Sri Chinmoy receives a very gracious reply to a letter he wrote to Mrs. Childers expressing his sympathy on the unexpected death of her husband, the former President of Ireland Erskine Childers, whom he had met in July the previous year.
The Liberty Torch Runners receive a ‘Letter of Commendation’ from President Gerald R. Ford sent from The White House in Washington, DC, USA. Inspired by Sri Chinmoy, the 27 relay runners ran 8,800 miles, non-stop, around-the-clock for 46 days through all 50 states, as a Bicentennial offering, carrying a flaming torch to symbolise the rekindling of spiritual values and human ideals upon which the country was founded.
Sri Chinmoy plays the esraj in concert at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy writes 4 more Indian stories (18-20) and (21), which are later published in Great Indian Meals: Divinely Delicious and Supremely Nourishing, part 1 and part 2.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Kyoto Furitsu Bunka Kaikan (Kyoto Cultural Arts Hall) in Kyoto, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy dedicates a Peace Tree together with the Mayor of Colombo M. Hussain Mohamed in Victoria Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka. On his arrival at the tree planting ceremony, Sri Chinmoy is welcomed by a military band and garlanded by the Mayor. And, after the ceremony, the Mayor escorts Sri Chinmoy across the street to the Town Hall for a reception, introducing him one by one to the members of the Municipal Council who had waited in line to greet him.
Sri Chinmoy lifts several members of the Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa’s cabinet and ministry including Bradman Weerakoon, presidential advisor, at the Colombo Hilton in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (215) — under the patronage of Prime Minister Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, who also attends, along with Chief Minister Ranasinghe, Presidential Advisor Bradman Weerakoon, and the Mayor of Colombo M. Hussain Mohamed — at the Elphinstone Theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka. There, Sri Chinmoy lifts the Mayor of Colombo.
At the opening reception of a two-week exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks, the Rizal Memorial Library and Museum is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom in Cebu City, the Philippines. Sri Chinmoy donates two original paintings to the museum.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy's artworks opens in Suva, Fiji, including the large drawing that contains the 1,000,000th Soul-Bird.
Sri Chinmoy participates in the Sri Chinmoy Masters Games at the National Stadium in Suva, Fiji. He competes in the 100-metre and 200-metre races. Read the report in The Fiji Times...
Fiji’s capital city, Suva, is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital by Suva’s Lord Mayor, Councillor Manoa Dobui, at a ceremony attended by Sri Chinmoy and city officials, in Suva, Fiji. Read the report in The Fiji Times...
Sri Chinmoy meditates at Shwedagon Pagoda — also known as the Golden Pagoda — in Yangon, Myanmar.
An article about Sri Chinmoy’s upcoming Peace Concert and Peace Run in Penang appears in the Guang Ming Daily newspaper, a Chinese-language newspaper published in Malaysia.
Belarus is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy makes the second of three early-morning short videos of the setting moon and the rising sun near Varna in Bulgaria, during which he chants, prays and sings.