January
1st - First New Year Message (1966) Sri Chinmoy offers his first New Year’s message at a meeting
5th - One-Million Soul-Birds (1994) Sri Chinmoy completes 1 million soul-bird drawings
10th - First University Lecture (1968) Sri Chinmoy gives his first university lecture, entitled ‘Spirituality: What it is and What it is not’ - University of the West Indies.
24th - Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants completed (1998) Read more…
24th - Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees started (1998)
30th - Sri Chinmoy lifts 7,063¾ lbs. with his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA (1987). Read article…
February
9th - First Seven-hour meditation (1975)
12th - First talk in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium (1971) at the United Nations in New York. It is entitled, ‘Meditation: Self-Transcendence’.
17th - Esraj Anniversary (1974). Sri Chinmoy plays the Indian esraj for the first time in public, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
18th - Piano Anniversary (1987) Sri Chinmoy spontaneously improvises on a piano at his home in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
26th - First visit to Russia (2001) Sri Chinmoy visits Russia at the invitation of President Gorbachev for his 70th birthday.
March
3rd - First Marathon (1979) Sri Chinmoy runs his first marathon in a time of 4:31:34 at the Bidwell Classic in Chico, CA, USA
10th - Western Flute Anniversary (1976) Sri Chinmoy first learns to play the Western flute on a bus journey to Healesville Sanctuary on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Read article…
15th - Peace Mile (1986) The first Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile was inaugurated in London. (more)
22nd - First meeting with Pope John Paul VI (1972). Sri Chinmoy meets with Pope Paul VI for the first time at the Vatican.
24th - First Peace Concert (1984) Sri Chinmoy offers his first Peace Concert (1) — ‘Peace: God's Beauty in His Oneness-Home’ — in Cologne, Germany.
25th - Fastest Marathon (1979) Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for the marathon in a time of 3:55:07 (8:58 pace) at the Heart-Watchers Marathon in Toledo, OH, USA.
April
13th - Arrived in the West (1964) Sri Chinmoy lands at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, 13 April 1964.
13th - First April Celebration (1967) The first official April 13th celebration of Sri Chinmoy’s arrival in the West is held by the AUM Centre in New York, NY, USA.
14th - Inauguration of Meditations at the UN (1970) - at the invitation of then Secretary-General U Thant, Sri Chinmoy began conducting twice-weekly meditations at the United Nations.
23rd - First Public Meditation (1971) Sri Chinmoy holds his first public meditation and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Arise! Awake!’, at Columbia University in New York, NY,
24th - Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom (1989) First Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom – Rhode Island
27th - Start of Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run (1987) The first Peace Run begins at Battery Park in New York, NY, USA.
May
26th - Organ Anniversary (1987) Sri Chinmoy first plays the organ, which he calls The Summit-Song of Self-Transcendence, in Fraumünster Church, Zurich, Switzerland. Watch the video...
29th - First Meeting with President Gorbachev (1990) Sri Chinmoy has his first meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
31st - Sitar Anniversary (2003) Sri Chinmoy begins playing the sitar in Jamaica, NY, USA.
June
1st - Start of long-distance running (1978) Sri Chinmoy begins long-distance running at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA, USA.
10th - Aspiration-Ground Anniversary (1981) Sri Chinmoy inaugurates his own tennis court – Jamaica, New York. Talk on "Aspiration-Ground"
12th - Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race (1997). Start of the first Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race, Jamaica, New York
13th - Tennis Anniversary (1977) Sri Chinmoy started playing tennis
3rd Sun of June - Father's Day. Special events related to Father's Day
18th - First Meeting with Pope John Paul II (1980). Sri Chinmoy first meets with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Vatican City.
20th - Dance of Life completed (1973). Sri Chinmoy completes a series of 1,000 poems, later published in The Dance of Life parts 1-20.
26th - Weightlifting Anniversary (1985) Sri Chinmoy begins his weightlifting career with an overhead lift of 40 lbs. at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
26th - Lifting Up the World With a Oneness-Heart (1988). Sri Chinmoy inaugurates the Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart Award by lifting Mahasamrat Bill Pearl in New York, NY, USA.
July
1st - Everest-Aspiration first talk (1977) Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, ‘I Pray, I Meditate’ which is the start of Everest-Aspiration.
3rd - Ten Thousand Flower-Flames completed (1983) Sri Chinmoy completes his epic 10,000-poem series, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames.
13th - Europe Blossoms completed (1974) Sri Chinmoy completes his 1,000-poetry volume, entitled Europe-Blossoms.
20th - Everest-Aspiration completed (1977)
22nd - First AUM Centre, Miramar, Santurce, Puerto Rico - Sri Chinmoy inaugurates the first AUM Centre — later known as the Sri Chinmoy Centre — in Miramar, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
August
4th - 7,040¼-lb Left Arm Lift. Sri Chinmoy lifts 7040¼ lbs. using only his left arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
27th - Sri Chinmoy's Birthday (1931). Sri Chinmoy is born Thursday, August 27th, 1931, in the small village of East Shakpura, Chittagong, Bengal. The first issue of AUM magazine is published.
27th - Invocation composed (1967) Sri Chinmoy reveals his most sacred song ‘The Invocation’, on the occasion of his 36th Birthday.
27th - 47-Mile Race (1979) Sri Chinmoy runs his first ultra-marathon (47 miles in 12:41:48) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
31st - From the Source to the Source (1977) 401 poems in 24 hours.
September
27th - Cello Anniversary (1983). Sri Chinmoy first plays the cello in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
October
11th - Mahasamadhi (2007) Sri Chinmoy enters Mahasamadhi at his home in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
15th - President Gorbachev at Aspiration Ground (2006) Sri Chinmoy welcomes President Mikhail Gorbachev to Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
22nd - Ten Thousand Flower-Flames started (1979)
November
1st - Transcendence-Perfection (1975) Sri Chinmoy completes 843 poems in 24 hours.
19th - Jharna-Kala anniversary (1974) Sri Chinmoy creates his first artwork in the West in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
26th - First talk at the United Nations (1968) "The Song Universal"
December
4th - First lecture at US university - Yale (1968) Sri Chinmoy delivers his first lecture at an American university, entitled ‘God’s Dream-Boat and Man’s Life-Boat’, at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA.
29th - Soul-Bird drawings begin (1991). Sri Chinmoy begins his ‘Dream-Freedom-Peace-Birds’ (Soul-Bird drawings) at the Mistra Village Hotel in St. Paul’s Bay, Malta.
