Sri Chinmoy completes his 100,000th Jharna-Kala painting in Jamaica, NY, USA. From November 19, 1974, when he first began painting, it took just 10½ months for him to reach his goal. During the final 10 days of his painting marathon, he barely slept, completing as many as 5,000 works per day.
Sri Chinmoy meets with former American tennis champion Jack Kramer — ranked world no. 1 in 1946 and winner of three Grand Slam tournaments — in Southern California, CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (2 p.m.), entitled ‘Our Soulful Prayer and Our Fruitful Meditation’, at the University of Southern California in Pasadena, CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (8 p.m.), entitled ‘Music’, at the University of California in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers an inspirational message, entitled, ‘You have Peace’, after morning sports practice and a meditation at Jamaica High School track in Jamaica, New York.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Narasimha Rao, Minister of External Affairs of India, at a special programme hosted in his honour by Sri Chinmoy Meditation at the United Nations in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York. As part of the function Sri Chinmoy’s song ‘Brother Narasimha Rao!’ is performed by the meditation group choir.
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital (13) at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (130) at the St. Paul Civic Center to an audience of 7,000 in St. Paul, MN, USA. At the concert, Sri Chinmoy had a reunion with Ida Patterson, whom he first met in 1962 at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India. In 1965, after Sri Chinmoy had come to America, she arranged for him to give a series of talks in her home city of Minneapolis.
Sri Chinmoy visits the ‘Impossibility-Challenger Games’ in Zurich, Switzerland, where he lifts 58 people, including Paul-Jean Guillaume, 1986 Mr. Universe, welterweight class; and Tony Pearson, 1980 Mr. Universe, 6-time World Champion in mixed pairs (1982-1988), 1979 Mr. World, 1978 Mr. America.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Luis Alberto Lacalle, President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, at the United Nations in New York, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also lifts the President as part of the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (245) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy begins a series of miniature clay sculptures at his home in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert to an audience of 15,010 at the T-Mobile Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at Yoga & Du in Graz, Austria.