July 15

Prayer Session Held At Capitol For American Hostages

Spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy held a special prayer session at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 18, for the American hostages held in Beirut.

Representative Joseph P. Addabbo, one of the participants, called it “fitting and proper that you’ve come here on this day when we are beset by terrorists holding hostages.”

Sri Chinmoy has been leading meditations for peace at the United Nations since 1970.

Caption:

Sri Chinmoy greeting Congressman Addabbo (seated).

Zubin Mehta Meets Sri Chinmoy

The great Indian conductor Zubin Mehta,   now musical director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, met with Sri Chinmoy on May 9.

The two spoke and meditated together in New York’s Lincoln Center.

Sri Chinmoy, who is also a poet and author, then presented Mr. Mehta with several of his books, a trophy and a cake with Mehta’s face sketched in icing.

Caption:

Sri Chinmoy meditated with Zubin Mehta who declared to Sri Chinmoy, (the meeting) ... “It’s very touching. I have never had anything like that.”

Published in INDIA NEWS, July 15, 1985