Sri Chinmoy visits Vivekananda Rock on Wellesley Island, Thousand Island Park, NY, USA, to honour the 70th anniversary of the passing (4 July 1902) of his revered spiritual predecessor in America, Swami Vivekananda. Sri Chinmoy meditates at the very spot where Swami Vivekananda had once meditated and entered into Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Spiritual Strength’, at Frankfurt University in Frankfurt, Germany.
Sri Chinmoy holds his first 13-hour public meditation, offered in honour of America’s Bicentennial, for the Soul of America, at the 72nd Street Bandshell in Central Park, New York, NY, USA. The meditation begins at midnight on July 4th and ends late in the afternoon. It is the first overnight event the Police Department had ever permitted in Central Park.
Sri Chinmoy gives two spiritual talks, part of 100 lectures in 20 days.
Compassion-Height and Justice-Light, 8:05 a.m., Jamaica High School Track, Jamaica, NY, USA
My Desire, 8:05 p.m., Informal Gathering at a Private House, Jamaica, NY, USA
These talks (nos. 8 & 9) are later published in Everest-Aspiration, Part 1
The News of India reports on ‘A Joyous Meeting’ between Sri Chinmoy and Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
Sri Chinmoy answers questions from his disciples after a special meditation for American Independence Day.
Sri Chinmoy’s first joke video ‘Humour: My Only Saviour’ is shown in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy and his students observe the Fourth of July at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy sinks 863 baskets out of 1,300 basketball throws, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy opens the July 4th celebration in lower Manhattan with a short meditation and his students perform several of his songs about America.
Sri Chinmoy offers a private concert in honour of the Bengali cultural community worldwide, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. He also lifts 18 Bangladeshi nationals, as part of his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme.