Sri Chinmoy gives an early interview to Mrs. Barbara Callen of New York City, NY, USA, answering questions about ‘the soul’. Mrs. Callen records his exact words, taking everything down in shorthand.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘The Court of Divine Justice’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘The Inner Message of the United Nations’, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Ahmed Motii, Governor of Agadir, Morocco.
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK-TV), the Japanese National Broadcasting Association in Fukuyama, near Hiroshima, Japan. The interview is later aired on national television.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Message of Peace, in Hiroshima, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy receives a letter from President Premadasa welcoming him to Sri Lanka.
Sri Chinmoy is received by President Premadasa and tours the Museum at Sucharita Hall, the President’s residence, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Chinmoy then offers a Peace Concert for the President and numerous ministers and invited guests; moving outdoors, Sri Chinmoy lifts the President overhead with one arm using before national media, and offers the President the Lifting up the World With a Oneness-Heart medallion; then, finally, Sri Chinmoy and the President meet privately.
Sri Chinmoy meets with President Fidel Valdez Ramos of the Philippines at Malacañang Palace in San Miguel, Manila, the Philippines.
Sri Chinmoy and his students travel from Manila to Cebu City, Cebu, in the Philippines, staying at the Midtown Hotel until 11 January.
The Fiji Times reports on the arrival of Sri Chinmoy and about 210 students in Fiji.
Sri Chinmoy draws 15,691 Soul-Birds, bringing his grand total to 894,007. His goal of 1,000,000 is just days away.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Takamatsu, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, in the Prime Minister’s office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the ceremony, the Prime Minister and Sri Chinmoy hold the Peace Torch together.