Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘The Inner Way’, in the Peace Room of the Church Centre at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy and the 215-member-strong Sri Chinmoy Centre Cycling Team line up at the start of the 24-hour Pepsi-Cola Bicycle Marathon in Central Park, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Clarence Clemons, saxophonist of the E Street Band, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy first plays the organ, which he calls The Summit-Song of Self-Transcendence, in Fraumunster Church, Zurich, Switzerland. Watch the video...

Sri Chinmoy meets with Dr. Felix Kuznetsov, Director of the Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (342) — the fourth of 39 Peace Concerts dedicated to Swami Vivekananda’s 39 years on earth — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (541), delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Indian Philosophy: A Glimpse’, and receives India’s Peace-Service-Tree Award at Florida International University in Miami, FL, USA. Sri Chinmoy is invited as a Visiting Philosopher by Nathan Katz, Professor and Chair, of the Department of Religious Studies.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a seated two-arm lift of 400 lbs. at his home gym in New York — a new personal record.

Gabon is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom Nation.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Science’, at 11:00 a.m., at Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Sri Chinmoy receives the title ‘Honourable Academician of the International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences’ and The Roerich Medal in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 21 people, academicians, sports figures and others, including the head of the Military Space Engineering Academy, Russian Cosmonaut Leonid D. Kizim, at the Sports and Culture Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia. After the lifting programme, Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert. 

Sri Chinmoy presents the U Thant Peace Award to former United Nations Secretary-General Dr. Pérez de Cuéllar in Paris, France. Sri Chinmoy also offers the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ Award to the Secretary-General and his wife, Mme. Marcela Pérez de Cuéllar.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Cirque D’Hiver in Paris, France.