November

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at Siliman University, Dumaguete in the Philippines.

Sri Chinmoy completed writing 843 poems in 24 hours, published in Transcendence-Perfection in Jamaica, NY, USA.

The billboard exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s 13’ x 25’ Jharna-Kala painting ‘Journey’s Battle Victory’, commissioned by The Eyes and Ears Foundation in conjunction with San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, opened at the Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy began writing rhyming poems, published as Silence Speaks, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 705¾ lbs. using only one-arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 26 marathon runners (total weight of 4,328 lbs.); and lifted a steamroller (1,640 lbs.) in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Constantine Moushoutas, former Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN; Lamuel Stanislaus, former Permanent Representative of Grenada to the UN; and Winston Thompson, Permanent Representative of Fhi to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Corestates Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA, USA, attended by 10,000 peope.

Papua New Guinea was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture in honour of Sri Aurobindo. Also received a Proclamation of Honour at King’s College, University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Chidambaram Subramaniam, President of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, former Governor of Maharashtra; and Sundaram Ramakrishnan, Executive Secretary and Director-General of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 18 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opened at the Heritage Building in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted trees, motorcycles, construction equipment and a helicopter in New Jersey environs, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Paul Tergat, marathon world-record holder, 1996 and 2000 Olympic silver medallist Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 131½ lbs. 22 times, using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted numerous members of the running community, including Fred Lebow, President, and Alan Steinfeld, Vice-President of the NY Road Runners Club; Orlando Fizzolato, 1984 and 1985 NYC Marathon winner; and Markus Ryffel, 1994 Olympic silver medallist for 5,000 metres, at the Sheraton Hotel in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy was interviewed by Joe Franklin, TV talk-show host, aired on WWOR-TV in Secaucus, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Vladimir Bogomolov, coach of the USSR Track and Field Athletic Teams, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted six firemen, weighing a total of 1392 lbs., at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy visited Singapore for the first time after a lecture tour of Japan and The Philippines.

Sri Chinmoy met with Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan, UN Under-Secretary-General, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy met with Jesse Owens – hero of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winner of four track-and-field gold medals – at the Park Lane Hotel in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a public meditation at the Church of the Covenant in Boston, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered public meditation and concert at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy held a programme honouring Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, President of the Forty-First Session of the UN General Assembly and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the University Temple, United Methodist Church, in Seattle, WA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the World Peace Literature Award from Professor Charles Johnson a the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.

Canada was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom Nation.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 3 elephants at the Big Apple Circus in Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted vintage automobiles in Nyack, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Tegla Loroupe, long-distance and track world record holder, first African woman to win the NYC Marathon, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

The first newspaper article about Sri Chinmoy appeared in the New York Daily News, in New York, NY, USA.

El Salvador was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 19 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 5 planes in the Long Island environs, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieved 30 abdominal lifts with 371 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Louis Auchincloss, novelist and historian; and Giandomenico Picco, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the U Thant Peace Award to Dr. Russell Barber, WNBC television producer, on U Thant Island, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy was guest of honour at the Ottawa dedication ceremony as the first Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital, at the World Exchange Plaza in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at the New York Road Runners Club Pre-Marathon Friendship Run; and met with marathon champions Tegla Loroupe and Grete Waitz, at the United Nations in New York.

The Central African Republic and Liechtenstein were declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a public meditation at Wagner College on Staten Island, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy ran the Sri Chinmoy Marathon (4:36:00) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy first met with ultra-running champion Yiannis Kouros at the start of the Sri Chinmoy 24-hour Race Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Flushing, NY, USA. Yiannis Kouros went on to win the race, setting three world records.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 806½ lbs., using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, ON, Canada, attended by over 7,000 people.

Sri Chinmoy celebrated ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ by lifting his own bodyweight of 155½ lbs., 100 times in 68 minutes, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Pilgrim-Dream-Blossoms in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a ferris wheel and then a children’s train, both with passengers, at Coney Island, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Marilson Gomes dos Santos, winner of 2006 NYC Marathon, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Lakhan L. Mehrotra at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with C.R. Singh, Member of Indian Parliament, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a car (4,302 lbs.) in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy's Jharna-Kala paintings opened at the Ballsaal der Heidelberger Stadthalle in Heidelberg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy began his first European lecture tour with a lecture, published in My Rose Petals, Part 1, at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England UK.

Sri Chinmoy lifted members of the Fire Department (1,767 lbs.) and 1959 Morris Minor automobile (2,078 lbs.) in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, including a piano performance, at the Parc des Expositions in Montpellier, France.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Pilgrim-Peace-Blossoms in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the James L. Knight International Center in Miami, FL, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a total weight of 126,902 lbs. in one day. (Lifted a total weight of 259,942 lbs. for the week of November 2–9) at Francis Lewis School Auditorium in Fresh Meadows, NY, USA.
• The morning lifts included a 4-ton elephant with Mahasamrat Bill Pearl sitting on top (8,475 lbs.), a car, 2 horses, a sailboat and a small house, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
• At the evening programme, ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart: The Body’s Fitness-Gong and the Soul’s Fulness-Song’, Sri Chinmoy performed multiple weightlifting feats:
He lifted 36 people, including Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic long jump gold medallist, whose world record stood for 23 years; Carlos Buhler, Himalayan mountain climber; Diane Dixon, twice Olympic 400-metres relay medallist, gold and silver (1984, 1988); Dan Lurie, pioneer of bodybuilding, President of the World Bodybuilding Guild; Edit Bérces, ulta-distance runner, world-record holder for 24 hours, 100 miles and 200 kilometres; H.E. Vijay Nambiar, Permanent Representative of India to the UN; Valmir Nunes, ultra-distance runner, twice World Champion for 100 kilometres; and Christoph Sieber, 2000 Olympic wind-surfing gold medallist.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at Nottingham University in Nottingham, UK.

Sri Chinmoy completed 200 books overall, including 51 books published in 10 days, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, ON, Canada, attended by 8,000 people.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 1,007¾ lbs., using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and lifted 26 people at the Dynamo Sport-und-Kongress-Zentrum, in Berlin, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy had a 5th meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Arlington, VA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Harsh Bashin, Consul General of India to New York, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 10 police officers at the 107th Precinct in Flushing, NY, USA.

The City of Chandannagore was declared the first Bengali Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at the University of London in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy first met with Sudhahota Carl Lewis, Olympic Track and Field gold medallist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy ran 100 metres in a relay called ‘Oneness-Peace’ together with 15 other runners including Ted Corbitt, Addwitiya Roberta Flack and Sudhahota Carl Lewis, at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Flushing, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy ran the 15th leg of the relay, passing the baton to the final runner Sudhahota Carl Lewis.

Sri Chinmoy lifted numerous people, including Steffi Graf, world’s no. 1 female tennis player and considered the best female player of the 20th century; and Ambauka Evelyn Lewis, US Olympic athlete, mother of Sudhahota Carl Lewis, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 30 people, including Kamalesh Sharma, former Ambassador of India to East Germany at the Dynamo Sport-und-Kongress-Zentrum in Berlin, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Teatro L'Alianca in Barcelona, Spain.

Sri Chinmoy lifted an airplane weighing 13,040 lbs. in New Haven, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a helicopter and three small planes at Monmouth Executive Airport in Wall, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a meditation and concert at the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 140 lbs. using only one arm in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Gruga Hall in Essen, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and lifted 10 people at Palác Kultury in Prague, Czech Republic.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture, dedicated to Sri Aurobindo, at Cambridge University in Cambridge, UK.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Helsinki University in Helsinki, Finland.

Madagascar was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the College of Staten Island on Staten Island, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Bobby McFerrin, composer, conductor, Grammy Award winner, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a small house, a camel, an elephant and a yacht in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at the American College in Paris, France.

Sri Chinmoy offered a public concert at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, CA, USA, and met with 110-metres hurdles world-record holder Renaldo Nehemiah.

Sri Chinmoy offered the first Peace Meditation for the Members of British Parliament; and met with Lord Ennals, Speaker of the House of Commons, at the Palace of Westminster in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Alexandra Palace in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy offered a meditation at the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and lifted 10 people, including Gabor Demszky, Mayor of Budapest at the Kongresszusi Központ in Budapest, Hungary.

Sri Chinmoy was invited for a tour of the House of Lords by Baroness Shreela Flather, the first Asian woman to become a British Peer of the Realm. Also met with Members of Parliament Lord Desai, Lord Ennals and Keith Vaz, at the Palace of Westminster in London, UK.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opened at the Russell Rotunda, US Senate, in Washington, DC, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Cardiff City Hall in Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Finland was inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom at Hesperia Park in Helsinki, Finland.

The union territory of Daman and Diu in India was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Jack Johnson, musician and filmmaker; and Roberta. F. Thurman, President of Tibet House, named one of the 25 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine, 1997, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart: The Body’s Fitness-Gong, The Soul’s Fulness-Song’ programme. Lifted a total weight of 215,808 lbs. in one day. (Lifted a total weight of 294,329 lbs. November 11-13.) Lifted 45 people, including George Brunstad, at 70 years, oldest person to swim the English Channel; H.E. Crispin Gre-Goire, Ambassador of Dominica to the UN; H.E. Dr. Gabor Horvath, Consul General of Hungary to New York; Dr. Zsolt Morovan, Consul of Hungary to New York; H.E. Le Luong Minh, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the UN; Martin Strel, world’s greatest marathon swimmer; Greg Welch, World Championship triathlete; H.E. Chem Widhya, Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the UN; Frank Zane, 3 x Mr. Olympia. Also received the highest awards from Cambodia, Hungary and Viet Nam, at York College in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the U Thant Peace Award to UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown at the United Nations in New York.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opened at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his first lecture on the Vedas at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his second lecture on the Vedas at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy first met with Jorge Illueca, Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy ran the Jersey Shore Marathon course (4:22:57) in Asbury Park, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Le Zénith in Paris, France.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met John Major, Prime Minister of Britain, and Ben Kingsley, Academy Award winner, at the observance of Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday, India’s first Prime Minister, at India House in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Docklands Arena in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy’s song about Bill Clinton was sung to the US President-Elect.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his third lecture on the Vedas at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.

A Jharna-Kala parade to celebrate Sri Chinmoy completing 100,000 paintings was held on Madison Ave. in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy ran a personal best for the half-marathon, 13.1 miles, in a time of 1:55:24 in the Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

The Severn and Wye bridges uniting England and Wales was inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom in Monmouthshire, South Wales, UK.

Sri Chinmoy had an informal meeting with President-Elect Bill Clinton in Little Rock, AK, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 117 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted his own bodyweight of 145 lbs. with both arms simultaneously in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the U Thant Peace Award to Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island at Beekman Towers Hotel in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Jesse Owens Humanitarian Award from the Jesse Owens Foundation, presented by the family of the legendary Olympic Track and Field gold medallist at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, IL, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 15 people, including Yasser Seirawan, 1979 International Chess Grandmaster, and four-time US Chess Champion; and Narada Michael Walden, two-time Grammy Award winner and 1998 Best Producer of the Year, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a prayer session for hostages in Iran at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy achieved a personal best throw for the 22-lb. shot put of 6.32 metres in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted H.E. Mr. Ismael Abraao, Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Ravi Shankar, sitar player, multiple Grammy Award winner; also lifted his wife Sukanya and daughter Anoushka in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Sarvottama Tatyana Lebedeva, 2004 Olympic Long Jump gold medallist and 2004 Olympic Triple Jump bronze medallist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at Essex University in Colchester, Essex, UK.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his fourth lecture on the Vedas at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Barnard College in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieved a 1,317¾-lb. lift using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy hosted a Jharna-Kala exhibit reception for diplomats and VIPs of the 100,000 Soul-Bird drawings dedicated to Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva at the Heritage Building in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, introduced by H.E. Stddhartha Shankar Ray, Ambassador of India to the UN, at DC Armory in Washington, DC, USA.

Slovakia was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, Jharna-Kala exhibition and ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart: The Body’s Fitness-Gong and The Soul’s Fulness-Song’ programme. Sri Chinmoy lifted a total weight of 95,290 lbs. with 65 lifts in a single day. The morning session was held at Aspiration-Ground, and the evening session at York College, Jamaica, NY, USA.
Lifts also included Steve Finley, three-time Golden Gloves Baseball Champion (The final lift of the evening, and last ever of the standing one-arm lifts.); Paula Newby-Fraser, eight-time female Ironman Triathlon Champion; Olympian Sudhahota Carl Lewis for the 4th time; and Mahasamrat Bill Pearl, five-time Mr. Universe, for the 12th time.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Anoushka Shankar, sitar player, composer, Grammy Award nominee, first woman to perform at Ramakrishna Centre in Calcutta, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy cooked prasad in honour of his brother Mantu's birthday, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opened at the Army House Exhibit Space in Skopie, Macedonia.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at Leeds University in Leeds, UK.

Sri Chinmoy planted a meditation tree at the Federal Parkland in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert at the Museum of Man in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, USA.

Sri Chinmoy, using only one arm, lifted 155 lbs. (equal to his own bodyweight) 24 times, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted various objects using the seated calf-raise: a refrigerator; 700 of his books; an ice cream cart and a Christmas tree. He also lifted, using a standing calf-raise with overhead platform for the first time, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieved personal best throws in the West for 6-lb. shot put (12.22m) and 16-1b. shot put (8.41m) in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Zina Garrison, three-time Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champion, 19s8 Olympic Women's Doubles gold medallist in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Prince Sigvard Bernadotte and Princess Marianne Bernadotte of Sweden in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 750 lbs. using a seated calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

The Czech Republic was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a 22,185-lb. jet at Macarthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Cooper Union in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 44 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Nigel Fisher, Executive Director, Un Office For Project Services, and UN Assistant Secretary-General; and Richard Gere, famous actor and founder of the Gere Foundation Supporting His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Community-In-Exile, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at Oxford University in Oxford, UK.

Sri Chinmoy created his first painting in the West, marking the beginning of Jharna-Kala ’Fountain-Art’, in room 233 at the Sheraton El Mirador Hotel, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Seattle Opera House in Seattle, WA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted his own bodyweight of 156 lbs. 100 times in 22 minutes, 43 seconds, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Kurt Masur, conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, in his private office suite at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, in New York., NY, USA.

Hungary was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 19 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at St. David’s College, University of Wales, in Lampeter, Wales, UK.

Sri Chinmoy offered a public meditation and concert at Queens College in Flushing, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the closing meditation at the International Yoga Teachers’ Association in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Memorial Arena in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy lifted the winner of the NY Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Bodybuilding Championship, ‘Best Built Man’, and received an award from the association at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieved a personal best in the West for the 12-lb. shot put throw of 9.21 metres in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Censu Tabone, Prime Minister of Malta at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at UNICEF in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and received the Voice of Universal Music Award from the University of Ottawa at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at World-Harmony-Pilgrim-Dream Concert for Peace at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Kitsillano High School in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, MD, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifted members of the Harlem Gospel Choir in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Mark Malloch Brown, UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the UN Millennium Hotel in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy spontaneously set to music 200 Bengali songs from his 4-volume poetry series Pole-Star Promise-Light in 4 hours, taking only a 10-minute intermission after each group of 50 songs in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered an opening meditation at the Canadian National Bodybuilders Championship Show in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Športová Hala Pasienky in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 5 helicopters lifts at Ellington Airport in Ellington, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at Kings College, Cambridge University in Cambridge, UK.

Sri Chinmoy wrote 50 plays in 8 days in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted numerous animals (a miniature ‘zoo’), Madal Press, scuba divers, windsurfers, English Channel swimmers, live turkeys and ‘pilgrims’ in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered special Thanksgiving Message in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA, the first of 50 concerts in honour of the 50th Anniversary of India’s Independence, in New York, NY, USA.

Nepal was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and also offered the U Thant Peace Award to Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UN, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy first visited China, staying for almost 3 months, travelling throughout the country.

Sri Chinmoy gave his first harpsichord concert; and sang and played 46 Bengali songs from memory, one for each year of his life, as a ‘Thanksgiving’ offering in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 1,515¾ lbs. using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted members of the diplomatic community, including H.E. Andre Erdos, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN; H.E. Masamichi Hanabusa, Ambassador and Consul General of Japan to the USA; and Igor Korchilov, interpreter for President Mikhail Gorbachev, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy met with Michal Kovac, President of Slovakia, and gave a private cello performance at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Kulturne Centrum in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 145 lbs. (equivalent of his bodyweight) with one arm, 100 times in 1 minute 33 seconds in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy honoured the 50th Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo’s Mahasamadhi, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at the University of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland, UK.

Sri Chinmoy offered a public meditation and concert at the High School of Art and Design, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Arthur J. Ranasinghe, Minister of State for Information, Sri Lanka, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Vaclav Havel, President of Czech Republic, and gave a private esraj performance at the Presidential Palace in Prague, Czech Republic.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in honour of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, performing on 150 instruments in a total of 13 hours, 40 minutes, in six sessions that included brief intermissions. Sri Chinmoy offered talks at the beginning and end of the performance for an additional 33 minutes. The total time of the function, held at Public School 117 in Briarwood, NY, USA, was 14 hours, 15 minutes.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 300 lbs. (more than double his bodyweight of 145 lbs.), using only one arm, 100 times in 3 minutes, 44 seconds in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Bosphorus University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Sri Chinmoy gave his first talk at the United Nations, at the United Nations Church Center in New York.

Sri Chinmoy appeared on ‘The Way To Go’ show with Ormond Drake, Professor Emeritus, New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received a medal from Robert Muller, UN Assistant Secretary-General, commemorating 40th anniversary of UN, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Lori Bowen, NBC TV sports commentator, Ms. Olympia Competition, 1983 National Bodybuilding Champion, 1984 World Professional Bodybuilding ChamPion; and Mhoe Ashley, 1986 Mr. Universe, 1887 World Mixed Pairs Champion, 1987 Grand Prix Champion, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy held a reception for UN ambassadors and gave a piano performance at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a 31,000-lb. jet plane at Macarthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY, USA.

Papua New Guinea was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 16 people, including 4 members of the Hindu Heritage, Kauai, Iiawah, and its leader Bodhinatha Sadhaka, at the Holiday Inn Resort in Kauai, HI, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at the American International School in Zurich, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy offered a talk entitled 'I Thank You' at the New York Ethical Cultural Society in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy completed the 5,000th poem, the 50th volume, in his Ten Thousand Flower-Flames poetry series in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a 27-instrument performance and a 7-hour meditation called 'sri Chinmoy Thanksgiving Music Feast' at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 2,039 lbs., using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted farm animals, 'Santa', reindeer and sleigh in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at Auckland Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand.

Sri Chinmoy visited New Zealand for the first time and offered a Peace Concert at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland, NZ.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and ‘Lifting Up the World with A Oneness-Heart: The Body's Fitness-Gong and The Soul's Fulness-Song’ programme. Lifted a total weight of 92,985 lbs. Lifted numerous VIPs, including Joaquim Cruz, 1984 800m Olympic Gold medallist; Joe Franklin, TV Talk Show Host; Alfred Gerstl, President of Federal Council, Austria; Mahasamrat Bill Pearl, 5 x Mr. Universe; and Frank Zane, 3-time Mr. Olympia and 3-time Mr. Universe. Simultaneous Jharna-kala Exhibit at York College in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his fifth lecture on the Vedas at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his sixth lecture on the Vedas at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Smith College in Northampton, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy spontaneously set to music 300 English poems from Europe-Blossoms in Jamaica, NY, USA. The songs were later published as Surrender-Lotus-Blossoms and Surrender-Rose-Blossoms.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 21 people at the Holiday Inn Resort in Kauai, HI, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 14 people, including writers and artists, at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his seventh and final lecture on the Vedas at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Frank Zane, 3-time Mr. Olympia and 3-time Mr. Universe at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 1,800 lbs. using a standing calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at the World Veterans Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offered a second Peace Meditation at the British Parliament in the Palace of Westminster, London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public Chool 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy celebrated half his life living in the USA, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at University of Bristol in Bristol, UK.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a public meditation and concert at Wagner College on Staten Island, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy 2,000 lbs. using a standing calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance on the world's largest mechanical-action organ at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy met with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in Vatican City.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Charman Lal Sharma, UNESCO Deputy Director-General for Management, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Junior High School 217 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

The Canada Peace-Blossom-Nation ceremony was attended by 300 members of parliament, national and local government officials, ambassadors and other guests at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Martin Luther King Jr. High School in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Thai Ayutthaya Business Administration College in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 45 people, including champion powerlifte Precious Mckenzie, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and an organ performance at Auckland Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand.