Deepak Chopra

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Deepak Chopra (2008)

Deepak Chopra (born October 22, 1946 in New Delhi , India ) is a popular contemporary author of books on spirituality , alternative medicine and Ayurveda . He has lived in California for a long time .

Live and act

The son of a cardiologist studied medicine and became an internist and endocrinologist . But he was also always concerned with alternative healing methods and in 1996, together with neurologist David Simon, founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, a wellness center in San Diego (later relocated to Carlsbad, California ). His understanding of medicine is strongly influenced by his religion, Hinduism , and in particular by the Vedas and the Bhagavad Gita .

The University of California, San Diego Medical School (UCSD) has a collaboration with Chopra to study and explain how meditation, yoga and nutrition affect human health. He holds a full, but unpaid professorship at UCSD.

His 8 books reach millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into more than two dozen languages.

In his books, Chopra often uses terms from quantum physics (“ quantum healing ”), for which he received the satirical Ig Nobel Prize in Physics in 1998 . Some of his theses are partially counted as "quantum mysticism" and referred to as " pseudoscientific ".

literature

  • Hans A. Boer: The Work of Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra-Two Holistic Health / New Age Gurus: A Critique of the Holistic Health / New Age Movements. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 17, 2 (June 2003): 233-250, ISSN  1548-1387

Web links

Works (selection)

  • The future of God, Driediger Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-932130-40-3 , original title: The Future of God
  • Learn to love, live happily, Driediger Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-932130-27-4 , original title: The Path to Love
  • The seven keys to happiness, Goldmann Verlag 2012
  • Creation or coincidence? Arkana, 2012
  • The healing power, Driediger Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-932130-25-0 , original title: Quantum Healing
  • Buddha, Knaur-Verlag 2011
  • Staying young - for a lifetime, KOHA 2011
  • The third Jesus - In search of the cosmic Christ, Goldmann Arkana 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-21917-9 Original title: The Third Jesus. The Christ We Cannot Ignore
  • The book of secrets. 3. Edition. Wilhelm Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-442-33741-5 . (American original edition: The Book of Secrets. Harmony Books, New York 2004)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gary Robbins: UCSD deepens ties with Deepak Chopra. In: sandiegouniontribune.com. March 15, 2016, accessed March 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Improbable Research. Retrieved May 19, 2011 .
  3. ^ Entry on Deepak Chopra in the Skeptic's Dictionary
personal data
SURNAME Chopra, Deepak
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian author of books on spirituality, alternative medicine and Ayurveda
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH New Delhi , India