Sri Chinmoy meets with Pope Paul VI for the first time, at the Vatican. The Holy Father presents Sri Chinmoy with the Papal Medal.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a midday lecture, entitled ‘Aspiration’, at Queen's University in Kingston, ON, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy delivers an 8 p.m. lecture, entitled ‘Progress’, at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy gives an extemporaneous talk to his disciples about how to sing his most sacred song The Invocation, during a bus trip to Boston, MA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation in Boston, MA, USA. While there, Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by two Boston journalists.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Spirituality Speaks to Simplicity’, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy runs the Brooklyn Half-Marathon, in Brooklyn, NY, USA. He completes the course in a time of 1:57:28 — an 8:58/mile pace.
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Buchman Hall in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert with a piano performance at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy is presented with the ‘Our Lady, Queen of Peace’ award by the international Catholic service organisation, the Legion of Mary, during one of the regular weekly meditation meeting Sri Chinmoy conducts at the United Nations in New York. The award is made by Dr. Charles Mercieca on behalf of the Legion.
Later in the day at the UN, Sri Chinmoy is also presented with the ‘Albert Einstein Peace Medallion’ by the founder and president of the Albert Einstein International Academy Foundation, Dr. Marcel Dingli-Attard (a Maltese diplomat). The Academy is an educational and research organisation with headquarters in Independence, Missouri.
Sri Chinmoy runs two solo time trials for 100 metres at an indoor venue in Warsaw, Poland. The first trial is run in 14.60 seconds; the second, in 14.73 seconds. His bodyweight is approximately 153 pounds.
Sri Chinmoy attends the inauguration of a Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile at Park Szczęśliwice (State of Happiness) in Warsaw, Poland.
The Gambia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously — a total weight of 400 lbs. — in Jamaica, NY, USA.
India’s capital New Delhi is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom by Mayor Meera Kanwaria.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 35 Guyanese and Indian citizens, in Jamaica, NY, USA.