Divine.
- He stated: "We are all seekers,
and our goal is the same: to achieve
inner peace, light and joy, to
become inseparably one with our
Source, and to lead lives full of
true satisfaction."
- He asked his disciples to adopt
a vegetarian diet, abstain from
recreational drugs including
alcohol, and lead a pure and
celibate lifestyle.
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- Visva Sama Duta, meaning
"Ambassador of Universal Peace",
title conferred by the Asgiriya
Order of Buddhist Monks in 1990. The
first non-Buddhist in Sri Lankan
history to receive such an honorary
degree.
- Mahatma Gandhi Universal Harmony
Award received jointly with Martin
Luther King’s wife Coretta Scott
King, from the American branch of
the Indian cultural institute
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1994.
- Hindu of the Year (1997) and
Hindu Renaissance Award presented by
the international magazine
'‘Hinduism Today'’ in 1997.
- Pilgrim of Peace prize from the
'International Center of Assisi for
Peace among Peoples' in 1998.
- Mother Teresa Award in 2001.
- 2012 Class of Honorees,
International Marathon Swimming Hall
of Fame.
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