Sri Chinmoy joins ambassadors from Israel, Panama and Liberia in a programme paying tribute to US President Abraham Lincoln, at the United Nations in New York. Here, Sri Chinmoy meets for the first time with Dr. Jorge Illueca, Ambassador of Panama to the United Nations.
Sri Chinmoy begins a series of lectures and esraj concerts at thirty-seven universities in New York State, starting with a talk, entitled ‘I Pray’, at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs 13 miles of the Boston Marathon course in Boston, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy hosts a special function to honour Sudhahota Carl Lewis and his sister Carol at Progress-Promise function hall in Jamaica, Queens, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy performs a piano improvisation and lifts his own bodyweight for Vision of Asia TV in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy honours Grammy-winning singer Addwitiya Roberta Flack on her birthday, at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
The city of Unava in Gujarat, India, is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and receives the Udayana University Medallion of Honour, presented by the Rector, Professor Dr. I Wayan Wita, MD. Sri Chinmoy lifts the Rector; Professor Dr. Ir. I Gde Suyatna, Secretary of the Faculty Senate; and Dr. Nyoman T. Suryadhi, MD, Head of the Population and Biostatistics Study Program, at Udayana University in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.