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.
An historic photograph of Sri Chinmoy in the high meditative state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi is taken at the Sri Chinmoy Centre Church in Bayside, New York, NY, USA. The picture is later used on the poster for Sri Chinmoy’s New Year’s Meditation, held at Hunter College, New York, on 29 December.
Sri Chinmoy offers a New Year’s meditation and delivers his New Year’s Message for 1979, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also set the message to music and the song is performed that evening.
Sri Chinmoy produces a handwritten poetry book Four Hundred Gratitude-Flower-Hearts, his 400th published book, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers his annual New Year’s meditation and delivers his New Year’s Message for the year 1982, at the High School of Art and Design in New York, NY, USA. Also, a special song he had composed the previous day from the words of the message is performed by his students.
Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘Never Say No’ in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 12 people, including media representatives at the YMCA in Hong Kong.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Guido de Marco, Deputy Foreign Minister of Malta at the Hilton Hotel in St. Julian’s Bay, Malta.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (320) at the Bangkok Bank building in Bangkok, Thailand.
Sri Chinmoy completes his 6,000th Bengali song Gorokshanath Gorokshanath Shakti Tuphan at the Blue Star Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The Union of Myanmar is officially dedicated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by the Minister of Hotels and Tourism, Maj. Gen. Saw Lwin. Sri Chinmoy is guest of honour at the inauguration ceremony held at the Traders Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Joaquim Cruz, the 1984 Olympic gold medallist in 800 metres, whom he had lifted the previous day at Great Lakes Centre in Taupo, New Zealand. The Brazillian track star offers gifts of gratitude to Sri Chinmoy who had just presented him with a framed photo of the lift.
NEW YORK — At the close of his annual New Year’s public meditation, held this past Dec. 15 at Columbia University, Sri Chinmoy delivered the following New Year's Message:
“The New Year is the year of man and earth’s self-giving choice, and also is the victory-year of God’s Soundless Voice.”
Published in Anahata Nada, December 1978, Volume 5, Number 11-12
YANGON — The Union of Myanmar was officially dedicated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms-Nation Dec. 15 by the Minister of Hotels and Tourism, Maj. Gen. Saw Lw-in.
Sri Chinmoy was guest of honor.
Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 30, Mid-November 2000 – Late March 2001
Never say no,
Never say no,
O never say,
When God’s Compassion-Eye
Desires you to play.
Published in Never Say No
Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘Never Say No’ in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Gorokshanath Gorokshanath
Shakti tuphan tumi je durbar
Eso eso eso eso eso ogo dhara kole arbar
Sri Chinmoy completes his 6,000th Bengali song Gorokshanath Gorokshanath Shakti Tuphan at the Blue Star Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Here
the Consciousness
is
much higher
than
my or (if I am allowed to say)
anyone else’s Nirvikalpa Samadhi.Here I am deeply immersed
in my soul’s ever-transcending
creative power that daily feeds
the Universal Consciousness.Here the Power of the Creator
is
transformed into the Compassion
of
the Saviour.Sri Chinmoy
Dec. 15th, 1972
Note from Kusumita P. Pedersen
This picture was taken by Pranavananda at the Bayside Church sometime in 1972. It was probably in the second half of 1972. There is at least one other picture from his series, which shows Sri Chinmoy in profile and not close up.
This picture was used as the poster for the 1972 New Year’s Meditation, which took place at Hunter College [held on December 29, 1972].
Sri Chinmoy meets with Joaquim Cruz, the 1984 Olympic gold medallist in 800 metres, whom he had lifted the previous day at Great Lakes Centre in Taupo, New Zealand. The Brazillian track star offers gifts of gratitude to Sri Chinmoy who had just presented him with a framed photo of the lift.
Anecdotes by Sri Chinmoy
In Tokyo we went to see a tea ceremony. When I came in, the hostess bowed to me three times. But I didn’t dare bend so many times, so I bowed only once!
In Japan they bow even when they open the elevator door for you. Yesterday after the Peace Concert, I bowed at least 200 times during the walk-past for seekers.
As each person passed in front of me, he would bow. So I also bowed. Then I would have to bow a second time to show that the meditation for that particular individual was over.
For me to bow so many times and then look up is very difficult for my neck. So yesterday I had very good neck exercises!
I thought that they would keep their hands at their sides, according to the Japanese tradition, but most of them walked by with folded hands.
Published in The World-Experience-Tree-Climber, part 4
Anecdotes by Sri Chinmoy
How the tourists ruin the consciousness of Hawaii! If you enter into the heart of the island, you will see it is flooded with serenity, beauty, purity — every divine quality. But when you walk along the beach and see the tourists, it becomes something else. There is an immediate transformation. So we tourists are the culprits.
The other day in Hawaii I was in a shop. A girl said, “Please tell me your name.”
When I told her, she said, “O Guru, O Guru, you don’t recognise me? I am Sambhava’s sister-in-law — Lynn’s sister. Thirteen years ago I came to New York and saw you. Then two years ago I came for your birthday. I can’t believe you are here. You have made my day!”
Published in The World-Experience-Tree-Climber, part 7
Anecdote by Sri Chinmoy
The day before yesterday, on the elevator, I saw a little girl of three. She was very cute. She was perhaps from India. This little three-year-old girl was only looking at me and looking at me. I was going to the first floor, and she came out with me. Her parents were in the elevator, and they were holding the door open. She went back into the elevator, only to come out again and look at me. Then once more she went inside the elevator. The door was closing, but again the little girl came out. Her parents were begging her to come inside. They were holding the door.
What did a three-year-old girl see inside me?
Published in My Golden Children