Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and delivers a lecture, ‘Self-Knowledge’, at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, The Philippines.
Sri Chinmoy invites members of his recently formed university meditation groups — from Brandeis, Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Rutgers and Columbia to name a few — to a talk and meditation he is conducting especially for them, held in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Henry Labouisse, Executive Director of UNICEF, at UNICEF in New York.
Sri Chinmoy offers his first public esraj concert in continental USA at St. Thomas Church, cnr. 5th Avenue and 53rd Street, in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy writes fifteen poems (401-415) on 29 and 30 October, at his family home in Pondicherry, India. Later published in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 5.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Giani Zail Singh, President of India, in New York, NY, USA. Read more...
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation for the centenary of the Arya Samaj at the Hindu Temple Society of North America (Ganesh Temple) in Flushing, NY, USA, where he meets with Dr. Panchapakesa Jayaraman, Founder and Executive Director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA, for the first time.
Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 1,700 lbs. using a standing calf raise, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts a 605-lb. pumpkin in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 53 people, including members of the medical and religious communities in Jamaica, NY, USA.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (USA) in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy visits ‘Sacred Rock’ — home of Grammy-Award-winning musician Narada Michael Walden in Tiburon, California, USA — to dedicate the first Sri Chinmoy statue. He meditates with Narada privately and then meets with many of Narada's seeker-friends. During their private meditation, Sri Chinmoy offers Narada a special message. (The installation was commissioned by Narada and created by renowned British sculptor Kaivalya Torpy.)
Sri Chinmoy is guest of honour at the Iceland Sri Chinmoy Peace Nation Inauguration Ceremony hosted by Reykjavik Mayor Ingibjörg Gísladóttir at Hofdi House (site of Presidents Gorbachev and Reagan 1986 Summit) in Reykjavik, Iceland. Former Prime Minister Steingrímur Hermannsson also lent his support to the occasion.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (600) at Reykjavik University Theatre in Reykjavik, Iceland. At the concert, Sri Chinmoy recites 40 poems on the theme ‘Here and Now’, later published in a book of the same name.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, virtuoso guitarist and 1994 Grammy Award Winner, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy composes a song in honor of Iceland.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Mary Robinson, President of Ireland (1990-1997) and former UN High Commissioner for Refugees (1997-2002), in Jamaica, NY, USA.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the Russian Culture Informational Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria.