July 12
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Satisfaction’, at the Fédération Internationale d’Acceuil in Paris, France.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘We Learn’, at Southampton College Theatre, Long Island University in Southampton, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy gives two spiritual talks, part of 100 lectures in 20 days.
Illumination, 8:15 a.m., Jamaica High School Track, Jamaica, NY, USA
Expectation, 1:50 p.m., Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium, United Nations, NY, USAThese talks (nos. 26-27) are later published in Everest-Aspiration, Part 2.
Sri Chinmoy offers an outdoor concert in Woodstock, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs a 2-mile race, placing third in the men’s 40-49 age group in a time of 15 min. 51 sec., at Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York. Twenty minutes later, he runs a 5-mile race in a time of 43 min. 33 sec.
Sri Chinmoy meets folk singer Richie Havens when he visits the Madal Circus practice in Queens, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy achieves a 1,400-lb. lift using a standing calf-raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy composes his 4,000th Bengali song Karo Alokito Karo Chira Alokito Antar, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy receives a Doctor of Philosophy in Peace Education Studies from the Pontifical Catholic University in Campinas, Brazil.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (515) in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 46th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON, Canada. He is welcomed by Toronto Mayor Barbara Hall.
Sri Chinmoy composes his 13,000th Bengali song Shakpura Shakpura Purba Shakpura Gram during an evening function with his students at the Kamakura Park Hotel in Kamakura, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Laxmi Mall Singhvi, former Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, in New York, NY, USA.
About On This Day
January 1st, 2011, saw the launch of a special feature on the front page of Sri Chinmoy Reflections — On This Day — a day-by-day account of Sri Chinmoy’s achievements. The accompanying pages expand the theme further by linking specific dates and events to video, audio and literary resources from this and many other related websites, enabling the reader to explore, in a systematic way, the vast catalogue of information about Sri Chinmoy’s life.
Many years ago at Aspiration-Ground, there was a large blackboard that displayed the scores of tennis matches Sri Chinmoy had played. Each morning, before Sri Chinmoy arrived at the court, the board would be cleaned and the date of the new day would be written in chalk at the top. Then, in yearly order, a list of different activities Sri Chinmoy had accomplished or had participated in would follow. Every day a new list would appear, and very rarely would there be a day without something to report.
Just before starting play of his usual round of morning tennis, Sri Chinmoy could be seen walking slowly across towards the blackboard to carefully study the list, and many times he would comment on what had been written. No doubt it brought back many fond memories for him.
Since his arrival in the West in 1964, many disparate lists have been compiled – running times and athletic highlights; poems written and songs composed; concerts performed and lectures delivered; weights hoisted and people lifted; paintings completed and drawings sketched; meditations, meetings, peace initiatives and prayers – viewed altogether, they represent an impressive chronology of achievement that reads more like the combined biographies of several highly talented people rather than one individual.
It is by the dedicated efforts of many who have meticulously recorded these events, which form the narrative of Sri Chinmoy’s remarkable life, that we are able to look back across the decades to take in this grand overview. We are grateful to all those who have collected and preserved this information over the years.
It is hoped that this section will, in some small way, carry on this inspirational tradition.
— Animesh Harrington
The information in the following pages has been compiled from many sources – Sri Chinmoy Library, Sri Chinmoy Songs, Sri Chinmoy TV and Radio Sri Chinmoy; Sri Chinmoy Centre newsletters, magazines, periodicals1; and informational booklets2; newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV interviews; yearly calendars and index cards; as well as analog and digital recordings.
Bibliography:
1 AUM (monthly magazine)
Jharna-Kala (art quarterly magazine)
Meditation at the United Nations (monthly bulletin)
Anahata Nada (monthly newsletter)
2 A Galaxy of Luminaries, Agni Press, New York, 1978
Sri Chinmoy: The Student of Peace (second edition), Aum Publications, New York
Sri Chinmoy: Emissary of Oneness-Peace
Sri Chinmoy A Global Man of Peace
Sri Chinmoy Dreamer of World Peace, Agni Press, New York, 1998 & 2000
Sri Chinmoy A Oneness-World-Dreamer
Oneness-World Peace-Blossoms, Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations, 25th Anniversary
500 Compassion-Blessing-Blossoms