An Expression of Gratitude
Just seven days after their first meeting, a messenger arrived with a personal gift to Sri Chinmoy from Leonard Bernstein. The gift was an original manuscript of a song about Sri Chinmoy which the Maestro had composed in his own hand. It was inscribed:
"Profound thanks to Sri Chinmoy and his forty angel-voices (Olivier, Archangel) from Leonard Bernstein, 28 March 1979." It is a musical piece for sitar, flute, tabla, bass and drone and is based on the Indian raga "Bahar" which honours the coming of spring. The words to the song are:
"Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy,
Free in joy!
Thank you, thank you, Sri Chinmoy —
You brought Leonard Bernstein joy."
Published in Four Summit-Height-Melodies Meet With Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at James J. Reynolds Junior High School in Brooklyn.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Sri Chinmoy offers a World Harmony Concert, sponsored by the Canadian Ambassador to UNESCO, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.