Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Salvation, Liberation and Realisation’, in Conference Room 10 at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy begins writing 100 Indian stories, later published as Great Indian Meals: Divinely Delicious and Supremely Nourishing, part 1. Eventually, a ten-volume series is compiled from Sri Chinmoy’s telling of Indian stories.

Sri Chinmoy offers a talk entitled ‘Each Moment’, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert in Naga, Okinawa, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy conducts a Peace Ceremony and Peace Walk at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Message to the People of Hiroshima, in Hiroshima, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (56) at the Hiroshima Prefecture Cultural Centre, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy gives a talk entitled, ‘Forgiveness and Gratitude’, in Valdivia, Chile.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (91) in Hotel Pedro De Valdivia in Valdivia, Chile.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 people, including Jemmadi Basri, 1979 Mr. Asia; Malek Noor, Malek, four times Mr. Asia 1985-1988 and 1988,1989 finalist, Mr. Universe; and Datuk Samy Vellu, Minister of Public Works, President, Malaysian-Indian Congress, at the Grand Continental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (214) at the Ratnapura Town Hall. At the request of President Premadasa, Chief Minister Arthur Ranasinghe officially receives Sri Chinmoy and attends the concert in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. Just prior to the concert, Sri Chinmoy is greeted by the Provincial Governor Abeyratne Pilapitiya and is ushered in a traditional procession from the Clock Tower to the Town Hall.

Sri Chinmoy sends a special birthday greeting to Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev in Russia, from the Riu Bonanza Hotel in Tenerife, Spain.

Sri Chinmoy holds a press conference and answers questions about weightlifting, world peace and offers a Message to the people of Cebu, at the Midtown Hotel in Cebu City, the Philippines.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks — displaying 400 line drawings and 100 paintings — opens at the Rizal Memorial Museum in Cebu City, the Philippines.

Sri Chinmoy receives the ‘Millennium Man of the 21st Century’ Award from the Metro-Cebu Theosophical Foundation and Lapu Lapu Foundation in Cebu, the Philippines. 

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (390) at the Civic Centre, in Suva, Fiji.

Sri Chinmoy completes his first one million ‘Dream-Freedom Peace-Birds’ drawings in Suva, Fiji. He dedicates the entire collection to Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev. The final count is 1,001,919.

Sri Chinmoy offers the first of 50 Peace Concerts (401) dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, beginning at the Mya Yeiknyo Deluxe Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar. The concert is attended by General Tint Swe (Ret.), and the Venerable Kaba-Aye Sayadaw U Pannadipa, President of the World Buddhist Meditation Institute.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (480) at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in Hiroshima, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy composes his immortal song, Cheyechhilam Kabi Hate, on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Penang, Malaysia, on Malaysian Airlines Flight 2683. Read Sri Chinmoy’s commentary...

Sri Chinmoy lifts 36 people at the Hotel Inter-Continental in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Sri Chinmoy offers two talks entitled ‘Reverence’ and ‘Value your Spiritual Life’ at the Inter-Continental Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Sri Chinmoy plays golf on the Awana Kijal Golf, Beach and Spa Resort golf course, in Kijal, Malaysia.