Sri Chinmoy is interviewed about his Jhanra-Kala artworks on New York television.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘What Does it Mean to be Spiritual?’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a seven-hour meditation for his 20 years in the West, in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy has a private meeting with Karan Singh, former Ambassador for India to the USA, at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA. (Karan Singh has just resigned his ambassadorial post in America and meets with Sri Chinmoy before returning to India.)
Sri Chinmoy meets with Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, and his wife Mrs. Hanne Strong, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Anatoli Sergeyevich Chernyayev, aid to President Gorbachev, former Soviet National Security Advisor; and Pavel Ruslanovich Palazhchenko, interpreter, as part of the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme, in the garden tent behind Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy receives the President’s Award from the Metropolitan Athletic Congress for his contributions to New York area running and his personal running achievements, in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy celebrates his ninth Piano Anniversary with a piano recital at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA. At the beginning of the concert, Sri Chinmoy blesses a bust of Franz Schubert, one of his inspirations in the piano world.
Norway is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation, in a motion signed by all seven National Parliament Leaders.
The Indian state of Gujarat (home of Mahatma Gandhi) is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.