stripping the gurus - Brahma Kumaris Info

MO’ CHIN-UPS 81
Some of his followers left ... amid accusations that Chinmoy
was making sexual advances toward the wives of his disciples
(Occhiogrosso, 1996).
Anne Carlton, a former member for twenty years, told The
[New York] Post Ghose [i.e., Chinmoy] summoned her for
sexual encounters over two extended periods—one in 1991
and another in 1996.
Then, in 2000, Ghose [allegedly] called her at work and
told her to have sex with another female disciple while he
watched (Ginsberg, 2004).
Chinmoy, through his lawyer, has denied those sexual allegations.
Of course, with the man’s penchant for quantity over quality—
i.e., “mo’ is better”—one almost expects to hear Paul Bunyan-esque
tales/allegations of sexual conquest, too. For example, of having
slept with 1200 women in a twenty-four hour period while continuously
playing the kazoo and sketching thousands of images of assorted
waterfowl, etc.
And what did Chinmoy himself have to say about behaviors
such as he has been accused of?
[S]o-called human weaknesses are one thing; but if the Master
indulges in lower vital life, sex life, then that Master is
very bad and you have to leave him (Chinmoy, 1985).
The Guru has to be a perfect example of what he teaches.
His outer being has to be the perfect example of what he is
saying. Otherwise he is not a Guru.... The responsibility of a
Guru is tremendous. If the Guru is not a perfect example of
his teachings, then he is not a true Guru. He is what in the
medical world they call a “quack” (in Ross, 2003d).
Well, if it looks like a duck, meditates like a duck, and lifts
weights like a duck....
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Carlos Santana, for one, no longer has any connection with Chinmoy
or his community.
After leaving the group it seems Sri Chinmoy “was pretty
vindictive,” recalls Santana. “He told all my friends not to