| 词条 | Joseph H. Pereira |
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| name = Joseph H. Pereira | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Maharashtra, India | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = | occupation = Social worker Writer Yogi | yearsactive = | known for = Social service | spouse = | domesticpartner = | children = | parents = | website = | awards = Padma Shri }}Joseph H. Pereira, popularly known as the Singing Priest, is an Indian Roman Catholic priest, social worker and the founder and managing trustee of Kripa Foundation, a Mumbai-based non governmental organization working for the rehabilitation of HIV patients and people affected by substance abuse.[1] He has been associated with Mother Teresa and B. K. S. Iyengar and is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.[2] A pupil of B. K. S. Iyengar and a proponent of Iyengar Yoga, he is a certified instructor of the yoga school. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to society.[3] BiographyJoseph Pereira was born in a Luso-Indian Roman Catholic family in the suburbs of Mumbai, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra and did his early schooling locally where he had the opportunity to study Sanskrit.[4] He started learning yoga from the age of eleven and, choosing the vocation of a priest, he enlisted himself in a seminary where he was involved with the choral groups there. He continued his academic studies to secure a master's degree Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Mumbai and a certification in counselling theory and practice from the Hazelden Institute of the Hazelden Foundation, USA.[5] While at the seminary, he got an opportunity to meet B. K. S. Iyengar, renowned yoga guru and the originator of Iyengar Yoga, and joined him as a student of yoga in 1968. In 1971, he started participating in the activities of Mother Teresa and a decade later, he founded Kripa Foundation in 1981, with a few inmates, on the premises of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Bandra where he served as the parish priest.[4] The Foundation, which had a modest beginning, grew over the years, presently operating out of 69 centres in India and also has presence in Canada, Germany and USA.[6] The organization works for the rehabilitation of HIV/AIDS patients and the victims of substance abuse and alcoholism and is affiliated to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The centre employs yoga as a means to treat alcoholics and drug addicts.[7] Pereira teaches yoga philosophy in various Indian institutions including the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.[2] He is the national coordinator of the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) and is a trustee of the Indian chapter of the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).[1] He acts as a consultant to the Archdiocese of Bombay in matters related to drug addiction and conducts regular workshops on de-addiction and yoga in India and abroad,[2] for which he has brought out several audio/video CDs such as Wholeness and Holiness, Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation, and The Whole Person in Prayer.[1] His students included Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore.[5] He is the author of Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation, a guide for beginners of yoga.[8] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2009.[3] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://www.kripafoundation.org/Itinerary_Inside_page.html | title=Founder Managing Trustee | publisher=Kripa Foundation | date=2016 | accessdate=27 February 2016}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://ngogateway.com/profiles/rev-fr-joseph-h-pereira-founder-and-managing-trustee-of-the-kripa-foundation/ | title=Rev. Fr. Joseph H Pereira – Founder and Managing Trustee of the Kripa Foundation | publisher=NGO Gateway | date=2016 | accessdate=27 February 2016}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |accessdate=3 January 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 |df= }} 4. ^1 {{cite journal | url=http://www.yogateachermagazine.com/content/father-joe | title=The Best Way of Helping Is To Care | journal=Yoga Teacher Magazine | year=2014 | volume=2 | issue=1}} 5. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.iyengaryogahongkong.com/index.php/events/208-father-joe-pereira-2015 | title=About Father Joe Pereira | publisher=Iyengar Yoga HK | date=2016 | accessdate=28 February 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.kripafoundation.org/Home.html | title=About Us | publisher=Kripa Foundation | date=2016 | accessdate=28 February 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web | url=http://scroll.in/article/718719/in-mumbai-a-catholic-priest-yogi-attacks-western-propaganda-against-yoga | title=In Mumbai, a Catholic priest-yogi attacks Western propaganda against yoga | publisher=Scroll.in | date=7 April 2015 | accessdate=28 February 2016}} 8. ^{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Practice-Christian-Meditation-Pereira/dp/B00JQERADQ | title=Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation | publisher=MedioMedia | author=Joseph Pereira | year=2009 | isbn=978-1933182957}} External links
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