Video by Utpal Marshall
On March 3rd 1979, Sri Chinmoy completed his first marathon in Chico California in a time of 4:31:34. Each year since then, his students in New York and around the world have honoured him by running the 26-mile distance.
Video by Utpal Marshall
On March 3rd 1979, Sri Chinmoy completed his first marathon in Chico California in a time of 4:31:34. Each year since then, his students in New York and around the world have honoured him by running the 26-mile distance.
Sri Chinmoy’s interview with radio personality Berit Berling is broadcast on Swedish National Radio in Stockholm, Sweden. The interview was recorded during his visit to Stockholm from 14-16 October 1990.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, (431) — the 31st of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA. At the concert, he recites twenty-six short poems on the theme of ‘Sincerity’, which are later published in his book, Two Divine Qualities: Confidence and Sincerity. Listen to Sri Chinmoy reciting 26 poems . . .
Sri Chinmoy, for the first time, employs a new technique during his single-arm lifts. Instead of holding onto the side of the apparatus, he releases his non-lifting hand — a much more difficult technique, because he is not holding onto anything. He uses this same technique with future lifts to demonstrate he is not taking any support.
In the evening, Sri Chinmoy lifts his bodyweight 100 times in 2 minutes, 86 seconds in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Per Sandberg, a Member of the Norwegian Parliament, on his visit to Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
Sri Chinmoy achieves a 203-lb. wrist curl, performing ten repetitions with each hand, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Randwick resident, Vidagdha Bennett, who recently returned from holidaying in New York, reports that she participated in what must be one of the more unusual feats of strength we have heard.
Her meditation teacher, Sri Chinmoy, lifted up a Buick sedan containing 5 people and Vidagdha was one of them.
The combined weight of the car and its human cargo totalled more than 4,400 pounds.
Vidagdha says the experience was like going for a short ride in a very swift elevator.
“Actually being inside the car as it went up brought home to me just how awesome the lift really was,” she said.
Sri Chinmoy, who is well-known for his peace meditations at the United Nations and his many peace concerts around the world, took up weightlifting 15 months ago while resting a running injury.
Since then, he has worked with heavier and heavier weights — both conventional and unconventional. Not only cars, but elephants, grand pianos, horses and barbers’ chairs are among his latest adventures!
Vidagdha, who runs the Sri Chinmoy meditation centre in Marcel Avenue, says that Sri Chinmoy undertakes these feats of self-transcendence “to inspire other people to bring forward their highest potential through prayer and meditation.”
For more information, kindly contact the Sri Chinmoy Centre.
Fifty-five-year-old meditation teacher Sri Chinmoy lifting a 220-pound dumbbell with one hand at his home in New York.
Published in the Randwick Reporter, Issue 63, October 20, 1986
Sri Chinmoy’s interview with radio personality Berit Berling is broadcast on Swedish National Radio in Stockholm, Sweden. The interview was recorded during his visit to Stockholm from 14-16 October 1990.
by Sri Chinmoy
Quite often when I run, many songs appear inside my brain. This afternoon when I was running, two or three new songs came to my mind. Then, after I finished running, I had to sit down and notate the songs.
I will die, but I know my songs will live on. Indians, especially Bengalis, in every nook and cranny will sing my songs.
Published in Run and Become, Become and Run, part 8
Sri Chinmoy achieves a 203-lb. wrist curl, 10 repetitions with each hand, in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
Many television stations accept footage of this remarkable feat and Sri Chinmoy offers a formal message to the newscasters thanking them for their kind comments and explaining his philosophy in more detail.
My dear newscasters, you may wonder why I do such stupid things at this ripe old age of seventy-four. Well, I live in the heart and God, who is my Inner Pilot, commands me, inspires me and guides me while I am lifting such heavy weights. My Inner Pilot is my inspiration. He is my aspiration. And He is my protection. I give Him all the credit. I place at His Feet most soulfully my weightlifting achievements.
And I thank you deeply, my dear newscasters, because it is you who bring me to the public eye, and I tell the citizens of the world only one thing: Never give up, never give up. Physical fitness is of paramount importance. There is no age limit when we live in the heart and when we try to be of service, prayerful and soulful service, to God in the heart of humanity.
Published in The Inner Meaning of Sport
Sri Chinmoy offers twenty-six short poems
during his Peace Concert dedicated to the United Nations
at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York
Listen to Sri Chinmoy reciting 26 poems
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Published in Two Divine Qualities: Confidence and Sincerity