April

Sri Chinmoy was invited to speak at the Gandhi Centenary at the University of West Indies in Mona, Jamaica. The talk, entitled ‘Mahatma Gandhi’, was subsequently printed in Mother India’s Lighthouse.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk, entitled ‘Does Meditation Really Accomplish Anything?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Faith, Love, Devotion And Surrender’, at New York State University in Oswego, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Appreciation, Admiration, Adoration And Love’, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Contemplation’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert (afternoon) at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert (evening) at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a morning lecture, entitled ‘My Success-Life And My Progress-Life’, at the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered an evening lecture, entitled ‘Surrender’, at the Kurhalle Oberlaa in Vienna, Austria.

Sri Chinmoy completed 2 million Soul-Bird drawings in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy completed 27 Jharna-Kala paintings in 27 minutes in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Success And Progress’, at New York State University in Cortland, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Our Human Life And Our Divine Life’, at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘What Shall I Make Of Myself?’, at New York State University in Binghamton, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a piano performance at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Gajanan Wakankar, Consul General of India to New York, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at the World Choir Concert and met American poet Maya Angelou in Atlanta, GA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Poet and Poetry’, and received the Light of Asia Award at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the opening of a week-long Soul-Bird drawings exhibition held at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted James Nachtwey, award-winning photojournalist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture on the great American poet ‘Robert Frost’, at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks opened in Greenwich Village in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘God’s World And Man’s World’, at New York State University in Purchase, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘A Seeker’s Peace’, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and a lecture, entitled ‘Happiness’, at Friedrich Ebert Halle in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert for the 20th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations – UN, NY.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Hans Janitschek, President, UN Society of Writers – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jackson Heights, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieved a vertical step-up onto a 30-inch platform in Jamaica, NY, USA. Read article…

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Japan Award.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Experience of Peace’, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘God’s Will And My Will’, at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy held a 7-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert with a piano performance at Prospect Heights High School in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘My Passport’, at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Gerd Binnig, 1986 Nobel Laureate for Physics, in Heidelberg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Aleksandr Gorelik, Deputy Chief, International Organisations Department, Russian Foreign Ministry, and Ambassador to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at the Martin Luther King Program, UN Society of Writers at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy achieved a vertical jump onto a 30-inch platform in Jamaica, NY, USA. Read article…

India’s largest city, Bombay (Mumbai), was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Marin Alsop, Leonard Bernstein’s protégé and first woman conductor of a major US orchestra; and her father Lamar Alsop, previous Concertmaster for the NYC Ballet Orchestra – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted film star Jeff Goldblum and artist Peter Max in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk, entitled ‘No Nation Is Unwanted’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at the Interfaith Observance for the World Day of Prayer at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy met with Pir Vilayat Khan, Head of the Sufi Order in the West, at the Interfaith Observance for the World Day of Prayer at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Time Changes’, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Riverdale Junior High School in the Bronx, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy presented the U Thant Peace Award to Pir Vilayat Khan, Head of the Sufi Order in the West, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Bolivia Award.

Sri Chinmoy played the esraj and answered questions on WOR-TV’s ‘Straight Talk’ in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘I Have Offered, I Have Received’, at the International Fair of Religions and Philosophies in Montreal, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Liberation’, at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Sweden Award.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Consciousness’, at The New School for Social Research in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Music And Religion’, at Mount Holyoke College in South Radley, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a 7-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Malaysia was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 14 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered an extemporaneous talk, entitled ‘Man and God’ – the first in a Spring series of classes on Yoga – at his home in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Freedom’, at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, USA.

Thirty-six new books by Sri Chinmoy were published in 2½ weeks in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy appeared live to answer listener’s questions on the Steve Powers’ Show on WMCA-Radio, in New York, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opened in West Village, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘I Shall Go On Loving God’, at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

‘The First Estate’ interview with Sri Chinmoy aired on WNBC-TV in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Where Is Peace?’, at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 17 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy appeared on the TV programme ‘Newsline’ in Westchester, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at York College in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy celebrated his mother Yogamaya’s birth centenary, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Julia Richman High School in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a ‘Eulogy For Jesse Owens’ in St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert and met with Dr. Karan Singh, three-time Indian Cabinet Minister and son of the last Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted his own bodyweight of 150 lbs. 150 times overhead in 11 min. 13 sec., at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Wayne DeMilia, Vice-President of the International Federation of Bodybuilders, certified the event.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Stanley Kalpage, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the UN; and Kriesnedath Nandoe, Ambassador of Suriname to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Bangladesh was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sierra Leone was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Earthbound Time And Timeless Time’, at Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy held a 7-hour public meditation in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, dedicated to the birth centenary of his mother Yogamaya Ghose, at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieved a vertical jump onto a 31-inch platform in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 21 people including Scotland’s Don Ritchie, 100-km and 100-mile outdoor track world-record holder, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of America and Heart of Germany Awards.

Sri Chinmoy twice lifted the equivalent of his own body weight, 100 times with one arm, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. In the first session, he alternated between his left and right arm to accomplish the feat in 1 minute, 34 seconds. On his second attempt, he completed the lifts in a record time of 1 minute, 17 seconds, using only his left arm.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 46 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks, hosted by UN Under-Secretary-General Anwarul Chowdhury, was opened at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Experience of Light’, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy painted 11 large paintings, dedicated to the ‘Soul of America’, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy completed 29 miles in a 12-hour walk in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert together with a piano and organ performance at the Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, in New York, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks opened at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the High School of Fashion Industries in New York, NY, USA.

India was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Azerbaijan Award.

Egypt was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and read his poetry at a reception hosted by the Indian Consulate in New York, NY, USA. A selection of his Jharna-Kala artworks was also exhibited. After the concert, Sri Chinmoy presented one of his paintings to the Consul General of India, Shashi Tripathi, and also one to the Indian Consulate.

Sri Chinmoy opened the World Harmony Run in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 21 people, as part of a special programme for those born in 1931, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a hot-air balloon in Hampton, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert and exhibited 11 of his Jharna-Kala 4’ x 8’ canvases dedicated to the ‘Soul of America’ at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy sang 100 new Bengali songs – published as Illumination-Song and Liberation-Dance part 1 and part 2 at his Jharna-Kala Gallery, 200 Mercer Street in lower Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. The gallery displayed some 12,000 of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings, which he had created in the previous sixteen months.

Australia and Belize were declared as Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 20 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Barbados was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Eritrea, Heart of Estonia and Heart of South Africa Awards.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Olympians including: Bob Beamon, 1988 gold medallist in long jump; Ottis Davis, 1960 gold medallist in 400m and 4 x 400m relay; Diane Dixon, 1984 gold medallist in 400m, 1988 silver medallist in 4 x 400m; Lindy Remigino, 1952 gold medallist in 100m and 4 x 100m; and Jose Torres, Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Ustad Sultan Khan, sarangi player, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

At the age of 32, Chinmoy Kumar Ghose 
came to the West. He arrived, on a flight from Madras, India, at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York at 3:30 p.m., where he was met by two of his American sponsors Sam Spanier and Eric Hughes.

Sri Chinmoy gave a talk on ‘The Quintessence of Hinduism’ to the Adult Class of Comparative Religion, Temple Beth-El, Laurelton, New York, a liberal Jewish congregation, at the invitation of Rabbi Ronald Millstein. This date marks the completion of Sri Chinmoy’s first two years in the United States.

The first official April 13th celebration of Sri Chinmoy’s arrival in the West was held by the AUM Centre in New York, NY, USA. The occasion marked his third anniversary in America.

Sri Chinmoy celebrated the tenth anniversary of his arrival in the West by cooking 10 separate dishes for 400 of his students in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered his first concert at Carnegie Hall entitled Existence-Consciousness-Bliss. This was Sri Chinmoy’s first public performance of the esraj and the cello. His Jharna-Kala artworks were also exhibited – New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy race-walked a personal best for 10 km (6.2 miles) in a time of 1:07:57 (10:57 pace) in the New York Walkers Day Walk in Central Park, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert for his 27 years in the West, at Silver Cup Studios, in Long Island City, NY, USA.

An exhibition of 32,000 Soul-Bird drawings opened at Kennedy International Airport in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received a Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Science from St. Mark’s Major Seminary and College in Minnesota, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with President Gorbachev and Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (7th meeting) at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, NY, USA.

Bulgaria, Estonia and Sweden were declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Italy Award.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, performing on 30 instruments, in Queens College Auditorium in Flushing, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, performing on 38 instruments for 38 years in the West, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 13 people, including actress Judith Light; Mr. America and Mr. Olympia Chris Dickerson, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted a stone fountain with 50 roses, dedicated to all 50 States of America, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘How To Please God’, at Bridgeport University in Bridgeport, CT, USA.

At the invitation of Secretary-General U Thant, Sri Chinmoy began conducting twice-weekly meditations for staff, delegates and NGO representatives at United Nations headquarters in New York. As director of the ‘United Nations Meditation Group’, which later became known as ‘Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations’, Sri Chinmoy served the spiritual aspirations of the United Nations for over 37 years.

Sri Chinmoy held a public meditation at an exhibition of his Jharna-Kala artworks at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy spontaneously composed and sang 100 songs from poems in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames for the birth centenary of his father Shashi Kumar Ghose, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert/a> at Hunter College< in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received an honorary doctorate in Philosophy and Literature from the Institute of Slavonic Culture in Moscow, Russia.

The New York borough of Brooklyn was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 39 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Bob Mathias, 2-time Olympic gold medallist in the decathlon (1948 & 1952), at JFK International Airport, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy gave a talk, entitled ‘Within us is our goal’ – the second in a Spring series of classes on Yoga – at 350 East 54th St., New York City, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The song of ego’, at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, USA.

An article about Sri Chinmoy appeared in The New York Times.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Niagara Falls was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom in Canada. Read article…

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met for the fourth time with President Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 12 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 38 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 30 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 115 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Conscious oneness with God’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Earth Versus Heaven’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 21 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

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Chinmoy was named ‘Messenger of the Millennium’ by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY, USA, where he was invited to perform a concert and give a talk on the New Millennium, entitled ‘The New Millennium And World Peace’. Sri Chinmoy was also made an honorary member of Theta Alpha Kappa, the National Honour Society for Theology.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 38 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Belarus Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Ossie Davis and his wife Ruby Dee, actors and civil rights activists; Walt Clyde Frazier, member of NBA Basketball Hall of Fame, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Practical Reality’, at 2 p.m. at The Center for Religion and Life, Nevada University in Reno, NV, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Who Is My Friend On Earth?’, at the State University of New York in Old Westbury, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Julia Richman High School in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 26 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy presented the U Thant Peace Award to Swami Satchidananda, founder of the worldwide Integral Yoga Institute, at the 87-year-old yoga teacher’s institute in New York, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Experience of Bliss’, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Seeker’, at Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Soviet Ambassador to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert for the 30th Anniversary of Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations – UN, NY.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Dr. Jane Goodall CBE, British primatologist and 2002 UN Messenger of Peace, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Michael Hebranko, who lost 700 lbs. in 19 months, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Secret Of Inner Peace’, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘What Has Life Taught Me?’, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel, Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Seal of the City of Berkeley from Mayor Warren Widener in Berkeley, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy played four tennis pros, won 48 of 101 games in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘A Seeker’s Heart-Songs’, at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Paul Revere Patriot Award from the State of Massachusetts at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘God’s Most Treasured Gift’, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Way To Abiding Peace’, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opened at the State Capitol Building in Stamford, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘My Life’, at New York State University in New Paltz, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy completed his first 12-hour walk, for a total distance of 45¼ miles, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Truth’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Paula Radcliffe, marathon world record holder; and her husband, 1500m runner Gary Lough, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Quintessence of Mysticism’, at the American University in Washington, DC, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a morning lecture (9 a.m.), entitled ‘Why?’, at New York State University in Geneseo, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered an afternoon lecture (3 p.m.), entitled ‘Today Is A Good And Special Day’, at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered an evening lecture (7:30 p.m.), entitled ‘Three Friends: Inspiration, Aspiration And Realisation’, at SUNY at Brockport, Brockport, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Sound And Silence’, at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Contemplation In Action’, at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Bill Rodgers, champion marathon runner, in Boston, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Community Church of New York in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a piano concert, performing on 27 pianos for 27 years in the West, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performed a standing vertical jump of 32 inches, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Church of St. Ann and The Holy Trinity, in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Venezuela Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 23 people, including Dr. Davidson L. Hepburn, former Bahamian Ambassador to the United Nations for 10 years, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk, entitled ‘Our Peace Is Within’ – the third in a Spring series of classes on Yoga – at his home in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Action And Liberation’, at George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Transformation, Liberation, Revelation, Manifestation’, at 10 a.m. at Portland State University in Portland, OR, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Just For Today’, at 4 p.m. in Hughes Auditorium, Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Existence Of God’, at 7:30 p.m. in the Administration Building at North Idaho Junior College in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘A Special Beauty’, at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Delay Not’, at New York State University in Fredonia, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Baron Rüdiger von Wechmar, President of the United Nations General Assembly (1980-81); and American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Supreme Secret of Meditation’, at Maryland University in College Park, MD, USA.

Sri Chinmoy held his first public meditation and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Arise! Awake!’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Beauty’, at 9:30 a.m. in the Montana Rooms of the Student Center, at the University of Montana in Missoula, MT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Philosophy, Religion And Spirituality’, at 9 p.m. in the Physics Building, at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Concentration’, at 10:30 p.m. at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, MT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘With Knowledge How Far?’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a morning lecture (11 a.m.), entitled ‘The Spiritual Life’, at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered an afternoon lecture (3 p.m.), entitled ‘Do I Believe in Miracles?’, at Alfred University in Alfred, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Pir Vilayat Khan, Head of the Sufi Order in the West, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Mauritius Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Susan Sarandon, Academy Award-winning actress, social and political activist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Immortality’, at the University of Maine in Orono, ME, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Intuition’, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘What Has Life Taught Me?’, at 10 a.m. the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Humanity’s Teachers’, at 4 p.m. at the University of Arizona in Tempe, AZ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Realisation’, at 9 p.m. at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, USA.

A bridge connecting Central Falls and Cumberland in Rhode Island, USA, was dedicated as the first ‘Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom’ in the world. Two measured one-mile courses were also dedicated.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and a piano performance at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert dedicated to UN Secretary-General U Thant at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Experience of Power’, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, in New York, NY, USA.

“I treasure the feeling of inner joy which I experienced during my visit with you. The peace and happiness that our meeting provided me with will be remembered forever…. Please accept, Guru, the expression of my most soulful gratitude for your divine light, love and concern.”

— Juan Albors, Secretary of State of Puerto Rico (1972-1976)

Sri Chinmoy met with Juan Albors, Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, at the Jharna-Kala Gallery, at 224 Mercer St. in New York City, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Music’, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performed a standing vertical jump of 33 inches, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy led a silent prayer at the ‘Interfaith Service of Commitment to the Work of the United Nations’, honouring UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan, at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, New York, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 12 members of ‘The International Center For Peace, Assisi, Italy’, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at the performance of his play The Sacred Fire at the Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Satisfaction’, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA.

Belgium and Nauru were declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

Sri Chinmoy met with Precious McKenzie, champion weightlifter in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Sid Caesar, comedian; Red Buttons, comedian and Academy Award winner; Nanette Fabray, comedienne; and Neil Simon, playwright, in Beverly Hills, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA. Listen to the concert...

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Aspiration: The Inner Flame’, at Purdue University in Lafayette, IN, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Contemplation In The Hindu Tradition’, at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.

The first Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run began at Battery Park in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Carly Simon, American singer/songwriter, Academy Award winner and two-time Grammy Award winner, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

The State of Florida was proclaimed a ‘Sri Chinmoy Peace State’ by Governor Lawton Chiles in Tallahassee, FL, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 230 lbs. with both arms simultaneously, for a total of 460 lbs., in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Ireland was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 43 people in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 44 ambassadors, diplomats and Canadian government officials, including Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada, in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Reality’, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, USA.

Sri Chinmoy wrote 360 poems in 24 hours, which were published the very next day as The Goal Is Won, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy painted ‘Supreme, I Bow To Thee’, a 9’ x 16’ canvas, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with American artist Peter Max at the Jharna-Kala Art Gallery in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘A Seeker’s Conversation With His Inner Pilot’, at St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at New Rochelle High School in New Rochelle, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the State University of New York in New Paltz, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 13 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk, entitled ‘Who is fit for Yoga?’ – the fourth in a Spring series of classes on Yoga – at his home in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with French savant Paul Richard in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Paul Richard was a barrister, a candidate in the French Legislative Assembly elections, a philosophical anthropologist, a supporter of Indian independence, and friend to Sri Aurobindo. He was also the second husband of Mme. Mira Alfassa (Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram).

The Goal Is Won, a poetry book containing 360 of Sri Chinmoy’s poems, all written the previous day, was published by his students in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy painted ‘Larger than the Largest’, a 12-by-27-foot canvas, in the Jharna-Kala Gallery at 224 Mercer Street, Greenwich Village, New York City. NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings was opened at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at the Artists’ Association in Woodstock, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performed a special duet with cellist Scott Terzaghi in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Flautist Paul Horn performed at a private concert for Sri Chinmoy in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Intellectual Versus Spiritual’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy painted ‘C.K.G. Transcends’, a 13x69-foot canvas, in the boiler room of John F. Kennedy High Scool in the Bronx, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy began painting at 7:46 a.m. and just 2 hours and 29 minutes later, he had completed the monumental artwork.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Our Progress-Story’, at Long Island University in Southampton, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy completed 4,000 crunch sit-ups; and 100 step-ups of 7½ inches wearing a 50-lb. vest, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously for a total of 500 lbs., in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Poland was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy lifted several athletes, including Martin Strel, the long-distance swimmer who swam the lengths of the Danube, Mississippi, Yangtze and Amazon Rivers; and Tomaž Humar, winner of mountaineering’s prestigious Piolet d’Or award, and famous for his Himalayan solo climbs, at Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert for flautist Paul Horn, who was lifted earlier the same day in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. The recording of the concert was later released on a CD, entitled ‘My Heart-Offering’. Listen to the concert...

Sri Chinmoy presented the U Thant Peace Award to Vidar Vambheim, Co-ordinator of Peace Studies at the University of Tronso, in Oslo, Norway.