Sri Chinmoy completes 630 rhyming poems in English during a 24-hour period — midnight to midnight — in Jamaica, NY, USA. The poems were subsequently published as A Soulful Cry Versus a Fruitful Smile.

After traversing New York State for 10 days, the ‘Aspiration-Plants and Gratitude-Leaves of New York’ 700-mile walk finishes with a special celebration and meditation at the Sri Chinmoy Church in Bayside, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 80 lbs. using one arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy composes the song, Lifting Up the World, which has since been sung at all his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness Heart’ Award programmes.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 13 people, including Dr. Hari B. Joshi, Consul-General of the Kingdom of Nepal to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts numerous people, including Bruce Merrifield, 1984 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry. Also lifted 8 people on using an overhead calf raise, including Addwitiya Roberta Flack and Mokshagun Clarence Clemons, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy plays his longest piano improvisation of 69 minutes in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (421) — the 21st of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy plays a 65-minute piano improvisation, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 23 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Puerto Rico Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Karina Shadoyan, Olympic wrestler, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, entitled ‘Devotion and Eagerness, Love and Faith’,  at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts the renowned Indian violinist L. Subramaniam and his family at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Listen to the concert...