Video by Utpal Marshall
On March 3rd 1979, Sri Chinmoy completed his first marathon in Chico California in a time of 4:31:34. Each year since then, his students in New York and around the world have honoured him by running the 26-mile distance.

Video by Utpal Marshall
On March 3rd 1979, Sri Chinmoy completed his first marathon in Chico California in a time of 4:31:34. Each year since then, his students in New York and around the world have honoured him by running the 26-mile distance.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a short talk, entitled ‘I Am Happy’, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy runs the Sri Chinmoy 5K Race in a time of 22 min. 29 sec., in Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with President Gorbachev’s daughter Irina Virganskaya at JFK International Airport in New York, NY, USA, to farewell her before she flies back to Russia. He brings gifts for the Gorbachev family and a special song he has written for her.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a short message, entitled ‘Smile’, in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy completes 27 seven-minute meditations to commemorate the completion of his epic poetry series Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants.
Agra (ancient Moghul capital and home of the Taj Mahal) is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Slovenia Award.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 30 people at the Langkawi Lagoon Resort in Langkawi, Malaysia.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 20 Thai residents at the Imperial Mae Ping Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt is interviewed on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ and speaks about her extraordinary meeting with Sri Chinmoy in 2003. The interview is broadcast to millions around the world.
This early Jharna-Kala painting graced the cover of Sri Chinmoy's book Beauty-Drops.
This early Jharna-Kala painting was created for Sri Chinmoy’s student Shraddha Howard.
On June 19, 2003, Sri Chinmoy lifted Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt at Aspiration Ground in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as part of the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme. Almost a decade later, on February 15, 2013, Helen Hunt is interviewed on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ and speaks about her extraordinary meeting with Sri Chinmoy. The interview is broadcast to millions around the world.
Irina Irina Irina Irina
Bajao pitar bijoyer bina
Saralata hiya madhurata hasi
Dao je amare rashi rashi rashi
Irina, Irina, Irina, Irina!
You play your father’s victory-violin.
Yours is a sincerity-heart.
Yours is a sweetness-smile.
To all human beings
You give them in abundant measure.
Published in President Gorbachev
by Sri Chinmoy
If Tom’s transformation can take place, which it has, you people also can be transformed. The very first time I went to Tom’s gym, I said hello to him but he would not look at me. I was there for twenty minutes or half an hour. His assistant, Dan, liked me. Dan was showing me so many pieces of equipment. But Tom did not come near me and I did not have the heart to go near him.
Since then, how he has changed! He has become our best admirer. A few months ago, his team was in the national championships. A few days ago I told you the story how one girl was unable to lift a particular weight. So Tom told her to meditate on my picture for ten minutes. That was her ‘punishment’! So she meditated and then she came back and lifted the weight. For the last few years, the girls from his gym have won the world championships.
You say that my lifts are unbelievable, but I wish to say that Tom’s comments are more unbelievable than my performances. There is such a difference between my first experience with Tom and how nice he is now. Something clicked inside his heart, something touched his heart. When that special moment arrives, it is God’s Hour. Our famous song is “Dak eseche—Call has come.” When the Call comes, you will be able to run so fast. Tom’s life is the radiant example.
Jim Smith’s oldest son is studying to be an engineer. When he saw the picture of my 7,000-pound lift, he said to his father, “You want me to be an engineer and I am going to be a good engineer. Because of what I have studied, I find it difficult to believe this kind of thing. But since you are my father and you believe, definitely I am going to believe.” He is believing through the eyes of his father!
We have sent Jim Smith three copies of the picture of me lifting 7,000 pounds. One he has kept in his gym, one in his office and one at home. The funny thing is, people who do not believe it come back again and again to look at the picture. For those who believe it, seeing it once is enough.
When I lifted 2,000 pounds, Jim Smith had to fight with his colleagues to give me the certificate. Normally three persons are required to watch the lift. But he said that by seeing the picture, he knew that it was true. So he challenged his colleagues. Good people are on earth. That is why we can remain alive.
Published in My Weightlifting Tears and Smiles, part 3
Sri Chinmoy meets with President Gorbachev’s daughter, Irina, late evening of February 14th, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan, New York. Their hour-long conversation extends into the early hours of the 15th.
In the afternoon, Sri Chinmoy goes to the airport to farewell Irina before she flies back to Russia. He brings gifts for the Gorbachev family and a special song he has written for her.
A short talk by Sri Chinmoy
at the United Nations in New York
I am happy because I always choose the right moment.
I am happy because I am a good listener.
I am happy because I keep my voice down.
I am happy because I do not try to convince others.
I am happy because I do not complain.
I am happy because I do not do two things at the same time.
I am happy because I never think of two objects at the same time.
I am happy because I have realised the truth that the most important thing in my life is self-improvement.
I am happy because I unreservedly accentuate the good in others.
I am happy because I have considerably cut down on my desiring needs.
I am happy because I follow my thought-control programme every day.
I am happy because I never quit.
I am happy because every day I purify my heart by offering my heart of gratitude to the Absolute Supreme.
I am happy because I know that my love of purity works wonders.
I am happy because of a soulful daily prayer of mine, and that prayer is:
“O Beloved Supreme,
O Eternity’s Pilot Supreme,
Do transform the world
Starting with me, my life, my all.”
I am happy because every day I cry and cry to see the Real in me. The Real in me is my oneness divine, unreserved and unconditional, with the Will of my Beloved Supreme.
I am happy not because I am for my Supreme Pilot, not because my Supreme Pilot is for me, but because my Supreme Pilot eternally is. His very existence here on earth, there in Heaven, is my satisfaction. When I try to have Him for myself, I pull Him into my desire-life. But when I am for Him, I carry my desire-life into Him. In no way do I want to bind my Beloved Supreme. From now on my satisfaction, my supreme satisfaction, will lie only in my discovery of the fact that He alone eternally is.
Published in United Nations Meditation-Flowers and To-morrow's Noon
A short message from Sri Chinmoy
in New York
Every morning, look at yourself in the mirror. In the morning you may not be able to keep your eyes open, but you can smile, smile. While smiling, try to keep your eyes open. You will look so beautiful! If you can start smiling right from the morning, you will have a wonderful day.
Published in I Wanted to be a Seeker of the Infinite
Sri Chinmoy completes 27 seven-minute meditations to commemorate the completion of Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants.
— Twenty-seven-thousand
Aspiration-Plants —
My mind’s askesis.
My heart’s dreamland-bliss.
My life’s fulfilment-trees
My soul’s God-feet kiss.
Sri Chinmoy
Feb. 15th, 1998