Sri Chinmoy delivers his New Year’s message for 1968 in person to his disciples at the Aum Centre in Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy holds a New Year’s meditation and offers his message for the year 1971 at his home in New York, NY, USA. At midnight, he meditates once more for three minutes.
Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour non-stop performance of 100 new Bengali songs, later published as Supreme, Teach Me How To Cry, at the United Methodist Church in Port Washington, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs the Sri Chinmoy Marathon in a time of 4:33:43, in Okinawa, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 37 people including Remang Ak Japar, an 86-year-old headhunter and renowned Iban jungle warrior from the Iban tribe in Sarawak, who was awarded the George Cross by Great Britain for his great valour and heroism during WWII, at the Holiday Inn in Kuching, Borneo, Malaysia. Sri Chinmoy also lifts the Chief of the Iban tribe, Bansing ak Usah, who then bestows the title of Honorary Chief upon Sri Chinmoy by presenting him with his most treasured possession, his grandfather’s ring.
Sri Chinmoy offers a special meditation at the Sacred Jaya Siri Maha Bodhi Tree at Mahamegha Vana Park in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The tree was planted from a cutting of the Bodhi Tree under which Lord Buddha attained Enlightenment at Buddha Gaya in India. It was brought to Sri Lanka by Theri Sangamitta, daughter of Emperor Asoka, and planted in 249 BC by King Devanampiyatissa. It is the oldest surviving historical tree in the world.
A selection of Sri Chinmoy’s latest Soul-Bird drawings are displayed at Tokatoka Hotel in Nadi, Fiji. During the day, Sri Chinmoy completes another 15,706 birds, bring his overall total to 826,603.
Sri Chinmoy completes Sholo Hajar Gan Likhechhi, his 16,000th song, at Myanmar Lacquerware Institute in Bagan, Myanmar.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 54 students and teachers from Toul Kork Primary School at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Sri Chinmoy meditates with his students on New Year’s Eve in Christchurch, New Zealand. The same day, Sri Chinmoy composes an English song entitled, ‘New Year Comes’.