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Title Cartwheels in a sari : a memoir of growing up cult / Jayanti Tamm.
Publisher New York : Harmony Books, [2009]
Copyright ©2009
Description 288 pages ; 22 cm
Edition First edition.


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Contents Prologue -- The myth begins -- Because guru says so, that's why -- The divine cage -- The supreme is your boyfriend -- Miracles of faith -- Amore at the United Nations -- Exiled to France -- Born again, again -- This is heresy -- Cartwheels in a sari.
Summary The author describes growing up in a Queens ashram under the guru Sri Chinmoy, discussing the community's strict regimen of spiritual practices, her rebellious behavior, eventual questioning of the guru's beliefs, and final separation.
Subject Chinmoy, Sri, 1931-2007.
Spiritual biography.
Other title Memoir of growing up cult.
ISBN 9780307393920
0307393925