PEACE DEDICATION HELD IN HOFDI HOUSE
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Iceland was formally dedicated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms-Nation Oct. 30 at Hofdi House, where Presidents Gorbachev and Reagan held their 1986 summit meeting.
Speakers included the President of the Icelandic Parliament, Halldor Blondal, Reykjavik’s Mayor Ingibjorg Gisladottir and former Prime Minister Steingrimur Hermannsson.
At the end, Sri Chinmoy meditated and spoke.
Calling Iceland “the land of peace,” he said, “Iceland is my heart”s home.”
After the ceremony, Sri Chinmoy meditated at the table where the Soviet and American Presidents had conferred.
600TH PEACE CONCERT GIVEN IN REYKJAVIK
REYKJAVIK — Sri Chinmoy gave his 600th Peace Concert the evening of Oct. 30 in Reykjavik’s University Theater.
Since he held his first Peace Concert in Cologne, Germany, in 1984, the spiritual leader has travelled the length and breadth of the world offering his philosophy of peace through music.
Caption:
Sri Chinmoy poses by the Iceland Peace-Nation plaque with former Prime Minister Hermannsson (left) and Mayor Gisladottir
Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 30, Mid-July 2000–Mid-November 2000