Chinmoy Kumar Ghose (August 27, 1931 – October 11, 2007), also known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual teacher, poet, artist and athlete. He was the founder of the religious organization "Sri Chinmoy Centre Church, Inc." better known as "Sri Chinmoy Centre". According to his followers, Sri Chinmoy wrote 1,500 books, 115,000 poems and 20,000 songs, created 200,000 paintings and gave almost 800 free peace concerts in notable venues around the world. As a spiritual leader, he advocated meditation, chanting mantras and prayers, and performing dedicated service to God as a way to personal enlightenment, or God-realisation as described by Eastern religions.
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