Sri Chinmoy greets the Liberty Torch Runners as they conclude their epic 9,000-mile, non-stop relay through all 50 states of America, at the steps of Federal Hall in New York City, NY, USA. Speaking at the event, New York City Mayor Abraham Beame said, “I am proud of the fact that this super-marathon began here in Battery Park in sight of our Statue of Liberty…”
Sri Chinmoy meets with Mayor Ed Koch and receives a Special Citation from the Mayor on the steps of City Hall in New York, NY, USA.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at 133 West 24th Street, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (12) at Riverside Church in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy resumes his sprinting career in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (234) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 61 people for a total of 9,587 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (424) — the 24th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy attends the closing ceremony of the ‘Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run’ in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
Iceland is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Chad is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at which he plays on 70 pianos for his 70th birthday at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy performs ‘Kshamar Adarshar’, (‘Megher Koler’) the immortal Bengali story The Ideal of Forgiveness by Sri Aurobindo that Sri Chinmoy rendered into Bengali verse in 1946 at age 14. At a total of 200 lines, it is Sri Chinmoy’s longest Bengali song, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy composes the Bengali song ‘Pranati Janai Ravi Shankar’ in honour of the great Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. Sri Chinmoy’s performance of this song is later released on a CD entitled Pranati–Obeisance and can be heard on Radio Sri Chinmoy.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 people, including Reverend Daniel Deane, weighing 585 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously composes 74 Bengali songs from previously written poems for his 74th birthday. He also sings 26 new Bengali compositions from memory, accompanying himself on the keyboard, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy offers these songs to his brother Chitta, who had taught him how to write poetry.