Sri Chinmoy begins his second European lecture tour when he delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Three Lessons in Spirituality’, at Oxford University in Oxford, England, UK. The talks are later published as My Rose Petals Part 2.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Unreality and Reality’, at the University of Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy offers his first public flute performance, in Greenwich, CT, USA.
Sri Chinmoy celebrates his Tennis Anniversary by playing 199 games, of which he wins 189, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘How Can I Have Peace?’, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy writes an essay on ‘Politics and Spirituality’ and sends it to his friend Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in Manhattan, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert — the 10th of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy achieves a standing calf raise of 1,400 lbs.; and shoots 73 out of 100 basketball goals from the 15-foot penalty line, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with his former boss from the Indian Consulate, Mr. Lakhan L. Mehrotra, and his family at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 40th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy visits Oslo’s Bislett Stadium, in Norway, for a Sports Meet which attracted over 500 athletes.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Dr. Marcia Keizs, President of York College in Jamaica, New York, at a ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ function held at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Afterwards, Sri Chinmoy reminisces about his ‘Experiences in Jamaica, West Indies’, since Dr. Keizs is a native of that country.
Sri Chinmoy reflects on his early athletic career at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, during a meeting at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy honours his friend Monsignor Thomas Hartman (Father Tom) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.