MEETING HELD WITH WESTERN SAMOA’S PRIME MINISTER
APIA, Western Samoa — Sri Chinmoy paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Western Samoa, Tofilau Eti Alesana, on Dec. 29.
“You have given your life to peace,” the Prime Minister told Sri Chinmoy.
The Master replied, “The good will that you are sending is covering the entire length and breadth of the world.”
Afterwards, the Prime Minister sent Sri Chinmoy a message stating: “Your visit to us was one of the most significant events in the life of our young nation. To us, you embody serenity, peace, sincerity and trust, sublime qualities of which our world is sorely in need.”
Published in Anahata Nada, VOLUME 23, MID-DECEMBER 1993-MARCH 1994
‘CHAIRMAN MONK’ GREETS PEACE LEADER
YANGON — Myanmar’s top Buddhist leader met with Sri Chinmoy and his students on Dec. 29 at the monk's Kaba Aye Pagoda compound.
The Ven. Sayadaw Baddanta Thawbita, Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the State Sangha Mahanayaka Committee of Myanmar, told the visiting peace group: “Buddhists believe in previous lives. In a previous life all of you and I were relatives. Now we meet each other again. All my relatives, be healthy, be happy!”
The Chairman Monk, as he is called, also exchanged gifts with Sri Chinmoy.
During the meeting, Sri Chinmoy sang a song he had composed about the Buddha, and his students sang two other Buddha songs he had written.
When questioned by a news reporter a few days later, Sri Chinmoy said the Chairman Monk “is a very ancient soul in terms of inner awakening and inner illumination.”
Caption:
Myanmar’s Chairman Monk receives the Peace Torch from Sri Chinmoy.
Published in Anahata Nada, VOLUME 24, DECEMBER 1994-MARCH 1995