Sri Chinmoy gives a talk entitled ‘How Far Are We From Realisation?’ – the eighth in a Spring series of classes on Yoga – at the home of Mrs. Elma Winter, in Brooklyn Heights, NY, USA. The entire series of eight talks are edited by his very close friend Mr. Eric Hughes.
Sri Chinmoy leads a 215-member cycling team of his students to victory in the 24-hour Pepsi-Cola Bicycle Marathon in Central Park over the Memorial Day weekend. It is the third consecutive year (1977-1978-1979) the team takes out the ‘Best Riding Team’ and ‘Best Uniformed Team’ awards. Team members also claim the Women’s second and third-place trophies and the Men’s third-place trophy. Sri Chinmoy completes 160 miles.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, playing 103 instruments including a piano performance, at the Kongresshalle in Davos, Switzerland.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the Niska Gallery in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at the Immaculate Conception Church in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, including a piano performance, and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God the Universal Beauty’, at McGill University in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy composes the song, The Master-Key of the Global-Heart, in honour of President Gorbachev of Russia. His first meeting with the President takes place two days later on May 29th in Ottawa, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts university professors at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Health’, at 9:00 a.m. at the National Institute of Health in St. Petersburg, Russia. After the lecture, the Scientific Board of the National Health Institute awards Sri Chinmoy with the Degree of Honoured Professor of the National Institute of Health.
Sri Chinmoy meets with President Mikhail Gorbachev at the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow, Russia.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at UNESCO in Paris, France. There, he dedicates his 12,000th Bengali song, Bangala Gan/Bengali Songs, to the soul of UNESCO. The occasion is also marked with a special ceremony for the World Harmony Run. Vladimir Petrovsky, the former Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva, is one of the main speakers.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Carrousel Du Louvre in Paris, France.