Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy (born 1931), n� Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, is an Indian philosopher and religious 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. As with many spiritual leaders, there are allegations that his group is a cult organization.

Controversy regarding Sri Chinmoy

Several of his former followers have made allegations about various aspects of their relations with Sri Chinmoy and former disciples who were members of his centre (including sex abuse). In an attempt to provide a balanced view of this controversy links to the official Sri Chinmoy and various sites criticizing him can be found below.

External links

Sri Chinmoy: The Official, Complete Source (http://www.srichinmoy.org/) (Pro-Chinmoy site)
Sri Chinmoy: The Real Story (http://www.chinmoycult.com/) (Critical Chinmoy site)
Testimonial of the former head of the San Francisco Center (http://www.chinmoycult.com/testimonials/sex1.htm) (Critical site)
Sri Chinmoy Yahoo Open Forum (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sri_Chinmoy_Open_Forum/) (Unmoderated Open Forum)
Sri Chinmoy "Group or Cult" Yahoo Discussion Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sri_Chinmoy_Information/) (Critical site)
Sri Chinmoy "Inspirational" Yahoo Discussion Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration/) (Pro-Chinmoy site)
Rick Ross compilation of articles (http://www.rickross.com/groups/srichinmoy.html) (Critical site)
FACTNET compilation of articles (http://www.factnet.org/cults/Sri_Chinmoy/?FACTNet) (Critical site)
Cultnews.com article (http://www.cultnews.com/archives/000494.html) (Critical site)
Info on The Sri Chinmoy Blog Project (http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/08/31/sri_chinmoy_cult_spamming_weblogscom.html) (Critical site)

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