Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘God’s Brightest Heaven and Man’s Surest Haven’, in the Peace Room of the Church Centre at the United Nations in New York, NY.
Sri Chinmoy answers questions on patriotism asked by his disciples on a bus trip from New York, NY, to Boston, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon (3 p.m.) lecture, entitled ‘Is Spirituality an Escape from Reality?’, at the Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening (8 p.m.) lecture, entitled ‘Earth-Bound Journey and Heaven-Bound Journey’, the final in the 7-lecture series, at the Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy has a third meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, Vatican City.
Sri Chinmoy gives a short talk, entitled ‘Sorrow and Joy’, at the YMCA in Rome, Italy.
Sri Chinmoy composes seven meditation mantras en route by bus from Quebec to Ottawa, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour public meditation at Ottawa University in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy offers Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘A Peaceful Mind, a Useful Life’, at the Medical University in Vienna, Austria.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 20 international dignitaries, including Svenn Kristiansen, Deputy Mayor of Oslo, at the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme in City Hall in Oslo, Norway. While there, Sri Chinmoy also gives a television interview.
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates the Eternal Peace Flame at the Pier of Honour, on the Port of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. The ceremony is attended by more than 1,500 people including ambassadors, politicians, luminaries and members of the public. From its temporary location on the pier, the sculpture is moved to Aker Brygge, a complex on Oslo Harbour, and now has a permanent home in Holmenkollen overlooking the City of Oslo.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano opera singer, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy achieves a seated two-arm lift of 1,200 lbs. (600 lbs. in each arm) at his home in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the United Nations in New York.