Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the Fifth World Spiritual Summit with UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim at the United Nations in New York, at which Sri Chinmoy first meets Mother Teresa.

Sri Chinmoy observes United Nations Day with a special programme in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy has his third meeting with Kurt Waldheim, UN Secretary-General, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy presents 100 of his published books to Tokyo University in Tokyo, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and concert at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy writes a song for New Zealand runner Allison Roe, NYC Marathon Champion, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy runs the New York City Marathon in a time of 4:44:41 in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Bill McCreary, Emmy Award-winning News Broadcaster in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 13 people, including Robert F. Van Lierop, Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to the UN, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Metropolitan University Theater in Cupey, Puerto Rico.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 300 lbs. with each arm separately after only 25 days of practice; lifts bodybuilders with left leg only (2568 lbs.); and lifts the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers (2,770 lbs.) in Jamaica, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at Künstlerhaus in Vienna, Austria.