Sri Chinmoy runs a two-mile ‘Runners are Smilers’ race in a time of 29:02 at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York.

 

After inaugurating a Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile in East Berlin in the morning, Sri Chinmoy lifts two East German athletes — world canoeing champion Birgit Fischer-Schmidt and gymnastic vaulting champion Jörg Behrend — in the afternoon.

 

Race prayer

 

My Lord,
Do give my heart the strength
To love You most intensely.
My Lord,
Do give my life the strength
To need You most sincerely.
My Lord,
Do give my legs the strength
To run most speedily.
My Lord,
Do give me the strength
To manifest You here on earth
Most unconditionally.

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer before the start of the two-mile Self-Transcendence race in Langkawi, Malaysia.

Published in My Race-Prayers, part 2

 

Race prayer

 

My failure-life
Is painful.
My success-life
Is delightful.
My progress-life
Is powerful.

Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer before the start of the two-mile Self-Transcendence race in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Published in My Race-Prayers, part 3