Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Power’, at the Luther I. Bonney Hall, University of Maine, in Orono, ME, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Time’, at the Happy Valley Common Room, Marlboro College, in Marlboro, VT, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Muhammad Ali for the first time in Puerto Rico, and then attends one of his training sessions. At the time of the meeting, the legendary boxer was the 1960 Olympic light-heavyweight gold medalist, and the world heavyweight champion 1964-67 and 1974-75.
Sri Chinmoy meets with tennis champion Yannick Noah at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘I Can Have Peace’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy composes his 5,000th Bengali song, Tumi Karunar Sindhu Ami Eshanar Bindu, in Bali, Indonesia.
Sri Chinmoy meets with President of Indonesia B.J. Habibie at an official state function in the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Brazil is dedicated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation at a commemorative ceremony held by the Minister of Sports and Tourism Rafael Greca de Maceda, and other government officials, at the Parliament of Good Will in Brasilia, Brazil.
East Timor is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.