Sri Chinmoy gives a special talk about ‘The Significance of a Birthday’, in celebration of the thirty-fifth birthday of Mr. Eric Hughes, at his home in Greenwich Village in New York City, NY, USA. (On his arrival in New York In 1964, Sri Chinmoy initially stayed at the Greenwich Ave. apartment as the guest of Eric Hughes and Sam Spanier.)
Sri Chinmoy and his New York and Connecticut students participate in the first Sri Chinmoy Centre Sports Day held at Alley Pond Park in Queens, NY, USA. At almost 39 years of age, Sri Chinmoy places first in the discus and second in the shot put against a field of much younger competitors.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Does Meditation Encourage us to Escape from Reality?’, during a meeting in Conference Room 14 at the United Nations, New York.
Sri Chinmoy meets with sculptor Henry Moore, at his home in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, UK.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand Olympic running coach, at Progress-Promise meeting hall in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at the Oneness-World Festival in Berlin, Germany. He also composes two special songs for the occasion, entitled ‘Oneness-World-Peace-Family’.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Kurt Waldheim, President of Austria, and former United Nations Secretary-General, in Hofburg, Vienna, Austria.
Sri Chinmoy meditates at the inauguration of the US State of Massachusetts joining the worldwide Peace-Blossoms family as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-State, at a special ceremony held at Boston State House in Boston, MA, USA. Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld delivers the proclamation.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks is opened by Senator the Hon. Margaret Reynolds and Senator Sid Spindler, at the Senate Foyer of Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. The exhibition runs until 30 June.
An article, ‘California Seniors Games Gold Medal for Peace’, is published in a weekly Bengali language newspaper, which is distributed throughout Canada and the USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 226 volleyballs with his fingertips, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a morning Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 37th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy answers spiritual questions from his students at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers an evening Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 38th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert together with a 7-hour meditation, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Suriname is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Norway Award.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks opens at the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, in Kiev Ukraine.