Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Seeker’s Journey, at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK.
Sri Chinmoy has his first meeting with Rafael Hernández Colón, Governor of Puerto Rico, at the Governor’s Residence in Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy rides a cable car to the valley of Mount Säntis in northeastern Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy dedicates a ‘Tree of Meditation’ at Rieterberg Park in Zurich, Switzerland, which had been planted there by the City Council of Zurich on 6 June in honour of his visit to Zurich. Officiating at the dedication is Herr Schmid, First Adjunct of City Planning.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India, at the United Nations in New York. In the Prime Minister’s honour, members of the Meditation Group at the United Nations sing a song Sri Chinmoy had composed about him. Sri Chinmoy presents him with a plaque of appreciation with an inscription of the song.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Ambassador Yadab Silwal of Nepal and Ambassador Arthur De Silva of Sri Lanka and their families at his private tennis court in Jamaica, NY, USA. The spiritual leader of ‘Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations’ played tennis with his guests and conclude the meeting with a meditation and the performance of two songs honouring the ambassadors’ countries.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Peace, Happiness and Freedom’, at the University of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 287-pound wrestler professional wrestler Hillbilly Jim with his calf muscles using a seated calf-raise machine at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also sings a song he had composed in the wrestler’s honour.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘I Must and I Must’, at the University of Portland in Portland, OR, USA.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Italian Garden in Tokyo, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘World Peace Through Culture’, in the George Sverdrups Hus Library, Blindern Campus, at the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway. Sri Chinmoy was invited to offer this lecture by Dr. Per Kvaerne, Professor of History and Religion at the Department of Cultural Studies, University of Oslo. Professor Kvaerne has been a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences for twenty-five years and is the world’s leading authority on Tibetan religions.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Muhammad Ali — ‘The Greatest’ — three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion and 1960 Olympic gold medallist, at Oneness-Family School in Chevy Chase, MD, USA. Sri Chinmoy also lifts Muhammad Ali’s wife Lonnie at the same time.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 745 lbs. with one arm in Jamaica, NY, USA.