Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Mysticism’, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Sri Chinmoy observes the birthday of Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore at the United Nations in New York, at which he recites selections in Bengali from Tagore’s poetry and performs his own Bengali song, entitled ‘Bharater Rabi’ dedicated to the poet.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the National Art Centre in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and delivers a lecture at the National Art Centre in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy honours United Nations Ambassadors at the Jharna-Kala Gallery in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Professor P. Jayarama Reddy, Vice-Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati, South India, at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy presents the U Thant Peace Award to Olympian Sudhahota Carl Lewis in Houston, TX, USA. He represented the USA at four Olympic Games and is a nine-time Olympic gold medallist in the long jump, 100m, 200m and the 4 x 100m relay.

Sudhahota Carl Lewis gave awards in nine different areas to those individuals who had most powerfully influenced his life. He selected Sri Chinmoy to receive the award for being most influential in his spiritual life – Houston, TX, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Meditation and Peace Concert, together with the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme at the Canadian Parliament on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Yale University professors as part of his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme, at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA.