Biography

Born Chinmoy Kumar Ghose in the small village of Shakpura in East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in 1931, Sri Chinmoy the youngest of seven children.

Born Chinmoy Kumar Ghose in the small village of Shakpura in East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in 1931, Sri Chinmoy the youngest of seven children.

Sri Chinmoy (https://www.srichinmoy.org/) entered the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in South India at the age of 12. Here he spent the next 20 years in spiritual practice - including long hours of meditation. In his early teens, Sri Chinmoy had many profound inner experiences, and in subsequent years achieved very advanced states of meditation. In 1964, he moved to New York City to share his inner wealth with sincere seekers in the West.

Over the next forty years Sri Chinmoy became globally respected as a spiritual teacher, known for his prolific legacy of published writings (1500 books), musical compositions, art and poetry—and for his lifelong commitment to world harmony. Sri Chinmoy's life was an expression of boundless creativity. His vast output spans the domains of music, poetry, painting, literature and sports. His contributions in each of these fields have been striking and far-reaching.

Sri Chinmoy serves as spiritual guide to students in some 60 countries around the world, encouraging a balanced lifestyle that incorporates the inner disciplines of prayer and meditation with the dynamism of contemporary life.

Sri Chinmoy frequently travelled throughout the world to offer free concerts, lectures and public meditations, to meet with his students, and to meet and discuss spirituality with world and community leaders. Sri Chinmoy did not charge a fee for his spiritual guidance, concerts, lectures and public meditations.

He visited South Africa on two occasions, and met with some of South Africa’s most venerated leaders including President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Sri Chinmoy entered Mahasamadhi, the mystic process through which spiritual Masters leave the body, on the morning of 11 October 2007.