Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
| Chinmoy Kumar Ghose | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Kumar Ghose |
| Born | Kumar 1931/08/27 Chittagong |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Bangladesh |
| Other names | Chinmoy |
| 🏫 Education | None |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Early Life[edit]
Chinmoy was the youngest of seven children, born in Shakpura, Boalkhali Upazila, in the Chittagong District of East Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh). He lost his father to illness in 1943, and his mother a few months later. Chinmoy began his serious practice of meditation at the age of 11.[8] In 1944, 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. It was Chitta that gave Chinmoy his name which means "full of divine consciousness".
In the ashram he spent the next 20 years in spiritual practice, including meditation, study in Bengali and English literature, athletics,and work in the ashram's cottage industries.[13] Chinmoy claimed that for about eight years, he was the personal secretary to the General Secretary of the ashram, Nolini Kanta Gupta. Chinmoy translated his writings from Bengali into English.
