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Sri Chinmoy, the Indian yogi who heads the UN Meditation Group*, surpassed his own unofficial world’s record for poetry-writing in a 24-hour period by writing 843 spiritual poems between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday. The 44-year-guru, whose disciples include jazz-rock guitarists John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana, h.ad previously written 360 poems in one day on April 28. He said he used powers of concentration developed through meditation to keep himself going.
Published in NEW YORK POST, November 1st, 1975
* Later renamed, Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations