March 10

Sri Chinmoy delivers the second 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 first learns to play the Western flute on a bus journey to Healesville Sanctuary on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Read article…

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Simplicity, Sincerity, Purity and Divinity’, at the Melbourne Assembly Hall in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

After months of following a strict diet and exercise regime, Sri Chinmoy finally reaches a bodyweight of 130 pounds. His students award him the good-humoured ‘Nobelly Prize’.

Sri Chinmoy’s meditation group at the UN sponsors a programme in tribute to International Women’s Day — 8 March being the official date — at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy meets with legendary saxophonist Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, at Progress-Promise function hall in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Aurora Concert Hall in Florence, Italy.

Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore — Florence Cathedral — in Florence, Italy.

Sri Chinmoy answers questions about his visit to Japan at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Nippon Budokan Hall to an audience of 12,000 in Tokyo, Japan. Afterwards, some 3,000 seekers slowly file past Sri Chinmoy for darshan, his silent blessing.

 

March 9

Sri Chinmoy takes an early morning flight from Canberra to Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria, before delivering a lunchtime lecture, entitled ‘The Reality Within’, in the Open Stage Theatre at the State College of Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy creates seven Jharna-Kala pen drawings in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, which he presents to the Melbourne Centre.

Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and public meditation at Queens College in Flushing, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Concentration-Art’, at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Martin Van Buren High School in New York, NY, USA. Listen to the concert...

Sri Chinmoy offers a tribute to Trygve Lie, the first UN Secretary-General, with his daughter, Ms. Guri Lie, as the guest speaker, at the United Nations in New York.

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

Sri Chinmoy plants a Peace Tree and holds a meditation in Kōtoku-In Temple, home of the Daibutsu, Great Buddha, in Kamakura, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Western Flute Anniversary Peace Concert, to celebrate his 20th year of playing the flute, at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, in Pretoria, South Africa. Watch the video...

South Africa is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation in Pretoria, South Africa.

Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Scotland Award.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Western Flute Anniversary Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

 

March 8

The first Jharna-Kala Parade is held on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Eternal Seeker’, at the Australian National University in Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and a public meditation at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

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

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Buchman Hall in Manhattan, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert to celebrate his 13th Western Flute Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks are exhibited at the Mall Gallery in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Sri Lanka Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 32 children from the Omna Ancient Arts Centre in Jamaica, NY, USA.

 

March 7

 

GAMBIAN LEADER LIFTED 

 

JAMAICA, NY — Sri Chinmoy lifted Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy of the Gambia, two of her country’s Ministers and several members of the Gambian delegation accompanying her during a visit to Aspiration-Ground March 7.

We will leave here “with our spirits lifted high,” she said after­wards, as “ambassadors of Sri Chinmoy, so that we can pass on that same spirit to the rest of society.”

She promised that she and her colleagues would “take it upon ourselves to ensure that we deserve” the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ Award she received from the spiritual leader.

Sri Chinmoy told her, “With your inner spirit and outer enthusiasm, readiness, willingness and eagerness, you are going to ... change soon the face and fate of the world.”

Caption:

Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy of the Gambia holds the World Harmony Torch with Sri Chinmoy during their March 7 meeting.

Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 37, December 2004 – March 2005

 

March 6

 

 

PARLIAMENT MEMBERS LIFTED IN ICELAND

 

REYKJAVIK — Sri Chinmoy honoured 12 Members of Parliament, including its President, Halldor Blondal, on March 6 when he lifted them into the air with one arm from an overhead platform as part of his “Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart” program.

“I hope that your hard work will bring blessings to all nations,” President Blondal declared.

Caption:

In Reykjavik, Sri Chinmoy greets Steingrímur Hermannsson whom he lifted into the air on March 6. Sri Chinmoy had previously lifted him 14 years ago during his tenure as Iceland’s Prime Minister.

Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 24, November 2002 – March 2003

 

March 5

Photo by Pulak Viscardi

 

Sri Chinmoy trains with the discus at a sports facility in Iceland.

 

March 5

 

ROAD RUNNERS GIVE GURU SPECIAL SERVICE AWARD

 

NEW YORK — The New York Road Runners Club presented Sri Chinmoy with a special service award at its fourth annual awards dinner March 5.

In presenting Sri Chinmoy a silver bowl in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the running community, the Road Runners called him “a man who by his example has changed lives throughout the world.”

Publsihed in Anahata Nada, Volume 10, Nos. 2-5, February – June 1983

 

Caption:

The world’s fastest marathon runner (2:05:42), Khalid Khannouchi, meets with Sri Chinmoy at Annam Brahma March 5 and receives the Peace Torch.

Publsihed in Anahata Nada, Volume 29, Nos. 2-5, Mid-November 1999 – Mid-March 2000