Sri Chinmoy answers questions on the topic of Purity at the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Connecticut, USA.
The first ‘Sunrise Meditation’ recorded by Sri Chinmoy is broadcast on the Dave Herman Show on WNEW Radio in New York at 7:10 a.m. During the two-minute segment, Sri Chinmoy does a brief reading and the background music is by Mahavishnu John McLaughlin. The show is scheduled to be broadcast every weekday morning at sunrise.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘The Soul-Love of the United Nations’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘The Voice of Silence’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
An article on Sri Chinmoy’s seven-hour meditation (held 31 January) appears in The New York Times.
Sri Chinmoy inspires the formation of a United Nations Meditation Group in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy gives a short inspirational talk, entitled ‘Now is the Only Time’, during a meditation he holds at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy holds a meditation at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University. Later, at Annam Brahma restaurant, he signs copies of the new booklet, A Galaxy of Luminaries.
Sri Chinmoy race-walks a solo marathon in a time of 6:01:27 (13:48/mile pace) on a three-mile course near his home in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Food and God’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy runs the 2nd Annual Inspiration Marathon in a time of 5:22:11 (12:17/mile pace), in Hampton Beach, NH, USA. The course is fast and flat — a favourite among runners, as 27 men and 1 woman qualify for the Boston Marathon, and a total of 40 PBs are recorded.
Sri Chinmoy runs the Runners are Smilers 2-mile race in a time of 17:57 (8:58/mile pace) at Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York. NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers the ‘U Thant Peace Award’ to Girija Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal at his official residence, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Iceland and the Heart of Tanzania Awards.
Sri Chinmoy pays tribute to his dear friend Aleksandr Razvin in a talk at the Orchid Garden Hotel in Brunei Darussalam.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 26 Australian residents at the Watermark Hotel at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Sri Chinmoy offers an evening Peace Concert at the Sheraton Mirage at Main Beach on the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
The iconic American TV game show ‘Jeopardy’ features a question about U Thant Island, opposite the United Nations in the East River, New York, NY, USA. In 1977, members of ‘Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations’ leased it from New York State and unofficially renamed it after the third UN Secretary-General U Thant. On 7 October 1982, the island was officially recognised as U Thant Island.