The 3rd Annual Sri Chinmoy Inspiration Marathon is held in Hampton, NH, USA.

The first volume of Sri Chinmoy’s poetry series Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees is published in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of New Zealand Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 10 people including Prince Dipokusumo of Surakarta, Indonesia, and Princess Febri Haryu Apsari; and Asimananda Smirnov, Vice President of the Russian Federation Academy of Security, Defense and Law,  at the Equatorial Hotel and Convention Centre in Penang, Malaysia.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 Buddhist monks and novices from Wat Chedi Luang and Wat Suan Doh on Wat Chang Kong Grounds, Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.