Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture entitled ‘Why Do I Have To Become Spiritual?’, as part of the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture Series, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy is honoured by Donald Irwin, Mayor of Norwalk, in Norwalk, CT, USA.
Sri Chinmoy cooks a 22-course meal for 465 of his students to honour the third anniversary of Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA. He begins cooking at 1 a.m. and finishes nearly 14 hours later. Orders come in from his meditation centres as far away as Europe and Australia, and 265 of the dinners are then sent by air express to destinations around the world.
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates a new meditation centre in the New York area — the Silver Group.
Sri Chinmoy opens a Santana concert with a silent meditation for world peace at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, USA. 19,000 people join with him in meditation.
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk entitled, ‘Hope’, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Following the talk, Sri Chinmoy answers questions from the audience.
The first Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile — a permanently marked running course along the river Thames — is inaugurated by the Mayor of Wandsworth in Battersea Park in London, UK. Also attending the ceremony are, Members of Parliament, British running champions and dignitaries representing the Greater London Council, the United Nations Association and the Church. The programme includes several races, ending with a peace walk around the course, led by Sri Chinmoy. The ‘Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile’ song, which Sri Chinmoy composed earlier in the day, is sung at the ceremony.
Sri Chinmoy receives the World Citizen Humanitarian Award from the World Peace University in Eugene, OR, USA. Dr. F. Richard Schneider, the Chancellor of the private educational institution, which has campuses in Oregon, Chile and Bangladesh, presents the award.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Prof. Dr. Anita B. Pfaff, daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and Prof. Dr. Martin Pfaff, Member of the Bundestag, at their home in Augsburg, Germany.
Moldova is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.