Sri Chinmoy leaves New York for a nine-day visit to Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy gives his first radio talk on Radio Station WITA (‘Imparcial’). He speaks for eight minutes on the subject, ‘What Does Your Soul Need?’
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed on Temas del momento, ‘Themes of the moment’, a TV programme directed by Mr Evelio Otero, in Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Inner Obedience’, at the University of Bristol, in Bristol, UK.
Sri Chinmoy has his first meeting with Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General, and receives the UN Silver Medallion, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy gives six spiritual talks part of 100 lectures in 20 days.
Why Do I Hide?, 8:30 a.m., Jamaica High School Track, Jamaica, NY, USA
I Am In Preparation, 12:20 p.m., John F. Kennedy High School, Bronx, NY, USA
Humility And Compassion, 6:25 p.m., In transit to New Jersey, USA
Obedience, 6:45 p.m., In transit to New Jersey, USA
I Need More, 9:05 p.m., Kean College, Union, NJ, USA
Salvation, Liberation, Realisation, Perfection and Satisfaction, 10:00 p.m., In transit to Jamaica, NY, USA
These talks (nos. 44-49) are later published in Everest-Aspiration, Part 2.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Will Stone Collection in San Francisco, CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs with his friend Alexandr Gorelik from the Russian Foreign Ministry in a special invitational 100-metre race during the Sri Chinmoy Masters Games at Victory Field in Queens, New York. He records a time of 15.07 seconds though, unfortunately, he injures himself and is unable to run again for eleven months.
Sri Chinmoy holds a memorial for the passing of his dear sister Lily (27 Oct circ 1920–16 May 1999) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, USA.
An article about Sri Chinmoy and the World's Parliament of Religions is published in Thikana, the most widely circulated Bangla newspaper.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Muhammad Ali’s daughter Khaliah Ali at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also gives a short esraj concert.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Old First Reformed Church in Brooklyn, NY, USA.