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Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Oneness’, at Laval University in Quebec City, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Choice’, at the State University of New York in Potsdam, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Seeker’s Duty’, at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is an invited guest at the ASUAB Veterans Athletics Championship held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India. He presents the awards to the winners of the 20-kilometre walk and the 400-metre track race on the final day of the meet.

Sri Chinmoy presents the U Thant Peace Award to the United Nations Development Programme, which is accepted by Dr. Üner Kirdar, Director of the Division of External Relations and Governing Council Secretariat, UNDP, at a ceremony held on U Thant Island in the East River opposite the United Nations building in New York.

Sri Chinmoy appears on Long Island’s Cable News 12 in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert for his 21st Western Flute Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also composes the song, ‘Australiai Western Flute’.

Sri Chinmoy offers a prayerful homage to Maestro Yehudi Menuhin (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999), together with violinist Edna Michell, his lifelong musical associate, and performers from Mannes College of Music, at a special memorial service at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Poverty’, at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, ‘The Inner Light’, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Idea and Ideal’, in the Peace Room at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy answers a series of questions, which were put to him in writing by the members of the United Nations Meditation Group in Geneva.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Gratitude-Heart’, at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by television host Russell Barber in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with the President of Hungary, Árpád Göncz, at the Hungarian Consulate in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘World Peace From A Hindu Perspective: A Hindu World-Peace-Dreamer’, at the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy receives a ‘Letter of Welcome’ to Seattle and the University of Washington on the occasion of his upcoming Peace Concert, from Gary Locke, Governor of the State of Washington. 

Sri Chinmoy lifts 170 lbs., with both arms simultaneously — for a total weight of 340 lbs., in Jamaica, NY, USA.
 

Sri Chinmoy delivers the third in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita’, in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Give, Receive and Become’, at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy and the Meditation Group he leads at the United Nations hold a special function in honour of UNICEF staff members, at the UN in New York. Members of the Meditation Group perform Sri Chinmoy’s song ‘UNICEF’ for the first time.

Sri Chinmoy plays the esraj and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Progress’, at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Peace’, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Sri Chinmoy receives a plaque inscribed ‘To the Great Son of India’ together with the Twentieth Century Global Man Award from the Federation of Indian Associations, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy holds a special function in honour of Vladimir Petrovsky, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Vladimir Petrovsky, Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, at the residence of Mr. Petrovsky, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 160 lbs. with both arms simultaneously — a total weight of 320 lbs. — at his home gym in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

Venezuela is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

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

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God and Myself’, at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Where Is God?’, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Realisation’, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and reads a selection of his poetry at the Loeb Student Center, New York University, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘What I Need from God’, and answers audience questions in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

A 200-mile run is held to honour Sri Chinmoy’s 200-lb. lifting achievement in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York. Twenty-seven of his students enter the event, each one completing the distance in 4 days, ending on 20 March.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Prime Minister Thorsheim Palsson and President Vigdis Finnbogadottir of Iceland at Government House in Reykjavik, Iceland. Later in the afternoon, Sri Chinmoy meets with the Bishop of Iceland, Pétur Sigurgeirsson.

Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at Frikirkjan — The Free Church of Reykjavik — in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and piano performance at the University Cinema in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy’s artworks are exhibited at the University Cinema in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert with a piano performance and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Desire versus Aspiration’, in Statler Hall at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Following the Peace Concert, Sri Chinmoy meets with Professor Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1981).

Sri Chinmoy lifts Mats Wilander of Sweden, 1988 world’s no. 1 tennis player, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also plays a set with the tennis champion.

Australia’s capital city Canberra is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital by the Federal Minister for Sport Ros Kelly. During his stay in the nation’s capital on 26-27 June 1995, Sri Chinmoy visits all five ‘Canberra Sri Chinmoy Peace-Capital’ signs, installed at all entrances to Canberra under the ‘Welcome to Canberra’ signs.

Sri Chinmoy holds a special meditation for Annam Brahma customers in conjunction with the New York restaurant’s recent 21st anniversary (15 March). He also answers questions asked by the staff.

Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘Annam Brahma’ as a tribute to the popular vegetarian restaurant of the same name, in Jamaica, New York, USA. (The previous day, 15 March, marked its 22nd anniversary.)

Sri Chinmoy achieves a standing two-arm lift of 320 lbs. (160 lbs with each arm) — a new double-arm record — in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

Botswana is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by President F.G. Mogae.

Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of St. Lucia Award.

Russia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Paree’s singing group, My Rainbow-Heart, observes its 15th anniversary with a performance for Sri Chinmoy at Public School 86, in Jamaica, New York. At its inception, the girl singers ranged in age from eight to fourteen.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, at 11 a.m. at the UN Plaza Hotel in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Jenny Craig — founder of an international chain of exercise and weight loss centres — at 3 p.m., at the UN Plaza Hotel in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers remarks on the ‘Importance of Physical Fitness’, in Jamaica, New York, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture entitled ‘Why Do I Have To Become Spiritual?’, as part of the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture Series, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy is honoured by Donald Irwin, Mayor of Norwalk, in Norwalk, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy cooks a 22-course meal for 465 of his students to honour the third anniversary of Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA. He begins cooking at 1 a.m. and finishes nearly 14 hours later. Orders come in from his meditation centres as far away as Europe and Australia, and 265 of the dinners are then sent by air express to destinations around the world.

Sri Chinmoy inaugurates a new meditation centre in the New York area — the Silver Group.

Sri Chinmoy opens a Santana concert with a silent meditation for world peace at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, USA. 19,000 people join with him in meditation.

Sri Chinmoy gives a talk entitled, ‘Hope’, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Following the talk, Sri Chinmoy answers questions from the audience.

The first Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile — a permanently marked running course along the river Thames — is inaugurated by the Mayor of Wandsworth in Battersea Park in London, UK. Also attending the ceremony are, Members of Parliament, British running champions and dignitaries representing the Greater London Council, the United Nations Association and the Church. The programme includes several races, ending with a peace walk around the course, led by Sri Chinmoy. The ‘Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile’ song, which Sri Chinmoy composed earlier in the day, is sung at the ceremony.

Sri Chinmoy receives the World Citizen Humanitarian Award from the World Peace University in Eugene, OR, USA. Dr. F. Richard Schneider, the Chancellor of the private educational institution, which has campuses in Oregon, Chile and Bangladesh, presents the award.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Prof. Dr. Anita B. Pfaff, daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and Prof. Dr. Martin Pfaff, Member of the Bundestag, at their home in Augsburg, Germany.

Moldova is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy’s artworks are exhibited at the Sri Chinmoy Gallery in Hamburg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Do We Have the Capacity to Help Others?’, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy composes a song in honour of Leonard Bernstein, the world-renowned conductor and composer. One week later, on 21 March, Sri Chinmoy meets with the maestro at his Manhattan apartment in New York where the song is performed for him by an international choir.

Sri Chinmoy inaugurates a new meditation centre in the New York area — the Gold Centre.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Five Soulful Friends’, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Following the talk, Sri Chinmoy answers questions from the audience.

An article about Sri Chinmoy appears in the Dutch newspaper, Haagsche Courant, in the Hague (Den Haag), the Netherlands.

Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at Ullern Church in Oslo, Norway.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and an organ recital at Oslo Konserthus in Oslo, Norway.

Sri Chinmoy receives a personally autographed copy of Raisa Gorbacheva’s book, I Hope, at Hotel Gimmond in Kyoto, Japan. Later that day, after arriving in Tokyo, Sri Chinmoy sends her a heartfelt letter of gratitude.

Sri Chinmoy meets with the Head Priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at RWS Economics School in Augsburg, Germany. There is also an exhibition of the 200,000 soul-bird drawings that Sri Chinmoy completed during his six-day visit to Europe.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert to an audience of 5,000 at the National Palace of Culture, in Sofia, Bulgaria. Also present there is the cosmonaut Genady Strekalov who had met Sri Chinmoy in New York and brought the ‘Peace Torch’ of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run into orbit.

Bulgaria is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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