Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra
"A doctor, philosopher, speaker, and prolific writer, Deepak Chopra is considered one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind-body medicine. Chopra is the author of more than 35 books, and more than 100 audio, video, and CD-ROM titles. His works have been published in dozens of languages throughout the world. In 1995, he founded the Chopra Center for Well Being in California. The Chopra center aims to serve as a formal vehicle for the expansion of his healing approach through the integration of western and eastern techniques. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind (1993), The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (1994) and How to Know God (2000) are among his most enduring and classic works." [1]
Before launching his own career he "had been one of the Maharishi's top assistants". [2] "Maharishi Ayur-Veda Products International (MAPI) sells a raft of herbs, teas, oils, incense, and natural food substances said to cure diseases and reverse aging. Admirers of the best-selling books on “quantum healing” by Boston’s Deepak Chopra may be surprised to know that he is a TM booster with close ties to MAPI, president of a Maharishi Vedic University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and owner of an Ayur-Vedic clinic in Boston. In 1989 His Holiness awarded Chopra the title of “Lord of Immortality of Heaven and Earth.”"[3]
Contents
Affiliations
- Founding Board Member, Alliance for the New Humanity
- Founder, Chopra Foundation
- Director, JUST Capital [4]
- SAIV Council, Center for Partnership Studies
- Awards Honorary Advisory Committee, Global Youth Action Network [5]
- Patron, Fortune Forum [6]
- Inner Circle, ICE Circle [7]
- Advisory Board, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors [8]
- Founding Advisor, Consciousness and Healing Initiative [9]
- Advisory Board, Source of Synergy Foundation [10]
- Advisory Board, World Peace Festival [11]
- International Advisory Board, Centre for Change [12]
- International Advisory Board, Global Peace Centre [13]
- Distinguished Advisory board, Institute of Noetic Sciences [14]
- Founding Signatory (2008), Evolutionary Leaders Forum [15]
- Founding Member, Integral Institute [16]
- World Spirituality Wisdom Council, Center for World Spirituality [17]
- Winner of the 2010 Goi Peace Foundation Award [18]
- Watkins Review's 2012 list of the world’s 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People
Criticism
- Meera Nanda, "How “Hindu” is yoga after all?", butterfliesandwheels, December 25, 2010.
- "Tying up loose ends from 2009: Deepak Chopra versus Michael Shermer", January 5, 2010.
- Robert M. Price, Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today’s Pop Mysticisms (Prometheus Books, 2008).
- Steven Novella, "Deep Nonsense from Deepak", neurologicablog, December 31, 2007.
- Michael Shermer, "Skyhooks and Cranes: Deepak Chopra, George W. Bush, and Intelligent Design," Huffington Post, August 24, 2005.
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
- World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality
- Wendy Craig-Purcell
- James O'Dea
- Andrew Cohen
- Thomas Michael Amelio
- Joni Carley - coauthor
- New World Library
- Chopra is a members of the friends of Rajat Gupta [1]
References
- ↑ Deepak Chopra, Alliance for the New Humanity, accessed July 29, 2008.
- ↑ Elaine Woo, "Guru brought meditation West", LA Times, February 6, 2008.
- ↑ Martin Gardner, "Doug Henning and the Giggling Guru," Skeptical Inquirer 19 (3), May/June 1995.
- ↑ JUST Capital Board, organizational web page, accessed November 19, 2019.
- ↑ Advisory Board, Global Youth Action Network, accessed January 21, 2009.
- ↑ Board, Fortune Forum, accessed January 16, 2011.
- ↑ Inner Circle, ICE Circle, accessed January 16, 2011.
- ↑ Chapel of Sacred Mirrors Advisory Board, organizational web page, accessed July 1, 2012.
- ↑ Consciousness and Healing Initiative About, organizational web page, accessed October 19, 2017.
- ↑ About, Source of Synergy Foundation, accessed November 1, 2011.
- ↑ World Peace Festival Advisory Board, organizational web page, accessed March 21, 2013.
- ↑ Centre for Change Supporters, organizational web page, accessed February 6, 2012.
- ↑ Global Peace Centre People, organizational web page, accessed July 14, 2013.
- ↑ Institute of Noetic Sciences Distinguished Advisors, organizational web page, accessed July 14, 2013.
- ↑ Leaders, Evolutionary Leaders Forum, accessed November 1, 2011.
- ↑ About, Integral Institute, accessed November 1, 2011.
- ↑ Center for World Spirituality World Spirituality Wisdom Council, organizational web page, accessed April 22, 2013.
- ↑ Goi Peace Award, Goi Peace Foundation, accessed December 16, 2011.
