Sri Chinmoy composes 34 short poems or aphorisms on spiritual words that are given to him by the disciples travelling with him on a bus ride from Montreal to Ottawa in Canada. They are later published in Light-Delight-Journeys.
Sri Chinmoy completes 16,031 Jharna-Kala paintings in 24 hours, at his home in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a prayer session for hostages in Iran at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best for the 22-lb. shot put of 6.32 metres in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts H.E. Mr. Ismael Abraao, Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Ravi Shankar, sitar player, and multiple Grammy Award winner; also lifted is his wife Sukanya and daughter Anoushka at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, Queens, New York. In the evening, Sri Chinmoy honours Ravi Shankar and his family at a gala event of music and plays performed by members of Sri Chinmoy Centre at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA
Sri Chinmoy lifts Sarvottama Tatyana Lebedeva, 2004 Olympic Long Jump gold medallist and 2004 Olympic Triple Jump bronze medallist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.