Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, entitled ‘Has Your Soul a Special Mission?’ – the seventh in a Spring series of classes on Yoga – at the home of Mrs. Ruth Moseley in Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy composes the song, ‘O Kurt Waldheim’ about the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1972-1981).

Sri Chinmoy gives a short talk, entitled ‘On a Birthday’, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert together with a piano performance at Mozarthalle in Mannheim, Rosengarten, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy hoists a 200-pound weight overhead, using only his right arm, to celebrate Congressman Gary Ackerman’s success in reducing his weight from 300 to 200 pounds. The New York Congressman, who had been invited to open the Sri Chinmoy 1,000-Mile Race in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York, is there to personally witness the lift. 

An article about Sri Chinmoy presenting the U Thant Peace Award to environmentalist Maurice Strong is published in the New York-based weekly, Asia Online No. 123, Vol. II.

Sri Chinmoy receives an invitation from Lester Kurtz, Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies, to be presented with the ‘Peace Educator’ award at the University of Texas at Austin.

Jamaica, West Indies, is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy answers a question from Steve Finley, Major League baseball player with the Arizona Diamondbacks, at The Smile of the Beyond luncheonette in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts university professors at Brown University in Providence, RI, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts university professors at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Ulaanbaatar Palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.