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.
Scenes of Sri Chinmoy meditating in the picturesque countryside of South Salem in Westchester County, NY, USA, appear in the feature-length film, ‘A Day in the Life of Sri Chinmoy’.
Sri Chinmoy completes 48,000 Jharna-Kala paintings overall in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy attends a dedication ceremony and naming of U Thant Island, on the East River adjacent to the UN New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy holds a press conference at his Jharna-Kala Gallery in New York City’s Grand Central Station, New York, NT, USA. He explains to a reporter from WPIX-TV Channel 11 News,the purpose behind his paintings.
Sri Chinmoy answers spiritual questions in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy lifts a car for the first time, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital (8) at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Ilie Năstase, world champion tennis player, and plays tennis with him, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (376) – the 38th in a series of 39 concerts dedicated to Swami Vivekananda – at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (USA) in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a silent meditation at a ceremony held for the closing of the United Nations General Assembly, at St. Bartholomew’s Church, in New York, NY, USA.
The Dominican Republic and Yemen are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 1650 lbs. using a seated calf raise, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg, Germany. It is Sri Chinmoy’s third of nine concerts in his eight-day German Peace Concert tour.
On day two of his 3-day Weightlifting Demonstration at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA, Sri Chinmoy lifts:
• Bodybuilding legend Bill Pearl; and Canadian strongman Hugo Girard.
• Two stone lion statues and Hugo Girard, a total of 2,828 lbs., using a seated calf raise.
• 1,550 of his published works, a total of 1,179 lbs., using a seated calf raise.
• A giant pumpkin, a total of 1,123 lbs., using a standing calf raise.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy performs at the ‘Night of Champions’ and receives an award from Wayne Demilia, President of the Bodybuilding Federation, Professional Division Inc. at the Town Hall in New York, NY, USA.
Thousands of New Yorkers and visitors to the populous Grand Central Station were treated to a visual phenomenon during the month of September at the Jharna-Kala Exhibit in the Vanderbilt Arcade. There, busy commuters could retreat from the hubbub of the daily rush and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the white gallery, which held an abundance of colourful and masterful C.K.G. originals — a true haven for a New Yorker's beauty-hungry eyes.
During a press conference at the exhibit on 16 September, C.K.G. told WPIX-TV Channel 11 News, “My paintings are my aspiration and my dedication. My paintings help me to aspire more devotedly and more soulfully. My paintings help me dedicate my body, vital, mind, heart and soul more devotedly to my Inner Pilot Supreme.”
Published in Jharnra-Kala magazine, Vol. 1 No. 2
Photos by Pranavananda Hixon
Scenes from the feature-length film, ‘A Day in the Life of Sri Chinmoy’, shot by Pranavananda Hixon in the picturesque countryside of South Salem in Westchester County, New York State, about 2-hours-drive north of New York City. Instrumental music and choral arrangements are by Mahavishnu John McLaughlin.
Video by kedarvideo
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg, Germany. It is Sri Chinmoy’s third of nine concerts in his eight-day German Peace Concert tour.
As Sri Chinmoy prepares to leave Aspiration-Ground after a morning of tennis, he gives a parting smile to Snatak Matthiasson, the leader of the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Iceland.
Sri Chinmoy after playing tennis with world champion tennis player Ilie Năstase at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
On day two of his 3-day Weightlifting Demonstration, Sri Chinmoy honours Canadian strongman Hugo Girard by lifting him and two stone lion statues using a seated calf raise — a total weight of 2,828 lbs. — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Hugo Girard was a four-time World Muscle Power Champion as well as the Strongman Super Series World Champion.
A story by Sri Chinmoy
Since my childhood ended, in my entire incarnation I have had only two or three happy moments. Of course, when I achieved God-realisation was one. And the day I rode with the engineer of the steam train in Australia was another. When I was young it was my greatest desire to be the driver of a train. God did not see fit to fulfil this innocent desire of mine, but now my Australian children have fulfilled it!
The engineer was so kind, so nice; he received so much. Every two minutes he was putting coal in the furnace, and talking, talking, talking, all about his experiences with this train and other trains. He has been in India, and he talked about the Darjeeling train, which is much more peculiar and dangerous than this one. This train is mainly for children and for tourists, and quite a few of the workers on it work for free. His real job is running a nursery, and driving the train is a labour of love. If everyone took a salary, they wouldn't be able to keep the train running.
Every year there is a race - the train versus runners. The runners start and finish at the same place as the train. But they run on the road, while the train goes on its track. The route is very hilly and very scenic. One year Kishore joined the race, and he was one of those who beat the train. But the driver told me, "We get joy by losing to the runners. Otherwise, could anybody defeat us?" The train can safely go about 22 miles per hour. If it goes much faster, it will go off the rails.
At one point the engineer asked me to sit on his seat, but it was so narrow! My thigh was larger than the seat. The sound the train made gave me such joy. And the whistle was so loud! He would pull the handle just half an inch, and such a loud noise it made!
So my Australia has given me tremendous joy by fulfilling an innocent childhood desire of mine.
Published in The World-Experience-Tree-Climber, part 3