June 11
Sri Chinmoy begins his second European lecture tour when he delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Three Lessons in Spirituality’, at Oxford University in Oxford, England, UK. The talks are later published as My Rose Petals Part 2.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Unreality and Reality’, at the University of Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy offers his first public flute performance, in Greenwich, CT, USA.
Sri Chinmoy celebrates his Tennis Anniversary by playing 199 games, of which he wins 189, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘How Can I Have Peace?’, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy writes an essay on ‘Politics and Spirituality’ and sends it to his friend Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in Manhattan, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert — the 10th of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy achieves a standing calf raise of 1,400 lbs.; and shoots 73 out of 100 basketball goals from the 15-foot penalty line, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with his former boss from the Indian Consulate, Mr. Lakhan L. Mehrotra, and his family at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 40th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy visits Oslo’s Bislett Stadium, in Norway, for a Sports Meet which attracted over 500 athletes.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Dr. Marcia Keizs, President of York College in Jamaica, New York, at a ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ function held at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Afterwards, Sri Chinmoy reminisces about his ‘Experiences in Jamaica, West Indies’, since Dr. Keizs is a native of that country.
Sri Chinmoy reflects on his early athletic career at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, during a meeting at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy honours his friend Monsignor Thomas Hartman (Father Tom) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
About On This Day
January 1st, 2011, saw the launch of a special feature on the front page of Sri Chinmoy Reflections — On This Day — a day-by-day account of Sri Chinmoy’s achievements. The accompanying pages expand the theme further by linking specific dates and events to video, audio and literary resources from this and many other related websites, enabling the reader to explore, in a systematic way, the vast catalogue of information about Sri Chinmoy’s life.
Many years ago at Aspiration-Ground, there was a large blackboard that displayed the scores of tennis matches Sri Chinmoy had played. Each morning, before Sri Chinmoy arrived at the court, the board would be cleaned and the date of the new day would be written in chalk at the top. Then, in yearly order, a list of different activities Sri Chinmoy had accomplished or had participated in would follow. Every day a new list would appear, and very rarely would there be a day without something to report.
Just before starting play of his usual round of morning tennis, Sri Chinmoy could be seen walking slowly across towards the blackboard to carefully study the list, and many times he would comment on what had been written. No doubt it brought back many fond memories for him.
Since his arrival in the West in 1964, many disparate lists have been compiled – running times and athletic highlights; poems written and songs composed; concerts performed and lectures delivered; weights hoisted and people lifted; paintings completed and drawings sketched; meditations, meetings, peace initiatives and prayers – viewed altogether, they represent an impressive chronology of achievement that reads more like the combined biographies of several highly talented people rather than one individual.
It is by the dedicated efforts of many who have meticulously recorded these events, which form the narrative of Sri Chinmoy’s remarkable life, that we are able to look back across the decades to take in this grand overview. We are grateful to all those who have collected and preserved this information over the years.
It is hoped that this section will, in some small way, carry on this inspirational tradition.
— Animesh Harrington
The information in the following pages has been compiled from many sources – Sri Chinmoy Library, Sri Chinmoy Songs, Sri Chinmoy TV and Radio Sri Chinmoy; Sri Chinmoy Centre newsletters, magazines, periodicals1; and informational booklets2; newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV interviews; yearly calendars and index cards; as well as analog and digital recordings.
Bibliography:
1 AUM (monthly magazine)
Jharna-Kala (art quarterly magazine)
Meditation at the United Nations (monthly bulletin)
Anahata Nada (monthly newsletter)
2 A Galaxy of Luminaries, Agni Press, New York, 1978
Sri Chinmoy: The Student of Peace (second edition), Aum Publications, New York
Sri Chinmoy: Emissary of Oneness-Peace
Sri Chinmoy A Global Man of Peace
Sri Chinmoy Dreamer of World Peace, Agni Press, New York, 1998 & 2000
Sri Chinmoy A Oneness-World-Dreamer
Oneness-World Peace-Blossoms, Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations, 25th Anniversary
500 Compassion-Blessing-Blossoms