Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Pope John Paul II for the second time in St. Peter’s, at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. There, Sri Chinmoy presents him with a portfolio containing the song he had written for him and other songs he had set to music from the Pontiff’s own words.

Sri Chinmoy offers an inspirational talk to the runners at the start of the first Sri Chinmoy 7-Day Race held in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 31 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Koncerthuset in Stockholm, Sweden.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Medical Association Hall (MPMA) in Miyazaki, Japan. He dedicates the concert to Leonard Bernstein on the third anniversary of his passing.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (430) — the 30th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at the Palais des congrès de Montréal to an audience of 13,000 in Montreal, QC, Canada.

An interview with Sri Chinmoy is published in Star Tribune, Metro/State, Minnesota, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is chosen by Billie Jean King, legendary tennis player, to introduce her to President Mikhail Gorbachev when she receives the ‘Women’s World Award’ from the President at the Manhattan Center Studios in New York, NY, USA.