Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Ignorance-Night and Aspiration-Light’, at Conway Hall in London, UK. It is the final lecture in Sri Chinmoy’s first European Lecture Tour.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Crown of India’s Soul’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA. This is followed by a public meditation attended by more than 500 seekers.
Sri Chinmoy paints two large Jharna-Kala artworks, each measuring approximately 5 by 8 feet, in 13 minutes — one in 6 minutes and the other in 7 minutes — on the front porch of his home in Jamaica, New York, USA. He then entrusts them to Annam Brahma for safekeeping. Over the years, they have been exhibited in various galleries. The paintings continue to be on permanent display at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Whole Man’, and receives an award from the Lake Placid School of Art, and a citation from the National Fine Arts Committee, Winter Olympic Games, at the Lake Placid School of Art in Lake Placid, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala exhibition has been on display from 17 November to 3 December at the venue during the XIII Olympic Winter Games.
Sri Chinmoy presents the U Thant Peace Award to Jorge Illueca, President of the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister and Vice-President of Panama (1983), in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (48) at the War Memorial Theater in Trenton, NJ, USA.
Sri Chinmoy receives a congratulatory letter from former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (164) at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (446) — the 46th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Perfection-Surprise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Lithuania is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy continues his project to lift 1,000 lambs by lifting 100 three-month-old Romney Cross lambs (301-400) on his third day of lifting at Waitere farm near Whakamaru, New Zealand. In addition, Sri Chinmoy also lifts two of the sheep-farm owners for a total weight of 9,048 lb.