Sri Chinmoy begins his first European Lecture Tour with a lecture, entitled ‘Is Death the End?’, later published in My Rose Petals, Part 1, at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England UK.
Sri Chinmoy lifts members of the Fire Department (1,767 lbs.) and 1959 Morris Minor automobile (2,078 lbs.) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, including a piano performance, at the Parc des Expositions in Montpellier, France.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Pilgrim-Peace-Blossoms in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the James L. Knight International Center in Miami, FL, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts a total weight of 126,902 lbs. in one day* in New York, USA.
• The morning programme, held outside Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, includes lifting a 4-ton elephant with Mahasamrat Bill Pearl sitting on top (8,475 lbs.); a car 2 horses, a sailboat and a small house.
• The evening programme, called ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart: The Body’s Fitness-Gong and the Soul’s Fulness-Song’, is held at Francis Lewis School Auditorium in Fresh Meadows, NY. There, Sri Chinmoy performs multiple weightlifting feats: lifting 36 people, including Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic long jump gold medallist, whose world record stood for 23 years; Carlos Buhler, Himalayan mountain climber; Diane Dixon, twice Olympic 400-metres relay medallist, gold and silver (1984, 1988); Dan Lurie, pioneer of bodybuilding, and President of the World Bodybuilding Guild; Edit Bérces, ultra-distance runner, the world-record holder for 24 hours, 100 miles and 200 kilometres; H.E. Vijay Nambiar, Permanent Representative of India to the UN; Valmir Nunes, ultra-distance runner, twice World Champion for 100 kilometres; and Christoph Sieber, 2000 Olympic windsurfing gold medallist.
* During the week November 2–9, Sri Chinmoy lifts a total weight of 259,942 lbs.