Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Self-Discovery and Transformation’; and the final in the series of four lectures on Kundalini Yoga, entitled ‘The Yoga of Shakti’, at New York University in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture (9 a.m.), entitled ‘Friendship’, in Room 104, Student Center, at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, USA.
Sri Chinmoy completes 100 large Jharna-Kala paintings in 19 hours, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy creates seven Jharna-Kala chalk sketches in Sydney, NSW, Australia, which he presents to the Sydney Centre.
Sri Chinmoy visits the home of the Australian film and TV actor-singer Barry Crocker and his wife Dene in Sydney’s northern suburbs for a picnic with his students.
Sri Chinmoy makes the first recording of his esraj music at Tin Pan Alley Music Studios in Sydney, Australia. He was the first person to record an album there. The vinyl LP record, which also contains vocal tracks, was subsequently released as ‘Peace-Light-Delight’.
Sri Chinmoy takes an evening boat cruise on Sydney Harbour aboard the ‘Captain Cook’ ferry and gives a talk on the ‘Golden Boat’, which is recorded by ABC Radio. The captain allows Sri Chinmoy to steer the ferry for a time.
Sri Chinmoy meets with UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim at the United Nations in New York and presents him with the book U Thant: Divinity’s Smile and Humanity’s Cry.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘We Concentrate, We Meditate’, at Pace University in White Plains, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy returns to run the Bidwell Classic marathon in a time of 4:30:21 in Chico, CA, USA. He ran his first-ever marathon here, two years earlier, on 3 March 1979.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Matina Horner, President of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates Harvard Peace Meditation; offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘First Become Peace-Dreamers’, at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert with a piano performance and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Perfection-Fragrance’, and recites two Peace-Concert poems, at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 22 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy gives a discourse on ‘Attachment to Time’ in response to a question from one of his students, at his home in Jamaica, New York, USA.
Sri Chinmoy gives a private organ recital at Hallgrimskirkja — the Church of Hallgrímur — in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Sri Chinmoy lifts H.E. Mrs. Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice-President of The Gambia, in Jamaica, NY, USA.