October 24
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the Fifth World Spiritual Summit with UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim at the United Nations in New York, at which Sri Chinmoy first meets Mother Teresa.
Sri Chinmoy observes United Nations Day with a special programme in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy has his third meeting with Kurt Waldheim, UN Secretary-General, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy presents 100 of his published books to Tokyo University in Tokyo, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and concert at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy writes a song for New Zealand runner Allison Roe, NYC Marathon Champion, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs the New York City Marathon in a time of 4:44:41 in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Bill McCreary, Emmy Award-winning News Broadcaster in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 13 people, including Robert F. Van Lierop, Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to the UN, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Metropolitan University Theater in Cupey, Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 300 lbs. with each arm separately after only 25 days of practice; lifts bodybuilders with left leg only (2568 lbs.); and lifts the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers (2,770 lbs.) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at Künstlerhaus in Vienna, Austria.
About On This Day
January 1st, 2011, saw the launch of a special feature on the front page of Sri Chinmoy Reflections — On This Day — a day-by-day account of Sri Chinmoy’s achievements. The accompanying pages expand the theme further by linking specific dates and events to video, audio and literary resources from this and many other related websites, enabling the reader to explore, in a systematic way, the vast catalogue of information about Sri Chinmoy’s life.
Many years ago at Aspiration-Ground, there was a large blackboard that displayed the scores of tennis matches Sri Chinmoy had played. Each morning, before Sri Chinmoy arrived at the court, the board would be cleaned and the date of the new day would be written in chalk at the top. Then, in yearly order, a list of different activities Sri Chinmoy had accomplished or had participated in would follow. Every day a new list would appear, and very rarely would there be a day without something to report.
Just before starting play of his usual round of morning tennis, Sri Chinmoy could be seen walking slowly across towards the blackboard to carefully study the list, and many times he would comment on what had been written. No doubt it brought back many fond memories for him.
Since his arrival in the West in 1964, many disparate lists have been compiled – running times and athletic highlights; poems written and songs composed; concerts performed and lectures delivered; weights hoisted and people lifted; paintings completed and drawings sketched; meditations, meetings, peace initiatives and prayers – viewed altogether, they represent an impressive chronology of achievement that reads more like the combined biographies of several highly talented people rather than one individual.
It is by the dedicated efforts of many who have meticulously recorded these events, which form the narrative of Sri Chinmoy’s remarkable life, that we are able to look back across the decades to take in this grand overview. We are grateful to all those who have collected and preserved this information over the years.
It is hoped that this section will, in some small way, carry on this inspirational tradition.
— Animesh Harrington
The information in the following pages has been compiled from many sources – Sri Chinmoy Library, Sri Chinmoy Songs, Sri Chinmoy TV and Radio Sri Chinmoy; Sri Chinmoy Centre newsletters, magazines, periodicals1; and informational booklets2; newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV interviews; yearly calendars and index cards; as well as analog and digital recordings.
Bibliography:
1 AUM (monthly magazine)
Jharna-Kala (art quarterly magazine)
Meditation at the United Nations (monthly bulletin)
Anahata Nada (monthly newsletter)
2 A Galaxy of Luminaries, Agni Press, New York, 1978
Sri Chinmoy: The Student of Peace (second edition), Aum Publications, New York
Sri Chinmoy: Emissary of Oneness-Peace
Sri Chinmoy A Global Man of Peace
Sri Chinmoy Dreamer of World Peace, Agni Press, New York, 1998 & 2000
Sri Chinmoy A Oneness-World-Dreamer
Oneness-World Peace-Blossoms, Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations, 25th Anniversary
500 Compassion-Blessing-Blossoms