Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation in Queens, NY, USA, following the conclusion of a 48-hour, non-stop relay called the Queens Culture Run, which began on the evening of 14 December in his honour.
Sri Chinmoy offers his annual New Year’s meditation at 7:30 p.m. and recites his New Year’s message for 1980 at McMillin Theater, Columbia University in New York, NY, USA. He also performs the New Year’s message song that he set to music the day before. After the evening presentation, Sri Chinmoy meets with Mahavishnu John McLaughlin.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (51) at Musashino Shimin Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 18 people, including Placido D’Souza, High Commissioner of India to Hong Kong, at the YMCA in Hong Kong. Sri Chinmoy is also interviewed by Nick Bailey, a reporter from Hong Kong Today.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Mounir Fahmy and Samir Farid, former Egyptian Air Force Generals, at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.
Sri Chinmoy practises with a 27-lb. shot put at a beachside park in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, HI, USA. He also receives the Matsunaga Institute for Peace Award from the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace.
Sri Chinmoy meets with H.E. Bimal Prasad, Ambassador of India to Nepal, at the Blue Star Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Sri Chinmoy sends a letter of congratulations and encouragement to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan just prior to the commencement of his first term of office.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (576) at Teatro Joao Caetano in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sri Chinmoy meets with General Khin Nyunt, head of Myanmar’s Government and Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council, at the Guest House of the Ministry of Defence in Yangon, Myanmar.
Sri Chinmoy individually lifts 30 cows, weighing a total of 22,127 lbs., at Packwood Jersey Farm in Taupo, New Zealand. The lifting session completes his 3-day project of lifting 100 cows, for an overall total of 90,447 lbs.
Sri Chinmoy gives three Christmas trip talks to his students — Intensity in meditation, Channel swimmers, do speedwork! and Vision of an Avatar — in Xiamen, China.
Sri Chinmoy gives three Christmas trip talks to his students — If you throw your heart and soul into a project, When I give a special message and Obedience has sweetness in it — in Kuantan, Malaysia.