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.