Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the performance of his play The Sacred Fire at the Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Satisfaction’, at Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA.

The 8th annual Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Road Race finishes and the 2nd annual Sri Chinmoy 1,000 Mile Road Race begins. Sri Chinmoy meditates with the runners at both events, which are held at Flushing Meadows Park in New York, NY, USA. The cut-off for the 1,000-mile event is 11 May 1986.

Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation for participants in the Bangladesh Day Parade, organised by the Bangladesh Students Association in New York City, NY USA. As a proud Bengali native himself, Sri Chinmoy walks in the parade.

Belgium and Nauru are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Precious McKenzie, champion weightlifter in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Sid Caesar, comedian; Red Buttons, comedian and Academy Award winner; Nanette Fabray, comedian; and Neil Simon, playwright, in Beverly Hills, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA. Listen to the concert...