Sri Chinmoy at the 47 Mile Race. Archive footage by Utpal and Abakash.

Sri Chinmoy at the 47 Mile Race. Archive footage by Utpal and Abakash.
Sri Chinmoy runs the Sri Chinmoy Race13-mile race in a time of 2:41:03 at Jamaica High School track in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 Japanese nationals in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation for the Nation Federation of Indian-American Associations Exhibit, at which his Jharna-Kala paintings are featured, at Sheraton Hotel in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Irina Malikova, Chief of International Programs, the Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow, Russia, at the Armenian Church in New York NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a sunrise Peace Concert in the State Ballroom of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, IL, USA. Afterwards, Ananda Guruge, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the US and President for Sri Lanka of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, comes to the podium and presents Sri Chinmoy with a book he has dedicated to him. He then reads out his dedication.
Sri Chinmoy receives the ‘The Light of India’ Award in recognition of “his ceaseless and selfless efforts for universal brotherhood, understanding, friendship and peace,” from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan USA, at the World Music Concert in honour of the 50th anniversary of India’s independence.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Ismail Merchant, 6-time Academy Award-winning producer and director; Mercedes Ruehl, Academy Award winner and Tony Award winner – Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Leander Paes, India’s top tennis champion, who plays mixed doubles with Martina Navratilova, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 28 members of the Youth Choir in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meditates at a concert given by Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov at the United Nations in New York.
CHICAGO — Nothing better symbolized the ecumenical spirit of the Parliament of the World’s Religions than the silent meditation that spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy offered at the opening of the main plenary session Aug. 28.
His message of prayerful silence transcended religious dogma and became a unifying element for the nine-day conference that brought together leaders of every major religion in the world. The conference, held at Chicago’s Palmer House. was the first such interfaith gathering in 100 years.
The Indian spiritual leader came to Chicago in the spirit of his predecessor, Swami Vivekananda, who had also carried the message of universal oneness and brotherhood to the Chicago religious parliament in 1893.
On the first day of the Parliament, Sri Chinmoy led a five-minute silent meditation before several thousand Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and others.
The following morning, Aug. 29, he offered a sunrise peace concert at the main meeting hall.
Afterwards, Ananda Guruge, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the U.S. and President for Sri Lanka of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, came to the podium and presented Sri Chinmoy with a book.
He then read out his dedication to the Master: “You are one of the rarest gifts that humankind of the 21st century has. May I wish that your services could continue forever.”
Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 23, August–Mid-Deecember 1993
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for a 13-mile race in a time of 2:41:03 at Jamaica High School track in Jamaica, New York.
A talk by Sri Chinmoy
after a ‘Lifting up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme
at Aspiration-Ground, Jamaica, New York
All those who have put up the stage for today’s programme, defying the threat of rain, and all those who have worked in other capacities deserve my very special blessings, love and gratitude, and specially, specially the leader whom I appointed. Under his able guidance, all of you have worked so hard. For that I am very, very grateful. And then again, for decorations, someone else was the leader. I am very, very grateful to those who worked cheerfully under that leader also.
Whenever I make someone the leader of a project, if you are willing to work happily, cheerfully, proudly and self-givingly under that individual, I get boundless joy and pride. Today, under the direction of one particular individual you have worked, and I am so grateful. For different projects, when you work under other leaders, I am also extremely grateful.
In every field there is a leader. Unfortunately, it happens that, when we make someone a leader, some others — not all — do not want to work happily, cheerfully, proudly and self-givingly. This is a very painful experience for me. But whenever you work very happily, cheerfully, proudly and self-givingly under the leadership of someone whom I have chosen, it gives me boundless hope, boundless joy and boundless divine pride. I feel that here we do have a oneness-family, a oneness-heart-family. This is what we need. This is what the entire world needs: a oneness-heart-family. And we are trying to create that oneness-heart-family.
All of you kindly work together, together, together. In every field, in everything that we do, there is a leader. The actual Leader is the Supreme, our Lord Beloved Supreme. We are His mere instruments. But on the physical plane there should be someone to guide us, to help us, to inspire us. When we abide by his requests, then we do fulfil the Vision of our Lord Supreme.
In this rain, so many people worked! Perhaps it was a very difficult task. But we are always aiming at doing difficult tasks, difficult tasks. Then only can we value our achievement. Otherwise, if everything is easy, like drinking water, then nobody values it. But to climb up the Himalayas is the most difficult task, and we do value it.
I am very, very grateful to you all. Those who have worked tirelessly, please forgive me if I have not mentioned your names. Do not think that I am deliberately ignoring you! It is just that your names are not coming to my mind. I do know that there are many, many who are working very selflessly in various ways. These last few days all the Aspiration-Ground servers have worked so hard, so hard, so hard. Each one deserves my very special blessings and very special gratitude, and specially one individual. That individual has worked very, very hard to overcome some unfortunate experiences.
All those who have served the Supreme in me sincerely, soulfully and self-givingly definitely deserve my boundless love and my boundless gratitude, gratitude and gratitude.
Published in Our Sweetest Oneness