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 offers a public meditation and concert at 8:00 p.m. and throughout the evening exhibits eleven of his Jharna-Kala 4’ x 8’ canvases dedicated to the ‘Soul of America’ in the McMillan Theatre at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy sings 100 new Bengali songs – later published as Illumination-Song and Liberation-Dance part 1 and part 2 — at his Jharna-Kala Gallery, 200 Mercer Street in Lower Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The gallery displays some 12,000 of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings, which he had created in the previous sixteen months.
Australia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation and the world’s first Sri Chinmoy Peace-Continent, by the Government Whip of Australia, Kay Elson. The Government Whip speaks on behalf of the Australian government.
Belize is declared Central America’s first Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by Prime Minister Said Musa.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 20 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Barbados is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Eritrea, Heart of Estonia and Heart of South Africa Awards.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Olympians including Bob Beamon, 1968 gold medallist in the long jump; Ottis Davis, 1960 gold medallist in 400m and 4 x 400m relay; Diane Dixon, 1984 gold medallist in 400m, 1988 silver medallist in 4 x 400m; Lindy Remigino, 1952 gold medallist in 100m and 4 x 100m; and Jose Torres, Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World – Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Ustad Sultan Khan, sarangi player, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and concert at 8:00 p.m. and throughout the evening exhibits eleven of his Jharna-Kala 4’ x 8’ canvases dedicated to the ‘Soul of America’ in the McMillan Theatre at Columbia University, New York.
Citing “the importance of leaving a valuable legacy for all future generations,” the Government Whip of Australia, Kay Elson, proclaimed Australia the world’s first “Sri Chinmoy Peace-Continent” on April 12.
The Government Whip speaks on behalf of the Australian government.
On April 12 and 13 five countries officially became “Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms.”
Prime Minister Said Musa named Belize as Central America’s first “Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation” on April 12, the same day Australia became a Peace-Continent.
The following day, Prime Minister Mart Laar of Estonia and Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Culture, Panteley Tsankov, also proclaimed their countries “Peace-Blossom Nations.”
That same day, in a proclamation jointly signed by five National Party and Parliamentary Group Chairpersons, Sweden became the 21st “Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.”
Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 27, August 1998-April 1999
Sri Chinmoy lifts Olympians including Bob Beamon, 1968 gold medallist in the long jump; Ottis Davis, 1960 gold medallist in 400m and 4 x 400m relay; Diane Dixon, 1984 gold medallist in 400m, 1988 silver medallist in 4 x 400m; Lindy Remigino, 1952 gold medallist in 100m and 4 x 100m; and Jose Torres, Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World – Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy honours the eminent sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan with the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ Award at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York.
Sri Chinmoy’s comments:
Ustad Sultan Khan: where can one find such a kind, compassionate heart, such a loving heart?
Once when he was performing at the Royal Albert Hall, Yehudi Menuhin came up to him after he had played for ten minutes and said that he could not prevent himself from shedding tears. Such appreciation Ustad Sultan Khan has received for his music!
We became such close friends. So much affection, love and oneness he offered to me. He said that his wife had recently passed away, after a long illness. Then what did he say? When you have affection, love, sweetness and fondness, you can say anything you want to say! He was telling me that the God that he cannot see is not God for him, but the God that he can see is God for him. Then he said, “I am so happy. I have not seen God, but I have seen somebody who has seen God.” This was his feeling. The last thing he said to me was, “You are my God, for I can touch you, I can feel you. The God that I cannot see, wherever He is — how can He be my God? If I cannot touch Him, if I cannot feel him, then He cannot be my God. But the God whom I can touch, whom I can feel, He is my God. You are my God.”
When one has such affection, love, oneness and fondness, one can say anything he likes! My heart was so deeply moved.
When Ustad Sultan Khan started playing, right from the beginning his music was so soulful, so haunting. Some musicians take a long time to perform their real music. But Ustad Sultan Khan immediately, in just a few minutes’ time, brought us into the ocean of music. I am so grateful to him.
Published in His Compassion is Everything to Us
A talk by Sri Chinmoy
at Aspiration-Ground, Jamaica, New York
In many countries we have been able to spread the Light of our Lord Supreme. At other times, the inner heart of a country we were able to conquer, but the outer life as such we could not fathom. Their inner heart, their love, their sweetness and their eagerness for a new life: those very things we were able to approach. The inner existence of the country we were able to approach, but the outer existence we could not approach, because they did not want anything. They felt they were self-sufficient. At times the inner heart is open, but the outer mind is stronger.
Everything happens at God’s choice Hour. At God’s choice Hour, the outer life of those countries also will open up. Right now they may think that something new will be harmful for them. I am sure one day that opinion will change.
We are all together. We belong to one family, so we cannot go on suspecting our brothers and sisters. Otherwise there will be no peace, no harmony. We shall accept the world with all its weaknesses. Everybody has weaknesses. In spite of our weaknesses, we love one another. The rest of the world is like our brothers and sisters. We stay together in spite of our weaknesses. We have come here to become happy. If we want to be happy, then we must have an open heart. Nobody can be happy without an open heart, an all-embracing heart.
A day will come when everyone will consciously feel the supreme necessity of a oneness-heart. But the inner heart, the heart that we need to pray to God, to meditate on God, to love God and serve God, that heart is beautiful, always beautiful.
Published in His Compassion is everything to us.