Sri Chinmoy delivers his first lecture at an American university, entitled ‘God’s Dream-Boat and Man’s Life-Boat’, at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA.
Sri Chinmoy recites 50 poems from his Ten Thousand Flower-Flames poetry series from memory, one poem from each of the first 50 volumes, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy performs his heaviest weightlifting workout of 475,600 lb. in Jamaica, NY, USA. His calf-raise lift of 2,000 lbs. is certified as a world record by the World Powerlifting Congress.
Sri Chinmoy draws over 21,000 Soul-Birds in 24 hours in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 8 people including Rekha Sharma, India’s first woman to climb India’s highest peak, Nanda Devi, at the Holiday Inn Resort in Kauai, HI, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers spiritual meanings for the words submitted by his disciples in Kauai, Hawaii, USA. They are subsequently published in his book, The Heart-Tears of a God-Seeker.
Sri Chinmoy continues his project to lift 1,000 lambs by lifting 200 three-month-old Suffolk-Romney Cross lambs (401-600) on his fourth day of lifting at Tuaropaki Trust Farm, near Mokai, New Zealand — for a total weight of 18,381 lb.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 17 people at Resort Intime in Sanya, China.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Kali Amman Temple on Pangkor Island, Malaysia.
Sri Chinmoy offers the ‘Lifting Up The World’ medallion (not lifted) to Count Hubertus Faber-Castell, painter and humanitarian, scion of the world-famous Faber-Castell company; and to Yusuf Mecek, Mayor of Belek, at Gloria Verde Resort in Belek, Turkey.