Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘I Watch, I Pray’, at Long Island University in Greenvale, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs personal bests for 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 miles – his 3-mile split time is 21:31 (7:10/mile pace); 4-mile split time is 29:04 (7:16/mile pace); 5-mile split time is 36:39 (7:20/mile pace); 6-mile split time is 44:09 (7:21/mile pace); and 7-mile time is 51:18 (7:20/mile pace – at the Sri Chinmoy 7-mile Race in Fairfield, CT, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Stadthalle in Freiburg, Germany.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy receives the Award of Excellence from the UN Society of Writers (the society’s highest award) for the completion of his 900th book, Love, Compassion, Forgiveness, which he had dedicated to President Gorbachev. Sri Chinmoy then reads two of his poems — his very first poem in English, ‘The Golden Flute’ written c. 1952-53, and a poem he had written just a few hours prior to the award ceremony held at the United Nations in New York. Sri Chinmoy concludes with a note of gratitude to his hosts and a short talk, entitled ‘American Freedom In My Poetry’.