Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Quintessence of Mysticism’, at the American University, Washington, DC, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers the first of seven lectures, entitled ‘Spiritual Power, Occult Power and Will Power’, at George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA.
Sri Chinmoy holds a memorial programme for the third UN Secretary-General U Thant (22 Jan. 1909 – 25 Nov. 1974), at the United Nations in New York for the anniversary of his birth.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Ambassador Zenon Rossides of Cyprus for the first time, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy writes 4 more Indian stories (78-80) and (81), which are later published in Great Indian Meals: Divinely Delicious and Supremely Nourishing, part 4 and part 5.
Sri Chinmoy holds a 13-hour meditation and plays 86 instruments — first session 63 instruments, second session 23 instruments — in Jamaica, NY, USA.
The Kartika Plaza Hotel in Kuta, Kabupaten Badung, Bali, Indonesia, renames its ocean-facing gates the Sri Chinmoy Peace Gateway.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 53 people in 90 minutes, a total weight of 8,018 pounds, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
The world’s first Sri Chinmoy Peace Library is inaugurated at the Biblioteca Publica Municipal-Tomas de Iriarte, in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, Spain. Also, the world’s first Sri Chinmoy Peace Beach is inaugurated at Playa Coronella at Puerto de la Cruz; and the world’s first Sri Chinmoy Peace House at the Casa de Los Balcones (House of the Balconies) in Orotava is inaugurated.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Silliman University, in Dumaguete the Philippines.
Sri Chinmoy participates in the Sri Chinmoy Masters Games in Stade Pater, the national stadium, in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. His time for 100 metres is 15.29, and his time for 200 metres is 34.03.
Sri Chinmoy participates in a Runners are Smilers 2-mile race in Durban, South Africa. His finishing time is 21:02.
Sri Chinmoy tours Phoenix Settlement, where Mahatma Gandhi once lived, led by his granddaughters Ela Gandhi and Sita Dhupelia, in Durban, South Africa.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Junshin Joshi Catholic Girls School in Kagoshima, Japan.
The Mexican daily newspaper Diario de Yucatán (Yucatan Daily) reports on Sri Chinmoy’s Peace Concert in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
Sri Chinmoy meets with the President of Mexico, Dr. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, at his official residence in Los Pinos, Mexico City, where he receives the ‘Heart of Gold’ award from the Society of Lyricists and Composers. The Society has some 30,000 members, and up to now, the award has only been given to Pope John Paul II, Tenor Plácido Domingo, singer-lyricist and producer John Gabriel and the Director General of the WIPO Agency of the United Nations.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 70 people at the Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Sri Chinmoy gives a short talk entitled ‘Our Philosophy’, at the Awana Kijal Golf, Beach and Spa Resort, in Kijal, Malaysia.