Some of Sri Chinmoy’s aphorisms and meditations (nos. 75-168) are placed inside fortune cookies, which he hands out to his disciples in the Manhattan Centre. He then asks them to read out the meditation in their cookie and proceeds to elaborate on each one. A similar meeting was held for the New York Centre disciples on 1 September 1974 where he handed out aphorisms (nos. 1-74). All 168 aphorisms are later published in his book, Fortune-Philosophy.
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert, attended by Ambassador Davidson Hepburn of the Bahamas in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations, New York.
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Robert Swan for Simply Living magazine, in Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Pat Clohessy, head long-distance running coach at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), in Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 300 lbs. — a total of 600 lbs. — with both arms simultaneously five times, at 8:05 a.m., in his home gym in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation at the Interfaith NGO Ceremony for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, sponsored by the Interfaith Center of New York and the Temple of Understanding, attended by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy embarks on a whirlwind Peace Concert tour through Germany, which will include performing in a different city every day for eight straight days. The tour begins with a Peace Concert at Stadthalle, Colombi Park, in Freiburg, then moves to Mannheim, Nurnberg Munich, Dresden, Berlin, Dortmund and Hamburg.