Sri Chinmoy completes 100 large ‘finger paintings’ in 12 hrs. 45 min., in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy concludes his first Australian lecture tour, flying out of Adelaide in the early morning to Perth on the west coast for a connecting flight to Madras in India. From there, he goes on to Pondicherry for a two-week stay with his family before returning to New York.
Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 200 lbs., using only his right arm, setting a new record for his weight (157 lbs.) and age (54 years), at his home gym in Jamaica, New York. Later, Sri Chinmoy is awarded a Certificate of Recognition and Merit by the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States for his noteworthy achievement in lifting 200 pounds with one arm. A similar certificate is presented by the British Amateur Weightlifters Association.
Sri Chinmoy pays tribute to his homeland India at a special function sponsored by ‘Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations’, at the UN in New York. Almost 100 Indian officials from the Indian consulate and the UN Secretariat attended, including special guests of honour P.A. Nazareth, Consul-General of India and his wife.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and an organ recital at the Odd Fellow Palæet in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert with a piano performance, delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Oneness-Nest’, and recites three poems, at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Community United Methodist Church in Jackson Heights, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture at the International Relations Centre in Kyoto, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy plants a Peace-Tree at Hana-Haku (Flower Expo) Park in Osaka, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy composes the song, ‘Australia – My Indian Mind Is Flying’.
Sri Chinmoy offers a 4-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy’s artworks are exhibited at Drei Mohren Hotel in Augsburg, Germany.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at New York University in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Sala Palatului — Palace Hall — in Bucharest, Romania, which he dedicates to Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev. (2,500 people attended.)
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Colombia Award.
Germany is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert to celebrate his 28th Western Flute Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy gives a short talk, entitled ‘To the End I Will Love the United Nations’, at his home in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.