June 21
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Spiritual Master’, at Oakland High School, in Mansfield, England, UK.
Sri Chinmoy departs John F. Kennedy Airport, in New York, USA, on Pan Am Flight 100 to London, UK, to commence his fourth European lecture tour. On the flight, he begins writing a 1,000-poem series entitled Europe-Blossoms. Poems 1-100 are written during the flight, and in London and Cambridge, England.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Confidence’, at Cambridge University, England, UK.
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed on Radio Orwell in Ipswich, England, UK. Listen to the recording...
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Human Teachers and Divine Teachers’, at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall, Ipswich, England, UK.
Sri Chinmoy gives a television interview on ITV, in Ipswich, England, UK.
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, entitled ‘A Seeker is a Singer’, at Trinity Church in Boston, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy starts off the Empire State Bicycle Relay, a cycling relay traversing the 13 original states of the Union, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy first lifts 240½ lbs. using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA. His body weight of 159 ¾ pounds.
Sri Chinmoy competes in the 100 metres at 9:00 p.m. at the Shore Athletic Club Meet in New Jersey, USA. He finishes in a time of 15.7 seconds.
Guinea is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter and her two daughters at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. He also offers a short esraj performance.
From June 21st 2006 until the last runner finishes the 3100-Mile Self-Transcendence Race on August 10th 2006, Sri Chinmoy offers them a daily prayer, which is distributed to each runner and also posted on the bulletin board at the counting station.
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