The day before Christmas, Sri Chinmoy writes twenty-two poems in honour of Jesus Christ. The poems are later published in his book, Brother Jesus.

Sri Chinmoy holds a special Christmas Eve function at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Flushing, Queens, NT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy composes 20 songs, setting music to the words of the Christ.

Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in Hiroshima, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy continues to practice with oversized shot puts each morning at a beachside park in Honolulu, HW, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with R. Dayakar, Consul General of India in Vietnam, at the Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

Sri Chinmoy meets with P. L. Singh, Mayor of Kathmandu, at the Bluestar Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sri Chinmoy completes 8,000,000 Soul-Bird drawings at Viva Clarion Hotel in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (608) at the National Theatre in Mandalay, Myanmar.

Sri Chinmoy comments on a painting of Jesus Christ displayed in the function room of the Inter-Continental Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Christmas Eve.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert for His Majesty King Paduka Paku Alam of Yogyakarta at Keraton Palace in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Dr. Faouzi Skali, founder of the Fes Festival of Sacred Music 2001, at the Sheraton Voyager Hotel in Antalya, Turkey.