Sri Chinmoy entertains his youngest students — ranging in age from six to ten years — with six stories at an afternoon of storytelling held at ‘Divine Robe Supreme’ in Jamaica, New York, USA.
The first credit course on Sri Chinmoy’s Philosophy at an academic institution is developed and taught by Professor Peter Pitzele (Brihaspati) of Harvard University, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, USA. A compilation of Sri Chinmoy’s writings is assembled by Prof. Pitzele to form the basis of the curriculum. It is later published as Beyond Within.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture, entitled ‘Wisdom, Justice and Moderation’, at the Student Center Chapel, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture, entitled ‘Hope and Life’, in the Foreign Student Lounge at Clemson University in Clemson, SC, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture, entitled ‘Success, Failure and Progress’, at the Humanities Lecture Hall, in the University of North Carolina in Asheville, NC, USA.
Sri Chinmoy is honoured by the Senate of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy holds a private meditation with Rafael Hernández Colón, Governor of Puerto Rico at the Governor’s mansion in Cayey, Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Imagination, Inspiration, Aspiration and Realisation’, at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘O My Australia’ during a bus trip in Canada, just ten days prior to commencing his first Australian lecture tour. The score for the song is printed in New York and brought to Australia in early March and distributed at Sri Chinmoy’s public lectures and meditations.
A television program about Sri Chinmoy is broadcast on ‘Terry Katz Nelson’s City Scene’, across the New York area, NY, USA.
An aphorism by Sri Chinmoy appears in Forbes Magazine, the influential American business magazine.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘A True Seeker’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs a solo marathon in 5:25:20 along Hempstead Turnpike in Long Island, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a viola concert at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and lifts 31 German residents in Hannover Congress Centrum (HCC) in Stadtpark, Hannover, Germany.
Sri Chinmoy observes his 17th Esraj Anniversary by giving a concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Flushing Jewish Center in Flushing, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Nepal Award.
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert in honour of the birth anniversary of the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram (February 21st), in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy gives a 10½-minute extemporaneous piano performance to commemorate his 19th Piano Anniversary in Langkawi, Malaysia.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, introduced by University President Reverend Pradit Takerngrangsarit, at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand.