The Aum Centre, Inc. of New York City (later to become known as the Sri Chinmoy Centre) is officially certified as an incorporated organisation by the Supreme Court of New York County. Its Spiritual Director and President is Chinmoy Kumar Ghose.
Sri Chinmoy presents his 300 published books to Philadelphia’s Mayor Frank L. Rizzo for the Free Library of Philadelphia, in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 28 people, including a number of his visiting Yugoslavian disciples, at the Armonia Hotel in Athens, Greece. Before the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme, Sri Chinmoy gives a short talk.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, in honour of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, at Teatro Guimera in Santa Cruz — the Canary Islands’ most prestigious concert hall — in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The same day, Sri Chinmoy composes a song dedicated to The Gorbachev Foundation, which is sung at the concert.
The Thames is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom River in London, Great Britain.
Sri Chinmoy competes — running and walking — in a 2-mile ‘Runners Are Smilers’ event at the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa, finishing in a time of 20:25.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Sheraton Surabaya Hotel in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Udayana University in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Sri Chinmoy receives the ‘Heart of Bali’ award presented by the Rector of Udayana University, Professor. Dr. K. Sukardika, Dsmk, at Udayana University in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 14 people at the Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Friendship House in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. He presents Tran Van Tao, President of the Union of Friendship Organisations, with a special plaque emblazoned with music and lyrics of three songs he has written about Viet Nam — Viet Nam, Friendship Organisations: A World-Betterment Dream and Mekong Delta. At the concert, Sri Chinmoy also lifts Tran Van Tao as well as Vo Anh Tuan, President of the Ho Chi Minh City Peace Committee and Ambassador of Viet Nam to the United Nations when U Thant was Secretary-General.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 28 people, including Prince Dipokusumo and Princess Febri from Solo at the Bali Padma Hotel in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Taman Budaya Art Centre in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
Sri Chinmoy makes his third early-morning short video of the setting moon and the rising sun near Varna in Bulgaria, during which he chants, prays and sings.