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January 23

1996

Photos by Pulak Viscardi

 

Video by kedarvideo

 

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at which King of the Zulu Nation HRH Goodwill Kabhekuzulu Zwelithini delivers the welcome address in City Hall, Durban, South Africa.

 

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        • Appendix
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      • A Life Nearly Snuffed Out
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      • Encounter with a Royal Bengal Tiger
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      • The Most Bitter Medicine
      • Of Turtles and Other Delicacies
    • Pondicherry
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      • U Thant Peace Award
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    • Meetings with President Gorbachev
    • Sri Chinmoy Visits the Governor of Puerto Rico
    • The King of Surakarta and Sri Chinmoy Reunite
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    • Tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
  • Music
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    • Analysis of Sri Chinmoy’s Music
    • A Summit-Height Musical Experience at Interlaken
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    • The Birth of a New Creation
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    • The Religion of Humanity
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        • Puerto Rico Honours Sri Chinmoy
        • 11 Lectures In 11 States – January
        • Meditation at Christ Church
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        • King Goodwill Zwelithini attends Peace-Concert
        • Canadian Lecture Tour
        • Two Thousand Per Year
        • NYC Marathon – 1979
        • Herculean Publishing Venture
        • Meeting with Nelson Mandela
        • Meeting with Giani Zail Singh
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  • Travels abroad
    • Australia
      • Sri Chinmoy’s First Visit to Australia — 1976
        • Sri Chinmoy’s 1976 Tour
      • Sri Chinmoy in Australia – 1984
    • Itineraries
      • 1976
    • A Journey to the South Seas
      • News Clippings from Samoa-Fiji 1993-94
    • Bali, Bali, Bali
    • Sri Chinmoy in Japan
    • Travelling the Inner Road
  • United Nations
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    • Light in the United Nations
  • Videos
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    • Poem: 1946
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