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NYC Marathon – 1979

Anahata Nada, Vol. 5, Nos. 9-10-11 – Sept.-Oct.-Nov., 1979.

Guru Leads Largest Team in New York Marathon

Emil Zatopek, Olympic triple gold medalist, greets Sri Chinmoy before the start of the New York Marathon, above. Below, the Master chats with ultramarathon champion Don Ritchie.

New York – Spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy led a team of 150 disciples in the New York City Marathon October 21.

Wearing dark purple shirts and pale blue shorts, the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team was the largest team entry in the 26-mile race.

Dozens of other disciples, who didn’t run, assisted the race organisers before and during the run.

A group of disciples also added a touch of musical dynamism to the scene by singing several of Sri Chinmoy’s running songs over the loudspeaker just before the race began.

Prior to the start, Sri Chinmoy chatted with ultramarathoner Don Ritchie and Olympic triple gold medalist Emil Zatopek, who served as Grand Marshall of the New York Marathon.

Sri Chinmoy had met Ritchie this past June when the runner visited his spiritual Centre after setting a new world record in a 100-mile run in Flushing Meadow Park.

For Zatopek, the only athlete ever to win three gold medals for the 5,000-metre run, 10,000-metre run and marathon in a single Olympics (1952), it was his first introduction to Sri Chinmoy, whom he had heard a lot about.

“This is the best blessing I ever had,” he told the Master. Sri Chinmoy, who regards running as a physical complement to the inner life, normally trains about 80 miles a week. The New York marathon was his sixth this year.

Only two weeks earlier, he had run the historic ‘Marathon to Athens’ marathon in Greece.

Anahata Nada is the longest-running newsletter of the Sri Chinmoy Centre. It was first published on January 1, 1974, and has chronicled Sri Chinmoy’s life and activities for over three decades.

Two Thousand Per Year

Anahata Nada, Vol. 1, No. 1 – January 1, 1974.

The writing of 1,000 poems was Sri Chinmoy’s avowed goal for 1973 and he applied himself to the task with all his yogic determination and concentration. On some days he was able to write 50 or 100. By September his 1,000 poem work, The Dance of Life was complete.

But even then Sri Chinmoy was not content to rest. He felt that he could write still another 1,000 poem work before the end of the year and immediately he started on the new work, to be called The Wings of Light. Entering into the spiritual stream of creativity, the Master again began to produce poem after poem, each one a model of beauty and depth.

On November 16 Sri Chinmoy broke all his previous records when he wrote 150 poems in a single day.

By the end of 1973 both twenty-volume sets of The Dance of Life and The Wings of Light were completed. Two thousand poems in one year! An achievement not done before, and one not likely to be repeated by anyone else.

Note: Anahata Nada was the longest-running newsletter of the Sri Chinmoy Centre. It was first published on January 1, 1974, and chronicled Sri Chinmoy’s life and activities for over three decades until 2007.

The Golden Boat

Anahata Nada, Vol. 1, No. 3 – February 28, 1974.

Decathlon Poet: 200 Poems ¹ in 22 Hours

The yogi’s concentrated power and the poet’s soaring vision joined for a brief interlude earlier this month to produce a truly unparalleled achievement.

In a 22-hour period on Feb. 2, Sri Chinmoy wrote 200 poems in one sitting. That comes to one poem every six and a half minutes. In point of fact, however, the pace was even faster, since he interrupted his writing stride for at least one hour when he left his house to conduct a meditation for his Manhattan Centre meeting that evening.

The Master began writing at one minute after midnight, and concluded at 10:01 that evening. Then, in the next few minutes – just for the joy of it – he dictated an additional eight poems.

He does not find it difficult to write poetry, he said afterwards. Normally when one writes, he explained, one must wait for “the bird of inspiration to make its appearance.” But because of his own spiritual power, he said, when the bird flies by “I just grab it.”

Some of the poems he wrote while lying on his bed; others he wrote or dictated while sitting downstairs on his living-room chair. The whole house, but especially his bedroom, was literally charged with concentration, and the force was so palpable and intense that those required to disturb him for one reason or another did so with almost a muted sense of awe.

At 5:30 in the morning two disciples began typing up the poems he had written up to that point. They were the first of a long procession of typists, proofreaders, artists, printers, collators and binders – all disciples – who transformed the handwritten manuscripts into actual printed books in a massive cooperative effort.

As Sri Chinmoy was writing his third group of 50 poems, for example, two disciple-owned printing operations – Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse and Vishma Press – were getting ready to print the first two 50-poem series. Beginning at 12 noon that day, they worked all through the night and by noon the following day Feb. 3, had printed four volumes of 50 poems each. In this way the Master’s spiritual children helped bring their Guru’s achievement to full fruition.

The four volumes became part of a new 1,000-poem series Sri Chinmoy is writing called “The Golden Boat.” The first volume was printed by AUM Press of the San Juan, Puerto Rico Centre, and these four books constitute volumes two through five.

A large group of disciples were gathered at the Master’s house as the boxes of books were brought in from the two presses, ink still wet. As each group of printers arrived, they were greeted with loud applause. This joyful atmosphere persisted into the next week, when there was a big party to celebrate the achievement. Many of the disciples brought their Master gifts, which were carried up to him inside a large wooden boat. The disciples sang songs and told jokes, mimicked one another in impromptu skits, and performed feats of magic. The evening was topped off by a meal cooked by the New Jersey Centre.

Endnote:
1 Sri Chinmoy wrote 208 poems during this time period – (ref. Anahata Nada, Vol. 1, No. 6 – May 27, 1974.)

Anahata Nada was the longest-running newsletter of the Sri Chinmoy Centre. It was first published on January 1, 1974, and chronicled Sri Chinmoy’s life and activities for over three decades until 2007.

March 14

1994

Sri Chinmoy training at an indoor venue in New York.

March 11

2003

Scenes from the Fourth Universalist Church in New York, where Sri Chinmoy holds the Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart programme for English musician Sting and his wife Trudie. A display of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks flanks the nave of the church.

October 12

1993

A four-day (Oct.12-15) exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Soul-Birds drawings opens at a gallery in Miyazaki, Japan. Sri Chinmoy declares his goal to be one million birds.

March 10

1992

Just one of Sri Chinmoy’s many Soul-Bird sketches for the day.

March

MARCH 1ST

1972
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality and Yoga of the Upanishads’, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, USA.

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘The Heart-Peace of the United Nations’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

1983
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at the Japanese School of New York in Fresh Meadows, NY, USA.

1984

Sri Chinmoy begins meditations for members of the United States Congress, at the Rayburn Office Building in Washington, DC, USA.

1987
Sri Chinmoy offers a piano performance at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1988

Sri Chinmoy offers two pipe organ recitals in Connecticut, USA. A morning recital is held at the First United Church of Christ Congregational in Milford. Sri Chinmoy then lifts his own body-weight of 155 pounds and is interviewed on The Fairfield Exchange, a Norwalk-based television show. Next comes an organ recital at Woolsey Hall at Yale University in New Haven, followed by an interview with the New Haven Register. The day ends with a television interview at the college station at the University of Bridgeport. Listen to the CD...

1996
The Sydney Opera House is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom by Lloyd Martin, General Manager of the Sydney Opera House Trust, in Sydney Australia. At the same time, the General Manager officially opens the exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Dream-Freedom Peace-Birds which are displayed in the Exhibition Hall.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (488) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1999
Slovakia is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation at Bratislava Castle in Bratislava, Slovakia.

1999
Sri Chinmoy offers two Peace Concerts (midday, an audience of 4,000; and evening, an audience of 4,000) at Sportova Hala Pasienky in Bratislava, Slovakia.

1999
Wales is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Kiribati Award.

2001
Sri Chinmoy has a private meeting with President Gorbachev, presenting him with a special award ‘President Gorbachev: The Home of Oneness-Peace-Dream-World’ in honour of his late wife Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva, at The Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow, Russia.

2007
Sri Chinmoy meets with Omar Zulfu Livaneli, Member of the Turkish Parliament and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador – Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 2ND

1972
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘God: the Supreme Actor. World: the Divine Audience’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

1972
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘God’s Compassion and the United Nations’ Dedication’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Why?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

1976

Sri Chinmoy meets with world champion surfer Ian Cairns in the morning at ‘Flame-Waves’ restaurant in Perth, WA, Australia.

1976
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed at ‘Flame-Waves’ restaurant in the morning by a reporter from the Daily News and the article appears in the final edition of the newspaper the same day in Perth, WA, Australia.

1976

Prior to his first lecture in Australia, Sri Chinmoy offers his most soulful gratitude to the Dean of Perth: “This morning I had the golden opportunity to be blessed by his august presence. His heart’s magnanimity has touched the very depths of my heart. With all the sincerity at my command, I pray to the Christ-consciousness to grant Mother Earth a few more sincere seekers and sincere lovers of mankind like the Dean of Perth, so that our planet earth can have a better peace, a more fulfilling heart and a more satisfying reality.”

Sri Chinmoy meets with the Anglican Dean of Perth Rev. John Cornish in the morning at St George’s Cathedral in Perth, WA, Australia. Their meeting is covered by The West Australian and an article appears in the newspaper the next day.

1976
Sri Chinmoy has an afternoon meeting with Aboriginal poet Jack Davis in Perth, WA, Australia.

1976
Sri Chinmoy delivers his first lecture in Australia, entitled ‘Aspiration’, in the evening at St George’s Cathedral, Perth, WA, Australia. It draws over 500 people and after seating space runs out, many seekers sit cross-legged on the floor.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and public meditation at Rockland Community College in Rockland, NY, USA.

1980
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘The Inner Wealth’, to a small gathering at his home in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy writes an essay, entitled ‘Women’s Liberation and Oneness-Satisfaction’, which is subsequently read out at a function in honour of International Women’s Day, sponsored by ‘Sri Chinmoy Meditation at the United Nations’ on March 9, 1981, at the UN in New York.

1983
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers the Preparation-Cry-Smile concert in Jamaica, Queens, New York, prior to his concert tour of Germany.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (262) at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy meets with Prince Sigvard and Princess Marianne Bernadotte of Sweden at the United Nations in New York.

1999
Sri Chinmoy meets with Michael Kovac, former President of Slovakia in Bratislava, Slovakia.

2000
Sri Chinmoy offers his 1,000th Weightlifting Prayer before doing 60 one-arm pushes with 700 pounds, as part of his daily lifting practice at his home in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy is an honoured guest at President Gorbachev’s 70th Birthday Celebration held at the Grand Hotel Marriott in Moscow, Russia.

2001
Sri Chinmoy places a wreath of 70 roses at Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva’s ‘Long Home’ in Moscow, Russia.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Austria and the Heart of Russia awards.

2001
Turkmenistan is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

2002
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert to celebrate his 15th Piano Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2004
To celebrate the 17th anniversary of his piano playing, Sri Chinmoy gives a recital at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

2006
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled "Real Joy"at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 3RD

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers the first in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita’,¹ in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

1976

“I think a person such as yourself, who is so humble in himself, giving light to people in so-called prominent positions, probably reminds them to be more humble and more dedicated to the thing they’re serving rather than themselves.” — The Right Hon. Ernest Lee-Steere

Sri Chinmoy meets with the Lord Mayor of Perth, the Right Honourable Ernest Lee-Steere, in Perth, WA, Australia.

1976
Sri Chinmoy meets with Mayor Charles Smith of Nedlands and plants a rose bush for world peace at the Nedlands Memorial Rose Gardens in Perth, WA, Australia.

1976
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Philosophy, Spirituality and Yoga’, at the University of Western Australia in Perth, WA, Australia.

1979
Sri Chinmoy runs his first marathon in a time of 4:31:34 at the Bidwell Classic in Chico, CA, USA

1980
Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘A Life of Blossoming Love’, at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Transcendence’, at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA.

1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (226) at Saint Peter’s Church in New York, NY, USA.

1999
The Czech Republic is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation at Liechtenstein Palace in Prague, Czech Republic.

1999

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert to an audience of 13,000 at the Sportovní Hala Sparta in Prague, Czech Republic.

2005
Sri Chinmoy’s artworks are exhibited at the Town Gallery in Trencin, Slovakia.

2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum from Guatemala at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

MARCH 4TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Sincerity, Purity and Surety’, at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA, USA.

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Self-Control’, at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA, USA.

1971
Sri Chinmoy delivers his first Dag Hammarskjöld lecture, entitled ‘Is the Spiritual Life an Escape from Reality?’, at the United Nations in New York.

1976
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously plays his first extemporaneous keyboard improvisation at Flame-Waves restaurant in Perth, WA, Australia. It later becomes Side A of the LP album, ‘Improvisations’.

1976
Sri Chinmoy visits Yanchep National Park, north of Perth in Western Australia. There, Sri Chinmoy sees Australian marsupials for the first time. He delights in seeing the kangaroos and blesses one of the oldest koalas in the park, 17-year-old ‘Nobby’. Also at the park, Sri Chinmoy composes Bengali songs while seated beside the beautiful spring-fed lake, Loch McNess.

1976
Sri Chinmoy creates seven acrylic Jharna-Kala paintings in Perth, Western Australia, which he presents to the Perth Centre.

1976
Sri Chinmoy departs Perth at 11 p.m. for a plane trip across the Australian continent to Sydney, the capital of the state of New South Wales, on the East coast.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘We Pray and We Meditate’, at the State University of New York in Albany, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Desiring Man, the Aspiring Man and the Self-giving Man’, at the Union College of Schenectady in New York, NY, USA.

1983
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Trinity Episcopal Church in San Francisco, CA, USA.

1991
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at Unison Gallery in New Paltz, NY, USA.

1998
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and an exhibition of his artworks for President Gorbachev and Raisa Maximovna at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, NY, USA.

1999
Hungary is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation at Danube Palace in Budapest, Hungary.

1999

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Köztársaság Square in Budapest, Hungary.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Finland Award.

2002

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and lifts special guest of honour UN Under-Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

MARCH 5TH

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (2 p.m.), entitled ‘The Spiritual Life’, in Room 103, at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, IA, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (7:30 p.m.), entitled ‘Silence’, in Battenfield Auditorium, Student Center, at Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, KS, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (12:30 p.m.), entitled ‘Do We Love God?’, in Omaha Milo Bail Student Center, at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, NE, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (9 p.m.), entitled ‘Prayer’, in Room 217, Haag Hall, at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, MO, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy arrives in Sydney at Kingsford Smith Airport in the early morning. Then, holds a mid-day, public meditation at the University of Sydney, in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1976
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Aspiration and Realisation’, at the Town Hall in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Some 400-500 people attend the meeting at which all his Australian disciples sing the ‘Invocation’ together for the first time.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and a public meditation at Loyola College in Montreal, QC, Canada.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation at ‘The Symposium on Life, Death and Psychic Research’ in Montreal, QC, Canada.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Liberation’, at the State University of New York in Oneonta, NY, USA.

1983
Sri Chinmoy receives the Special Service Award from the New York Road Runners Club.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (174), with performances on the piano and pipe organ; delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Meditation’, and recites 5 peace poems, at Alumnae Hall, Brown University, in Providence, RI, USA.

2000
Sri Chinmoy meets with Khalid Khannouchi, the world’s fastest marathon runner (2:05:42) at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Ukraine Award.

2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts 22 people including musician Ravi Coltrane, son of legendary musicians John and Alice Coltrane, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 6TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Science and Spirituality’, at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Service’, at 12 noon in the Student Union Theater at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (4 p.m.), entitled ‘Renunciation’ in the Westby Student Center, Great Hall, at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, OK, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy takes a morning ferry ride to visit Taronga Zoo, Australia’s oldest zoo, on the northern side of Sydney Harbour.

1976

Sri Chinmoy meets with Reverend Ted Noffs, Rector of the Wayside Chapel, who introduces him to the audience before his historic evening lecture, entitled ‘Peace’, at the Wayside Chapel in the heart of Kings Cross in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1976
Later in the evening, Sri Chinmoy and his students visit ‘Luna Park’, a 1930s-style funfair and amusement park, at Milsons Point on the northern side of Sydney Harbour, after which, they go ten-pin bowling at Rushcutters Bay Bowl in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and public meditation at Laval University in Quebec City, QC, Canada.

1981
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Perfection’, at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 200 lbs., using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA. Read article…

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert for his 15th Western Flute Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (331) at Public School 220 in Forest Hills, NY, USA.

1996
The Sydney Opera House is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom by Lloyd Martin, General Manager of the Sydney Opera House Trust, in Sydney Australia.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Hungary, the Heart of Latvia and the Heart of Macedonia Awards.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 12 members of Iceland’s Parliament including President Halldor Blondal, as well as Iceland’s former Prime Minister Steingrímur Hermannsson and 24 other people, in Reykjavik, Iceland.

2004
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert to celebrate his 17th Piano Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2004
Sri Chinmoy meets with singer/songwriter Sting and his wife Trudie at their residence in New York, NY, USA.

2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts New Zealand-born soprano singer, ballet dancer, and internationally acclaimed songwriter Hayley Westenra at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 7TH

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Self-Discovery and Transformation’; and the final in the series of four lectures on Kundalini Yoga, entitled ‘The Yoga of Shakti’, at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture (9 a.m.), entitled ‘Friendship’, in Room 104, Student Center, at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, USA.

1975
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Education’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium at the United Nations, New York. He also answers three questions – 1, 2, 3 — from the audience.

1975
Sri Chinmoy completes 100 large Jharna-Kala paintings in 19 hours, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy creates seven Jharna-Kala chalk sketches in Sydney, NSW, Australia, which he presents to the Sydney Centre.

1976
Sri Chinmoy visits the home of the Australian film and TV actor-singer Barry Crocker and his wife Dene in Sydney’s northern suburbs for a picnic with his students.

1976
Sri Chinmoy makes the first recording of his esraj music at Tin Pan Alley Music Studios in Sydney, Australia. He was the first person to record an album there. The vinyl LP record, which also contains vocal tracks, was subsequently released as ‘Peace-Light-Delight’.

1976
Sri Chinmoy takes an evening boat cruise on Sydney Harbour aboard the ‘Captain Cook’ ferry and gives a talk on the ‘Golden Boat’, which is recorded by ABC Radio. The captain allows Sri Chinmoy to steer the ferry for a time.

1976
Sri Chinmoy offers a talk on "Peace" at Wayside Chapel Kings Cross Sydney, Australia 6 March 1976 - "Peace" - Original Audio Talk.

1977
Sri Chinmoy meets with UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim at the United Nations in New York and presents him with the book U Thant: Divinity’s Smile and Humanity’s Cry.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘We Concentrate, We Meditate’, at Pace University in White Plains, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy returns to run the Bidwell Classic marathon in a time of 4:30:21 in Chico, CA, USA. He ran his first ever marathon here, two years earlier, on 3 March 1979.

1986
Sri Chinmoy meets with Matina Horner, President of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates Harvard Peace Meditation; offers a Peace Concert (65) and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘First Become Peace-Dreamers’, at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (175), with a piano performance and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Perfection-Fragrance’, and recites two Peace-Concert poems, at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

2000
Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 22 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2002
Sri Chinmoy gives a discourse on ‘Attachment to Time’ in response to a question from one of his students, at his home in Jamaica, New York, USA.

2003
Sri Chinmoy gives a private organ recital at Hallgrimskirkja — the Church of Hallgrimur — in Reykjavik, Iceland.

2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts H.E. Mrs. Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice-President of The Gambia, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 8TH

1975
The first Jharna-Kala Parade is held on Madison Ave in New York, NY, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Eternal Seeker’, at the Australian National University in Canberra, ACT, Australia.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and a public meditation at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

1984
Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Buchman Hall in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert to celebrate his 13th Western Flute Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1994
Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks are exhibited at the Mall Gallery in London, UK.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Sri Lanka Award.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 32 children from the Omna Ancient Arts Centre in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 9TH

1976
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.

1976
Sri Chinmoy creates seven Jharna-Kala pen drawings in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, which he presents to the Melbourne Centre.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert and public meditation at Queens College in Flushing, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Concentration-Art’, at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, USA.

1982

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

1990
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.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (263) at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1992

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

1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Western Flute Anniversary Peace Concert (461) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1999

“I am very happy you are here. I am happy we are now together.... Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I am really honoured to have taken part and I am happy this moment has come.” — Nelson Mandela

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

1999
South Africa is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation in Pretoria, South Africa.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Scotland Award.

2002
Sri Chinmoy offers a Western Flute Anniversary Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 10TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers the second in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita’,² in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

1976

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…

1976
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Simplicity, Sincerity, Purity and Divinity’, at the Melbourne Assembly Hall in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

1980
After months of following a strict diet and exercise regime, Sri Chinmoy finally reaches a body weight of 130 pounds. His students award him the good-humoured ‘Nobelly Prize’.

1980
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.

1985
Sri Chinmoy meets with legendary saxophonist Clarence Clemons from Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, at Progress-Promise function hall in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1988

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (147) at Aurora Concert Hall in Florence, Italy.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore — Florence Cathedral — in Florence, Italy.

1992
Sri Chinmoy answers questions about his visit to Japan at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan.

1992

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (298) 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 11TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Sincerity and Spirituality’, at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ, USA.

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Willpower and Victory’s Crown’, at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation at Greenwich Public Library, CT, USA.

1976

Excerpt from a letter in 1999: “I have extremely fond memories of my meeting with Sri Chinmoy in 1976. In the intervening 23 years, his work for peace has shown how one person can have such a positive and profound effect on so many people’s lives.” — Ron Clarke

Sri Chinmoy meets with Ron Clarke – Australian Olympic middle-distance runner and former holder of 17 world records – in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Sri Chinmoy also composed a song dedicated to the great champion on the day before the meeting.

1976
On his last morning in Melbourne, Australia, Sri Chinmoy and his students visit Olympic Park, which was the venue for the Olympic Games in 1956. Here Sri Chinmoy runs a few laps, jumps hurdles and uses the broad jump pit. He also visits the Beaurepaire Centre swimming pool adjacent to the stadium.

1976
Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation and delivers a lunchtime lecture, entitled ‘Happiness’, in the Robert Blackwood Memorial Hall at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

1976
Sri Chinmoy departs Melbourne in the early afternoon by plane bound for Adelaide, the capital of the state of South Australia and the final city on his Australian tour. He arrives at Adelaide Airport at 4:30 p.m.

1976
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Spirituality’, at Brougham Place Congregational Church in Adelaide, SA, Australia.

1977
BBC’s UN correspondent, Brian Saxton, records a half-hour interview with Sri Chinmoy at the United Nations in New York.

1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and delivers a morning lecture (11:00 a.m.), entitled ‘We Shall Wait’, at the State University College at Buffalo, in Buffalo, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (3:00 p.m.), entitled ‘We Shall Not Wait’, at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy leaves New York for a ten-day visit to Florida, USA.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (148) at the Singel Centre in Antwerp, Belgium.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1990
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, entitled ‘To Become like Hanuman’, and answers questions about the great devotee of Sri Ramachandra, at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, New York.

1996
Sri Chinmoy performs a concert at Lincoln Center, sponsored by World-Harmony Pilgrim-Dream Foundation in New York, NY, USA.

1996

Sri Chinmoy is interviewed live from New York on a national ABC Radio programme called ‘Australia Talks Back’ where host Sandy McCutcheon explores the question, “Where have all the gurus gone?” After performing a Peace Concert at the Lincoln Center in New York that evening, Sri Chinmoy gives the answer to Australian listeners (morning, March 12). Of all the gurus who had been popular during the 1960s and ’70s, Sri Chinmoy is the only one to be interviewed on the programme. View the video...

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 20 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2003

Sri Chinmoy holds the Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart programme for Grammy-Award-winning singer-songwriter Sting and his wife Trudie at the Fourth Universalist Church in New York, NY, USA. A display of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks flanks the nave of the church.

2006
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert for his 30th Western Flute Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2007
Sri Chinmoy performs the first ‘Oneness, Perfect Oneness of the Sun and the Moon’ lift for couples – Sarbottama Tatyana Lebedeva, Russian Olympic gold medal long-jumper and her husband Mahavikram Nikolay Matveev, coach of the Russian National Athletic Team – in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 12TH

1976
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed at a morning press conference held at his hotel, in Adelaide, SA, Australia. There, he sings ‘O My Australia’ and plays the esraj. Later that evening, excerpts go to air on Channel 7 News — the first time his esraj playing had been broadcast on television anywhere in the world.

1976

“What you are offering is very simple. They aren’t things to learn, intellectual things. It is an attitude of the heart.” — Bishop Phillip Kennedy

Sri Chinmoy meets with Bishop Phillip Kennedy, the Catholic Bishop of Adelaide, SA, Australia. Also present at the meeting is Sister Patricia Fox as well as the leader of Sri Chinmoy’s Adelaide Centre, Sipra Lloyd.

1976
Sri Chinmoy is received at Government House in Adelaide, SA, Australia, where he is the luncheon guest of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Mark Oliphant.

1976
Sri Chinmoy visits Adelaide’s ABC TV studios in the afternoon to tape an interview for ‘This Day Tonight’ with compere Geoff Michells for the evening programme.

1976
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture, entitled, ‘Possession and Satisfaction’, in the Napier Lecture Theatre at the University of Adelaide, SA, Australia. The lecture hall is full to capacity.

1976
Sri Chinmoy creates four large acrylic Jharna-Kala paintings and seven ballpoint-pen ink sketches at the Adelaide Centre.

1988
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Bob de Jong of Veronica TV, the Netherlands.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at St. Bavo Kerk in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The organ Sri Chinmoy plays is one that Mozart had once played when he was around 16 years of age.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at Grote Kerk in Den Haag, the Netherlands.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (149) playing various instruments, and a piano performance at the Congress Building in Den Haag, the Netherlands.

1990
Sri Chinmoy recounts a dream, ‘The Divine Runner Inspires the Human Runner’.

1991
Sri Chinmoy composes the Peace Run song, which has since been sung in over 155 nations and territories around the world as part of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run global torch relay.

1992
Sri Chinmoy runs a solo 100 metres in a time of 13.91 seconds at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, breaking his previous 100-metre record in the West of 14.13 seconds, set on 18 January 1992, in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Armenia Award.

2006
Sri Chinmoy holds the Peace Torch — the symbol of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run — with Olympian Sudhahota Carl Lewis and his mother Ambalika Evelyn Lewis.

MARCH 13TH

1975
Sri Chinmoy completes 100 large ‘finger paintings’ in 12 hrs. 45 min., in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy concludes his first Australian lecture tour, flying out of Adelaide in the early morning to Perth on the west coast for a connecting flight to Madras in India. From there, he goes on to Pondicherry for a two-week stay with his family before returning to New York.

1986
Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 200 lbs., using only his right arm, setting a new record for his weight (157 lbs.) and age (54 years), at his home gym in Jamaica, New York. Later, Sri Chinmoy is awarded a Certificate of Recognition and Merit by the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States for his noteworthy achievement in lifting 200 pounds with one arm. A similar certificate is presented by the British Amateur Weightlifters Association.

1987
Sri Chinmoy pays tribute to his homeland India at a special function sponsored by ‘Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations’, at the UN in New York. Almost 100 Indian officials from the Indian consulate and the UN Secretariat attended, including special guests of honour P.A. Nazareth, Consul-General of India and his wife.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (150) and an organ recital at the Odd Fellow Palæet in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (156) with a piano performance and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Oneness-Nest’, at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (227) at the Community United Methodist Church in Jackson Heights, NY, USA.

1992
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture at the International Relations Centre in Kyoto, Japan.

1992
Sri Chinmoy plants a Peace-Tree at Hana-Haku Park in Osaka, Japan.

1993
Sri Chinmoy composes the song, ‘Australia – My Indian Mind Is Flying’.

1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a 4-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy’s artworks are exhibited at Drei Mohren Hotel in Augsburg, Germany.

1998
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

2000

Peace Concert at Sala Palatului — Palace Hall — in Bucharest, Romania, which he dedicates to Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev. (2,500 people attended.)

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Colombia Award.

2001
Germany is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

2003
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2004
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert to celebrate his 28th Western Flute Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2005
Sri Chinmoy gives a short talk, entitled ‘To the End I Will Love the United Nations’, at his home in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

MARCH 14TH

1977
Sri Chinmoy’s artworks are exhibited at the Sri Chinmoy Gallery in Hamburg, Germany.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Do We Have the Capacity to Help Others?’, at the United Nations in New York.

1979
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates a new meditation centre in the New York area — the Gold Centre.

1980
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Five Soulful Friends’, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Following the talk, Sri Chinmoy answers questions from the audience.

1988
An article about Sri Chinmoy appears in the Dutch newspaper, Haagsche Courant, in the Hague (Den Haag), the Netherlands.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at Ullern Church in Oslo, Norway.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (151) and an organ recital at Oslo Konserthus in Oslo, Norway.

1992
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.

1992
Sri Chinmoy meets with the Head Priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (489) 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.

2000

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (583) to an audience of 5,000 at the National Palace of Culture, in Sofia, Bulgaria. Also present there is the cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov who had met Sri Chinmoy in New York and brought the ‘Peace Torch’ of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run into orbit.

2000
Bulgaria is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 12 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 15TH

1974
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.

1974
Sri Chinmoy is honoured by Donald Irwin, Mayor of Norwalk, in Norwalk, CT, USA.

1977
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.

1978
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates a new meditation centre in the New York area — the Silver Group.

1979
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.

1980
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk entitled, ‘Hope’, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Following the talk, Sri Chinmoy answers questions from the audience.

1986

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 were 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.

1991
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 institute, which has campuses in Oregon, Chile and Bangladesh, presents the award.

1997

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.

2000
Moldova is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

MARCH 16TH

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God and Myself’, at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Where Is God?’, at the United Nations in New York.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Realisation’, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, Canada.

1977
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.

1980
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘What I Need from God’, and answers audience questions in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

1986
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.

1988

A message to Sri Chinmoy on his birthday, August 27, 1987: “Best wishes to Sri Chinmoy, a man of peace who is working faithfully and selflessly for peace throughout the world.” — Thorsteinn Pálsson

Sri Chinmoy meets with Prime Minister Thorsteinn Pálsson 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.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at Frikirkjan — The Free Church of Reykjavik — in Reykjavik, Iceland.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (152) and piano performance at the University Cinema in Reykjavik, Iceland.

1988
Sri Chinmoy’s artworks are exhibited at the University Cinema in Reykjavik, Iceland.

1989

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (177) 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).

1990
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.

1993

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.

1995
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.

1996
Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘Annam Brahma’ as a tribute to the popular vegetarian restaurant, in Jamaica, New York, USA. (The previous day, 15 March, marked its 22nd anniversary.)

1999
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.

1999
Botswana is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by President F.G. Mogae.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of St. Lucia Award.

2001
Russia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

2002
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.

2004

“You are part of the spiritual force of love that emanates from God and which will transform the evil of this world into its counterpart. Thank you for persisting and going on, going on. Perhaps the world continues in existence only because of people like yourselves who help to hold it in being.” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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

2004
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.

2005
Sri Chinmoy offers remarks on the ‘Importance of Physical Fitness’, in Jamaica, New York, USA.

MARCH 17TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers the third in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita’,³ in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Give, Receive and Become’, at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB, Canada.

1977
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.

1978
Sri Chinmoy plays the esraj and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Progress’, at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

1980
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Peace’, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

1990
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.

1992
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.

1997
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.

1999
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.

2000
Venezuela is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 13 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 18TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Poverty’, at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, USA.

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, ‘The Inner Light’, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

1975
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Idea and Ideal’, in the Peace Room at the United Nations in New York.

1977
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.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Gratitude-Heart’, at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh, NY, USA.

1984
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by television host Russell Barber in New York, NY, USA.

1992
Sri Chinmoy meets with the President of Hungary, Árpád Göncz, at the Hungarian Consulate in New York, NY, USA.

1996
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.

1998
Sri Chinmoy receives a ‘Letter of Welcome’ to Seattle and the University of Washington on the occasion of his upcoming Peace Concert (226), from Gary Locke, Governor of the State of Washington.

1999
Sri Chinmoy lifts 170 lbs., with both arms simultaneously — for a total weight of 340 lbs., in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 19TH

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Oneness’, at Laval University in Quebec City, QC, Canada.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Choice’, at the State University of New York in Potsdam, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Seeker’s Duty’, at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, USA.

1983
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.

1985

“It is the greatest honour which has been granted through me to UNDP today, with this award named after our late Secretary-General U Thant. We consider this award as a symbol of the service rendered on the part of the United Nations for humanity. We are very privileged, honoured and indebted to you today for what you have granted us.” — Üner Kirdar

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.

1997
Sri Chinmoy appears on Long Island’s Cable News 12 in New York, NY, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert for his 21st Western Flute Anniversary in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also composes the song, ‘Australiai Western Flute’.

1999
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.

MARCH 20TH

1966

“Quite a few hundred people came to the concert. For me to get over one hundred people in those days was really something. But they came and they appreciated my singing. I sang ten devotional songs in Sanskrit and Bengali, and I gave a short commentary on each one.” — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy offers his second recital for the Asia Society, held at the Indian Cultural Centre in New York, NY, USA. His first musical performance is in June 1965, at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. Read more...

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Consciousness of the Body’, at the City College of New York in New York, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Human, the Divine and the Supreme’, at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, QC, Canada.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Let Us Try to Empty the Mind’, at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY, USA.

1978
One of Sri Chinmoy’s aphorisms appears in Forbes Magazine, USA.

1979

Sri Chinmoy hosts a programme at the United Nations in New York to observe the centennial of Albert Einstein’s birth (March 14, 1879). Featured speakers are the President of New York’s City College, the Ambassador of Cyprus, and H.E. Mr. Yehuda Z. Blum, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations.

1986
Sri Chinmoy first lifts a 101-lb. weight from the ground and presses it overhead with one arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1987
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (96) at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (332) at Queens College in Flushing, NY, USA.

1994

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s first one million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings opens at the Heritage Building in Ottawa, ON, Canada. View the video...

1997
Sri Chinmoy makes a guest appearance on WBAI’s radio talk show ‘Walden’s Pond’ in New York, NY, USA.

2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts HRH Princess Jelisaveta of Yugoslavia, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 21ST

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Freedom’, at the University of Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Purity’, at the University of Montreal in Montreal, QC, Canada.

1975
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation for Earth Day and delivers a talk, entitled ‘Mother Earth’, at Battery Park in New York, NY, USA.

1977
Sri Chinmoy receives a letter of appreciation from Paul O’Dwyer, President of the City Council of New York, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Lord, My Lord’, at the State University of New York in Farmingdale, NY, USA.

1979

Upon hearing a song Sri Chinmoy composed in his honour: “What music I hear! Beautiful! He has written a counterpoint like Bach. Every phrase goes with every other phrase so that no matter what you do, you can’t miss.” — Leonard Bernstein

Sri Chinmoy first meets with Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor, at the maestro’s home in New York, NY, USA.

1980
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled Because I Need’, at a memorial service for former Ambassador Allard Lowenstein held at the United Nations in New York.

1992

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (229) in Palac Kultury, Warsaw, Poland.

1999
Sri Chinmoy lifts 800 lbs., using a seated calf-raise, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 11 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Albania, Heart of Georgia, Heart of Micronesia and Heart of St. Kitts Awards.

2001
Bhutan is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

MARCH 22ND

1972

“This meeting of ours has been most essential. The Hindu life and the Christian life shall go together. Your message and my message are the same. When we both leave this world, you and I, we will meet together.” — Pope Paul VI

Sri Chinmoy meets with Pope Paul VI for the first time at The Vatican. The Holy Father presents Sri Chinmoy with the Papal Medal.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a noon lecture, entitled ‘Aspiration’, at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON, Canada.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an 8 p.m. lecture, entitled ‘Progress’, at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

1975
Sri Chinmoy gives an extemporaneous talk to his disciples about how to sing his most sacred song The Invocation, during a bus trip to Boston, MA, USA.

1975
Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation in Boston, MA, USA. While there, Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by two Boston journalists.

1977
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Spirituality Speaks to Simplicity’, at the United Nations in New York.

1981
Sri Chinmoy runs the Brooklyn Half-Marathon, in Brooklyn, NY, USA. He completes the course in a time of 1:57:28 — an 8:58 per mile pace.

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Buchman Hall in Manhattan, NY, USA.

1987

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (97) with a piano performance at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1991
Sri Chinmoy is presented with the ‘Our Lady, Queen of Peace’ award by the international Catholic service organisation, the Legion of Mary, during one of the regular weekly meditation meeting Sri Chinmoy conducts at the United Nations in New York. The award is made by Dr. Charles Mercieca on behalf of the Legion.

Later in the day at the UN, Sri Chinmoy is also presented with the ‘Albert Einstein Peace Medallion’ by the founder and president of the Albert Einstein International Academy Foundation, Dr. Marcel Dingli-Attard (a Maltese diplomat). The Academy is an educational and research organisation with headquarters in Independence, Missouri.

1992
Sri Chinmoy runs two solo time trials for 100 metres at an indoor venue in Warsaw, Poland. The first trial is run in 14.60 seconds; the second, in 14.73 seconds. His body weight is approximately 153 pounds.

1992
Sri Chinmoy attends the inauguration of a Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile at Park Szczęśliwice (State of Happiness) in Warsaw, Poland.

1999
The Gambia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh.

1999
Sri Chinmoy lifts 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously — a total weight of 400 lbs. — in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2000
India’s capital New Delhi is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom by Mayor Meera Kanwaria.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 35 Guyanese and Indian citizens, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 23RD

1973
Sri Chinmoy begins writing The Dance of Life poetry series, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1973
Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation at Riverside Church in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a midday lecture, entitled ‘Limitation’, at Trent University in Peterborough, ON, Canada. After the lecture, Sri Chinmoy answers questions from the audience.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers a special concert and meditation for members of the African-American community at International House, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk at the New School for Social Research in New York, NY, USA.

1980
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 3.5 miles in 25:29 (7:17 pace) at the ‘March Speed Run’ in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers two Peace Concerts — midday (25) and evening (26) — at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Germany.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (264) at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1992
Sri Chinmoy attends the inauguration of a natural spring inside Powsin Park near Warsaw, Poland, as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom. Powsin Park was originally an American Embassy recreation park, later gifted to the City of Warsaw.

1992
Sri Chinmoy meets with Stanislaw Wyganowski, Mayor of Warsaw, in Warsaw, Poland.

1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (300) at Zaklady Mechaniczne Nowotki in Warsaw, Poland. It is Sri Chinmoy’s 300th Peace Concert since he first began on 24 March 1984.

1994
A reception for diplomats is held at the exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s One Million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings in the Heritage Building, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

1996
Sri Chinmoy receives the Fred Lebow Award from the organisers of the Rome Marathon, in Rome, Italy.

1997
Sri Chinmoy completes six million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2000
The city of Vasco da Gama in the Indian state of Goa is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of the United Kingdom Award.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 41 children and boy scouts at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica NY, USA.

MARCH 24TH

1968
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, entitled ‘The Guru and the Hostile Forces’ to his disciples at a Centre meeting in his apartment in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Duty Supreme’, at Boston University in Boston, MA, USA.

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers the final in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita’,⁴ in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

1971
Sri Chinmoy is asked a significant question about how to concentrate on the Guru. His answer covers divine love, divine concern, and divine joy or delight.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a midday lecture, entitled ‘Spirituality and Satisfaction’, at the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON, Canada.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a 7:30 p.m. lecture, entitled ‘Beauty’, at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada.

1980

Sri Chinmoy meets with Ambassador Nicolas Katapodis of Greece at a special function at the United Nations in New York, sponsored by Sri Chinmoy Meditation at the United Nations, in celebration of Greece’s Independence Day.

1984

Address to the audience at the conclusion of the concert: “Beloved Germany, breathlessly I am bowing to your soul. Soulfully I am loving your heart. Devotedly I am admiring your life. To me, stupendous is your soul. Generous is your heart and precious is your life.... My beloved Germany, to you my aspiration-heart and my dedication-life bow and bow and bow.” — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy offers his first Peace Concert (1) — ‘Peace: God's Beauty in His Oneness-Home’ — to an audience of over 8,000 for 3 hours at the Sporthalle in Cologne, Germany. Watch the full-length video of the concert... Listen to the CD recording of the concert...

1985

Sri Chinmoy visits the Olympic Stadium in West Berlin, Germany, where Jesse Owens won four gold medals. In a deeply symbolic gesture in honour of his athletic hero, Sri Chinmoy meditates in the reviewing stand from which Hitler had watched the Games in 1936.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (27) at Kongresszentrum CCH in Hamburg, Germany.

1996

At the request of race director Umberto Silvestri, Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the Rome City Marathon in Italy. The race has 16,000 participants, including 340 of Sri Chinmoy’s students.

1996
Sri Chinmoy meets with Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, in Rome, Italy.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 14 people at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 25TH

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Vedanta Philosophy’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Bliss’, at Guelph University in Guelph, ON, Canada.

1974
Sri Chinmoy receives a letter of appreciation from U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

1975
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, entitled ‘You and I’, in the Peace Room of the Church Centre for the United Nations in New York.

1975
Sri Chinmoy pays tribute to the great prophet Mohammed — founder of the world religion, Islam — at the Chapel of the Church Centre for the United Nations in New York.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers a public concert at the Ethical Culture Society of New York, NY, USA.

1979

Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for the marathon in a time of 3:55:07 (8:58 pace) at the Heart-Watchers Marathon in Toledo, OH, USA. The temperature at the start of the race is 24°F. This is Sri Chinmoy’s second marathon, having run his first-ever marathon just 22 days earlier.

1979
Toledo Mayor Douglas Degood declares 25 March 1979 in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

1984
Sri Chinmoy gives an introductory talk, entitled ‘My Name is not Sri Chinmoy. My Name is Gratitude’, at a meeting with the parents of his German disciples in Cologne, Germany. At the end of the meeting, Sri Chinmoy answers questions from some of the parents.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (28) at Gut Buschhof in Bonn-Königswinter, Germany.

1991

Sri Chinmoy meets with Polish President Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1983), and presents him with three songs he had composed in honour of Poland and the President.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Wales Award.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 26 actors from the off-Broadway hit ‘The Exonerated’ Sri Chinmoy lifts 26 actors from the off-Broadway hit ‘The Exonerated’ including Brooke Shields, Jill Clayburgh, Marisa Tomei, Robert Vaughn and Montel Williams. The lifts occurred after the play’s 200th performance at Bleecker Street Theatre in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

2006
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates the Sri Chinmoy Invitational Marathon to be run in New York by his students who have run faster than 3:55:07 within the last 10 years.

2007
Sri Chinmoy lifts 7 horses individually, then 3 at once, at DND Horse Stables in Forest Park, NY, USA.

MARCH 26TH

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God and Myself’, at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture entitled ‘Service’, at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON, Canada.

1979
The Cape Cod Times carries a photo and an article about Sri Chinmoy running his second marathon of the year — the ‘Heartwatchers’ run in Toledo, Ohio.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Compassion’, at Brown University in Providence, RI, USA.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (29) at the Sporthalle in Cologne, Germany.

1997
Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘C.K.G. the Artist’.

1999
Scotland is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Switzerland Award.

2006

Sri Chinmoy lifts Nikolai Valuev of Russia, WBA Heavyweight World Boxing Champion, at Palais des Congrès in Paris, France. Read article...

2007
Sri Chinmoy celebrates the birthday of Ambassador Chowdhury’s wife Marium at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

MARCH 27TH

1968
Sri Chinmoy is invited to deliver a talk, entitled ‘Joy Unlimited’, at a luncheon held by the Lions Club of the Bronx, at the Westchester-Bronx, NY Branch of the YMCA, New York, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Spiritual Seekers’, at the University of Windsor in Windsor, ON, Canada.

1979

“...there can be no higher religion than our common allegiance to humanity, which is inherent in the Charter of the United Nations and, which indeed, if I may say so, is the message that is implicit in the teachings of Sri Chinmoy.” — H.E. Dr. Rikhi Jaipal

“In thanking you again, we wish you continued success in your magnificent obsession to spread love, caring and commitment to spread an important peace which we all desire in the United Nations.” — Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim

Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations H.E. Dr. Rikhi Jaipal presents one of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings to Assistant UN Secretary-General Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim, Special Representative for the International Year of the Child, at the UN Church Centre in New York.

1979
Sri Chinmoy leads 127 meditations after reaching a record body weight of 127 lbs., in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Vision-Dawn’, at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (30) at Friedrich Ebert Halle in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

1967
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (98) at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills, NY, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (178) and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Obedience’, at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (333) at Louis Pasteur Junior High School 67 in Little Neck, NY, USA.

1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a 4-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2000
The city of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

2000
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Svenn Kristiansen, Deputy Mayor of Oslo, at the United Nations in New York.

2000
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, in which he plays 40 instruments to honour Svenn Kristiansen for having run 40 marathons, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2003
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 22 teachers and students at St. Albans, NY, USA.

2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts Enoch Effah, world champion of French boxing, at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France.

2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts 10 ambassadors and 16 other people at UNESCO in Paris, France.

2007
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, ‘Mother Bengal’s Culture-Flood’, dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 28TH

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Concentration, Meditation and Contemplation’, in St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Desire-Man, Aspiration-Man, Dream-Man, Reality-Man’, at the University of Western Ontario in London, ON, Canada.

1975
In honour of Sri Chinmoy’s 11th year in the West, a new American flag is flown over the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Senator Lowell Weicker Jr. of Connecticut later presented the flag to Sri Chinmoy.

1977
Sri Chinmoy plays the esraj on ‘This Morning Show’, Channel 3 TV, broadcast from Hartford, CT, USA.

1977
Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, New York, hosts a banquet for women delegates to the United Nations in honour of International Women’s Day, attracting diplomats from countries as diverse as Egypt, Honduras and Costa Rica. The event is sponsored by the Meditation Group at the UN led by Sri Chinmoy.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Silence’, at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, USA.

1987
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (99) at James J. Reynolds Junior High School in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (301) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy completes one million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings in 5½ days for a total of seven million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (490) at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA.

2006
Sri Chinmoy meets with Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, at the UNESCO office in Paris, France

2006

Sri Chinmoy offers a World Harmony Concert, sponsored by the Canadian Ambassador to UNESCO, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. Before the programme, Sri Chinmoy lifts UNESCO Ambassadors from eight countries, including China, Japan and Ukraine, as well as other diplomats and luminaries. Also, a selection of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks is exhibited in the building.

2006
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Einar Steensnaes, Chairman of the Executive Board of UNESCO, at the UNESCO office in Paris, France.

MARCH 29TH

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Desire and Aspiration’, at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy completes 16 lectures in Canada – later published in My Maple Tree – with a talk, entitled ‘Yoga and Faith’, at York University in Toronto, ON, Canada.

1977
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation and esraj concert at the State University of New York in New Paltz, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 2 miles in a time of 13:42 (6:51 pace) at the Sri Chinmoy Race in Westport, CT, USA.

1985

Sri Chinmoy offers an afternoon Peace Concert (31) to an audience of 2,000 people at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany.

1985

Sri Chinmoy offers an evening Peace Concert (32) to an audience of 2,400 people at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany.

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour public meditation at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1987

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (100) with a piano performance at Rippowam High School in Stamford, CT, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (491) at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (USA) in New York, NY, USA.

2000
The Taj Mahal and Vrindavan are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms.

2001
Sri Chinmoy reads his poetry at a programme with Pulitzer Prize Authors at the United Nations in New York.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts Sugata Bose PhD, grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Yoko Ono, artist and musician, wife of John Lennon, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

MARCH 30TH

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘I Watch, I Pray’, at Long Island University in Greenvale, NY, USA.

1980
Sri Chinmoy runs personal bests for 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 miles – his 3-mile split time is 21:31 (7:10/mile pace); 4-mile split time is 29:04 (7:16/mile pace); 5-mile split time is 36:39 (7:20/mile pace); 6-mile split time is 44:09 (7:21/mile pace); and 7-mile time is 51:18 (7:20/mile pace) – at the Sri Chinmoy 7-mile Race in Fairfield, CT, USA.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (33) at the Stadthalle in Freiburg, Germany.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (265) at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy receives the Award of Excellence from the UN Society of Writers (the society’s highest award) for the completion of his 900th book, Love, Compassion, Forgiveness, which he had dedicated to President Gorbachev. Sri Chinmoy then reads two of his poems — his very first poem in English, ‘The Golden Flute’, written around 1952-53, and a poem he had written just a few hours prior to the award ceremony held at the United Nations in New York. Sri Chinmoy concludes with a note of gratitude to his hosts and a short talk, entitled ‘American Freedom in My Poetry’.

MARCH 31ST

1975
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at a gallery at 154 Wooster Street in Soho, New York, NY, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy opens an evening concert of classical Indian music with two Bengali songs and a short meditation at the United Nations in New York. The programme, which is sponsored by the United Nations Meditation Group as a fundraising effort for UNICEF, includes recitals by classical singer Jyoti Pandit and sarod player Vasant Rai.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers a morning Peace Concert (34) at Küchlin Theatre in Basel, Switzerland.

1985

Sri Chinmoy offers an evening Peace Concert (35) at Hallenstadion to an audience of 5,500 in Zurich, Switzerland. View the video...

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (66) at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Schloss Wilhelminenberg in Vienna, Austria.

1993
Sri Chinmoy lifts Arno A. Penzias, 1978 Nobel Laureate for Physics, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2000
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (585) at the Sun Dome Stadium, University of South Florida, in Tampa, FL, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 13 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Kuwait Award.

2001
England is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

April

APRIL 1ST

1969
Sri Chinmoy is invited to speak at the Gandhi Centenary at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica. The talk, entitled ‘Mahatma Gandhi’, is subsequently printed in Mother India’s Lighthouse.

1971
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Does Meditation Really Accomplish Anything?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Faith, Love, Devotion and Surrender’, at State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Appreciation, Admiration, Adoration and Love’, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Contemplation’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers an afternoon Peace Concert (36) at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria.

1985
Sri Chinmoy offers an evening Peace Concert (37) at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria.

1988
Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation for spiritual seekers in Buchman Hall in Manhattan, NY, USA. He meditates in silence, plays music and answers questions. Three other similar programmes were held at the same venue during April and May.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (179) and delivers a morning lecture, entitled ‘My Success-Life and My Progress-Life’, at the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (180) and delivers an evening lecture, entitled ‘Surrender’, at the Kurhalle Oberlaa in Vienna, Austria.

1994

From a message on April 4, 1994: “I would like to congratulate You for the new amazing achievement of Your creative spirit. With great joy, I have learned that You created a portrayal of two million birds and that the number of books written by You has reached one thousand. Undoubtedly these creations will be able to inspire … while simultaneously helping the noble cause of the spiritual renewal of mankind.” — President Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

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

APRIL 2ND

1976
Sri Chinmoy completes 27 Jharna-Kala paintings in 27 minutes in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Success and Progress’, at New York State University in Cortland, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Our Human Life and Our Divine Life’, at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘What Shall I Make of Myself?’, at New York State University in Binghamton, NY, USA.

1987
Sri Chinmoy offers a piano performance at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy visits the Heiligenkreuz Monastery in Austria where he prays and meditates with the nuns and the Mother Superior, and answers their questions about spirituality and religion.

1993
Sri Chinmoy lifts Gajanan Wakankar, Consul General of India to New York, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1994
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the World Choir Concert and meets American poet Maya Angelou in Atlanta, GA, USA.

1998

From a letter to Sri Chinmoy: “You are more than ... ‘The Light of Asia’: you are, in your efforts to promote peace and harmony ... the light of the world ....” — Prof. Shawn Wong, Chairman, English Department, University of Washington

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Poet and Poetry’, and receives the Light of Asia Award at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA. Listen to Poet and Poetry recording…

1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (536) at the opening of a week-long Soul-Bird drawings exhibition held at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.

2007
Sri Chinmoy lifts James Nachtwey, award-winning photojournalist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 3RD

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture on the great American poet ‘Robert Frost’, at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, USA.

1976
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks opens in Greenwich Village in New York, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God’s World and Man’s World’, at New York State University in Purchase, NY, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (68) and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘A Seeker’s Peace’, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (181) with a piano performance and a lecture, entitled ‘Happiness’, at Friedrich Ebert Halle in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (228) for the 20th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations – UN, NY.

1993
Sri Chinmoy lifts Hans Janitschek, President, UN Society of Writers – Jamaica, NY, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (334) in Jackson Heights, NY, USA.

1996

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

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Japan Award.

APRIL 4TH

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Experience of Peace’, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, in New York, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God’s Will and My Will’, at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA.

1984
Sri Chinmoy holds a 7-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1987

Sri Chinmoy offers Peace Concert (101) with a piano performance at Prospect Heights High School in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (182) and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘My Passport’, at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany.

1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts Gerd Binnig, 1986 Nobel Laureate for Physics, in Heidelberg, Germany.

1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (302) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1992
Sri Chinmoy lifts Aleksandr Gorelik, Deputy Chief, International Organisations Department, Russian Foreign Ministry, and Ambassador to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the Martin Luther King Program, UN Society of Writers at the United Nations in New York.

1996

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

2000
India’s largest city, Bombay (Mumbai), is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 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.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts film star Jeff Goldblum and artist Peter Max in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 5TH

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘No Nation is Unwanted’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

1976
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the Interfaith Observance for the World Day of Prayer at the United Nations in New York.

1976

”I wish to say that your presence here is a blessing to our gathering. You are truly representative of the spirituality of our home, India … Sri Chinmoy, it is my privilege to say how open our hearts are to receive you … where you bless us by your presence … Ever since I met you for the first time, the link between us has always grown in strength, although we have seen each other only three or four times. But I want to say how greatly I value the meaning of that bond, because it is the one of true dedication to the service of God.” — Pir Vilayat Khan

Sri Chinmoy meets 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.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Time Changes’, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, USA.

1987
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (102) at Riverdale Junior High School in the Bronx, NY, USA.

1991

”Since I first set my gaze on Sri Chinmoy, since that first moment of encounter, he has always remained prevalent in my heart and soul. He has been a source of inspiration, especially during the trials of life. There are moments when one needs to be able to feel one has a friend somewhere who is sharing the same kind of responsibilities as one is oneself. That deeper friendship is much more than friendship. It is a real sharing at the soul-level between those of us who are dedicated to conveying spiritual teaching to our fellow beings. It is so very deep that it is difficult to describe.” — Pir Vilayat Khan

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

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Bolivia Award.

APRIL 6TH

1977
Sri Chinmoy plays the esraj and answers questions on WOR-TV’s ‘Straight Talk’ in New York, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘I Have Offered, I Have Received’, at the International Fair of Religions and Philosophies in Montreal, QC, Canada.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Liberation’, at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, USA.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (266) at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (492) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Sweden Award.

APRIL 7TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Consciousness’, at the New School for Social Research in New York, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Music and Religion’, at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, USA.

1982
Sri Chinmoy offers a solo concert, playing the esraj, flute and harmonium, at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1999
Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2000
Malaysia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 14 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 8TH

1966
Sri Chinmoy delivers an extemporaneous talk, entitled ‘Man and God’ – the first in a Spring series of classes on Yoga – at his home in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Freedom’, at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, USA.

1977
Thirty-six new books by Sri Chinmoy are published in 2½ weeks in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1977
Sri Chinmoy appears live to answer listeners’ questions on the Steve Powers Show on WMCA-Radio, in New York, NY, USA.

1977
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens in the West Village, New York, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘I Shall Go On Loving God’, at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

1984
‘The First Estate’ interview with Sri Chinmoy airs on WNBC-TV in New York, NY, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (67) and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Where is Peace?’, at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, NJ, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts 17 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1991

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

1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (335) at York College in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1994
Sri Chinmoy celebrates his mother Yogamaya’s birth centenary, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (403) at Julia Richman High School in New York, NY, USA.

APRIL 9TH

1980
Sri Chinmoy delivers ‘Eulogy for Jesse Owens’ in St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and meets 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.

1991

Sri Chinmoy lifts his own body weight of 150 lbs. 150 times overhead in 11 min. 13 sec., at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Present at the event is Wayne DeMilia, Vice-President of the International Federation of Bodybuilders, who certifies the lifts.

1993
Sri Chinmoy lifts Stanley Kalpage, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the UN; and Kriesnedath Nandoe, Ambassador of Suriname to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1994
Sri Chinmoy celebrates his mother Yogamaya's Birth Centenary (8 April 1894- 8 April 1994) in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA, with a week-long programme of meditations, singing and other spiritual activities, indoors and outdoors at Aspiration-Ground.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (493) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2000

”Born as you were in the small village of East Shakpura, Chittagong in 1931, we are proud to claim you as a true son of our beautiful Country. Now you have become a universal brother of humanity.… I am proud to take our place amongst my brothers and sisters, which are a part of the ever-growing and ever-inspiring Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms family.” — Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh

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

2001
Sierra Leone is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

APRIL 10TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Earthbound Time and Timeless Time’, at Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts 103¾ pounds overhead from the ground ‘Clean-and-Press’ using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1994
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (393), dedicated to the birth centenary of his mother Yogamaya Ghosh, at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew in New York, NY, USA.

1996
Sri Chinmoy achieves a vertical jump onto a 31-inch platform in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (462), at the High School of Fashion Industries in New York, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 21 people including Scotland’s Don Ritchie, 100-km and 100-mile outdoor track world-record holder, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of America and Heart of Germany Awards.

2004

Sri Chinmoy twice lifts the equivalent of his own 160-pound body weight, 100 times with one arm, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. In the first session, he alternates between his left and right arm to accomplish the feat in 1 minute, 34 seconds. On his second attempt, he completes the lifts in a record time of 1 minute, 17 seconds, using only his left arm. View the video...

2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts 46 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2007
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks, hosted by UN Under-Secretary-General Anwarul Chowdhury, is opened at the United Nations in New York.

APRIL 11TH

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Experience of Light’, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, in New York, NY, USA.

1975
Sri Chinmoy paints 11 large paintings, dedicated to the ‘Soul of America’, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy holds a 7-hour meditation — starting at 6:00 a.m. — at Mt. Neboh Congregation in Manhattan, New York, USA.

1982
Sri Chinmoy completes 29 miles in a 12-hour walk at Jamaica High School Track and around the school block in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (153) together with a piano and organ recital at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA.

1990
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks opens at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (303) at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (494) at the High School of Fashion Industries in New York, NY, USA.

2000

”In the 36th year of Sri Chinmoy’s quest to spread Bharat Mata’s light to the far corners of the globe, and in homage to our ancient love of peace, it is an honour to declare India, Bharat Mata, as a Peace Nation in the Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms Programme.” — Ananth Kumar, Minister of Tourism and Culture of India

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

2000
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Azerbaijan Award.

2001
Egypt is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

2002
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and reads his poetry at a reception hosted by the Indian Consulate in New York, NY, USA. A selection of his Jharna-Kala artworks is also exhibited. After the concert, Sri Chinmoy presents one of his paintings to the Consul General of India, Shashi Tripathi, and also one to the Indian Consulate.

2006

Sri Chinmoy opens the World Harmony Run in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, near the United Nations in New York.

2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts 21 people, as part of a special programme for those born in 1931, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2007
Sri Chinmoy lifts a hot-air balloon in Hampton, NJ, USA.

APRIL 12TH

1975
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and exhibits 11 of his Jharna-Kala 4’ x 8’ canvases dedicated to the ‘Soul of America’ at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy sings 100 new Bengali songs – later 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 displays some 12,000 of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings, which he had created in the previous sixteen months.

1999
Australia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation and the world’s first Sri Chinmoy Peace-Continent, by the Government Whip of Australia, Kay Elson. The Government Whip speaks on behalf of the Australian government.

1999
Belize is declared Central America’s first Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by Prime Minister Said Musa.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 20 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Barbados is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Eritrea, Heart of Estonia and Heart of South Africa Awards.

2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Olympians including Bob Beamon, 1988 gold medallist in the 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.

2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts Ustad Sultan Khan, sarangi player, in Jamaica, NY, USA..

APRIL 13TH

1964
Sri Chinmoy arrives at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York at 3:30 p.m. on Air India flight 101A from Madras, where he is met by his sponsor, Sam Spanier, Sam’s friend Eric Hughes, and Sri Chinmoy’s co-sponsor Ann Harrison. He stays as the guest of ‘Samie’ and Eric at their Greenwich Village apartment in Manhattan.

1966
Sri Chinmoy gives 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.

1967
The first official April 13th celebration of Sri Chinmoy’s arrival in the West is held by the AUM Centre in New York, NY, USA. The occasion marks his third anniversary in America.

1974
Sri Chinmoy celebrates the tenth anniversary of his arrival in the West by cooking 10 separate dishes for 400 of his students in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy offers his first concert at Carnegie Hall, entitled Existence-Consciousness-Bliss. This is Sri Chinmoy’s first public performance of the esraj and the cello. His Jharna-Kala artworks are also exhibited – New York, NY, USA.

1980
Sri Chinmoy race-walks a personal best for 10 km (6.2 miles) in a time of 1:07:57 (10:57/mile pace) in the New York Walkers Day Walk in Central Park, New York, NY, USA.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert for his 27 years in the West, at Silver Cup Studios, in Long Island City, NY, USA.

1993
An exhibition of 32,000 Soul-Bird drawings opens at Kennedy International Airport in New York, NY, USA.

1995
Sri Chinmoy receives a Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Science from St. Mark’s Major Seminary and College in Minnesota, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy meets with President Gorbachev and Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (7th meeting) at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, NY, USA.

1999
Estonia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by Prime Minister Mart Laar.

1999
Bulgaria is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation by Deputy Minister of Culture, Panteley Tsankov.

1999
Sweden is declared the 21st Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation in a proclamation jointly signed by five National Party and Parliamentary Group Chairpersons.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Italy Award.

2001
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 30 instruments, in Queens College Auditorium in Flushing, NY, USA.

2002
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 38 instruments for 38 years in the West, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 13 people, including actress Judith Light; Mr. America and Mr. Olympia Chris Dickerson, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2005
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2007
Sri Chinmoy lifts a stone fountain with 50 roses, dedicated to all 50 States of America, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 14TH

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘How to Please God’, at University of Bridgeport, CT, USA.

1970
At the invitation of Secretary-General U Thant, Sri Chinmoy begins conducting twice-weekly meditations for staff, delegates and NGO representatives at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. As director of the ‘United Nations Meditation Group’, which later becomes known as ‘Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations’, Sri Chinmoy serves the spiritual aspirations of the United Nations for over 37 years.

1978
Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation at an exhibition of his Jharna-Kala artworks at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

1982
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously composes and sings 100 songs from poems in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames for the birth centenary of his father Shashi Kumar Ghosh, at Thomas A. Edison High School in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (229) at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

1994
Sri Chinmoy receives an honorary doctorate in Philosophy and Literature from the Institute of Slavonic Culture in Moscow, Russia.

1997
The New York borough of Brooklyn is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 39 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Bob Mathias, 2-time Olympic gold medallist in the decathlon (1948 & 1952), at JFK International Airport, NY, USA.

APRIL 15TH

1966
Sri Chinmoy gives 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.

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Song of Ego’, at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, USA.

1973
An article about Sri Chinmoy appears in The New York Times.

1984
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (2) at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1992

”We have an opportunity today in dedicating this site as a peace site for Sri Chinmoy, an opportunity to continue to inspire the visitors who come here every year to feel as we do that peace begins with each one of us, and we can only offer to others what we have ourselves.” — Pamela Walker, Chairman of the Canadian Niagara Parks Commission

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

1993
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks is held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy meets for the fourth time with President Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy lifts 12 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 38 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 30 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts 115 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 16TH

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Conscious Oneness with God’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

1975
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Earth versus Heaven’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1983
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy lifts 21 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1999

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

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 38 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Belarus Award.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 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.

APRIL 17TH

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (2 p.m.), entitled ‘The Practical Reality’, at The Center for Religion and Life, University of Nevada in Reno, NV, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Who is My Friend on Earth?’, at the State University of New York in Old Westbury, NY, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (183) at Julia Richman High School in New York, NY, USA.

1998
Sri Chinmoy is presented with the Corazón de Oro, ‘Heart of Gold’ Award, by the Society of Mexican Authors and Composers at a ceremony held in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The award had been conferred on Sri Chinmoy for his “great altruistic service in the cause of world peace” at the Society’s headquarters in Mexico City on 20 January 1998.

1998
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the United Nations in New York.

2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 26 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2002

After being presented with the award: “I really do not know how to express my joy and gratitude to you, Sri Chinmoy, for encouraging me with this beautiful award.” — Swami Satchidananda

“In you, I clearly see the Rishis of yore and the Vedic seers of the hoary past. In you, I feel Infinity’s Peace and Bliss.” — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy presents 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.

APRIL 18TH

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Experience of Bliss’, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, in New York, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Seeker’, at Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1983
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1991
Sri Chinmoy lifts Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Soviet Ambassador to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1999
Sri Chinmoy lifts 200 pounds in each arm simultaneously to the absolute highest point with full arm extension, in New York, USA.

2000
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert for the 30th Anniversary of Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations, at the UN in New York.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts Dr. Jane Goodall CBE, British primatologist and 2002 UN Messenger of Peace, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2007
Sri Chinmoy lifts Michael Hebranko, who lost 700 lbs. in 19 months, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 19TH

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Secret of Inner Peace’, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (8 p.m.), entitled ‘What has Life Taught Me?’, in the Memorial Chapel, Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy receives the Seal of the City of Berkeley from Mayor Warren Widener in Berkeley, CA, USA.

1980
Sri Chinmoy plays four tennis pros, winning 48 out of 101 games, at Randall’s Island, NY, USA.

1983
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘A Seeker’s Heart-Songs’, at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1983
Sri Chinmoy receives the Paul Revere Patriot Award from the State of Massachusetts at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers an afternoon Peace Concert (69) and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God’s Most Treasured Gift’, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, USA.

1986
Sri Chinmoy offers an evening Peace Concert (70) and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Way to Abiding Peace’, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, USA.

1993
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the State Capitol Building in Stamford, CT, USA.

APRIL 20TH

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘My Life’, at New York State University in New Paltz, NY, USA.

1980
Sri Chinmoy completes his first 12-hour walk, for a total distance of 45¼ miles, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Truth’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (495) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2005

Sri Chinmoy lifts Paula Radcliffe, marathon world record holder, and her husband, 1500m runner Gary Lough, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 21ST

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Quintessence of Mysticism’, at the American University in Washington, DC, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture (9 a.m.), entitled ‘Why?’, at New York State University in Geneseo, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (3 p.m.), entitled ‘Today is a Good and Special Day’, at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (7:30 p.m.), entitled ‘Three Friends: Inspiration, Aspiration and Realisation’, at SUNY at Brockport, Brockport, NY, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Sound and Silence’, at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Contemplation in Action’, at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, USA.

1981

“For so long I have dreamed of meeting you…. Whoever has a large heart is the winner. You are the champion of champions, for God has given you a very big heart…. You stand for everything that is good in the running community.” — Sri Chinmoy

”I have heard so much about you – your books, your running…. It is a good sport; it has been good to me. I’ll always keep running. I’m sure you will too.” — Bill Rodgers

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

1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (230) at the Community Church of New York in New York, NY, USA.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a piano concert, performing on 27 pianos for 27 years in the West, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1996
Sri Chinmoy performs a standing vertical jump of 32 inches, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1998
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Church of St. Ann and The Holy Trinity, in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Venezuela Award.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 23 people, including Dr. Davidson L. Hepburn, former Bahamian Ambassador to the United Nations for 10 years, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 22ND

1966
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Our Peace is Within’ – the third in a Spring series of classes on Yoga, at his home in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Action and Liberation’, at George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture (10 a.m.), entitled ‘Transformation, Liberation, Revelation, Manifestation’, at Portland State University in Portland, OR, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (4 p.m.), entitled ‘Just for Today’, in Hughes Auditorium, Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (7:30 p.m.), entitled ‘The Existence of God’, in the Administration Building at North Idaho Junior College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘A Special Beauty’, at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Delay Not’, at New York State University in Fredonia, NY, USA.

1980

Sri Chinmoy meets 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.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (267) at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

APRIL 23RD

1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Supreme Secret of Meditation’, at Maryland University in College Park, MD, USA.

1971
Sri Chinmoy holds his first public meditation and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Arise! Awake!’, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture (9:30 a.m.), entitled ‘Beauty’, in the Montana Rooms of the Student Center, at the University of Montana in Missoula, MT, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (9 p.m.), entitled ‘Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality’, in the Physics Building, at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (10:30 p.m.), entitled ‘Concentration’, at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY, USA.

1975

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

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture (11 a.m.), entitled ‘The Spiritual Life’, at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY, USA

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (3 p.m.), entitled ‘Do I Believe in Miracles?’, at Alfred University in Alfred, NY, USA.

1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts Pir Vilayat Khan, Head of the Sufi Order in the West, at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Mauritius Award.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts Susan Sarandon, Academy Award-winning actress, social and political activist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 24TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Intuition’, at the University of Maine, Orono, USA.

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Immortality’, at the University of Massachusetts, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture (10 a.m.), entitled ‘What Has Life Taught Me?’, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon lecture (4 p.m.), entitled ‘Humanity’s Teachers’, at the University of Arizona in Tuscon, AZ, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture (9 p.m.), entitled ‘Realisation’, at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, USA.

1989

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

1991

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (268) and piano performance, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (304) dedicated to UN Secretary-General U Thant, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

2002
Sri Chinmoy meditates at the start of the Self-Transcendence Six and Ten Day Races organised by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York, USA. The ten-day event starts, followed by the six-day event four days later on 28 April, with both races finishing on 4 May.

APRIL 25TH

1972
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates a new ‘divine enterprise’ on Parsons Blvd. in Jamaica, New York, USA. He gives it the name, Guru Health Foods.

1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Experience of Power’, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, in New York, NY, USA.

1976

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

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Music’, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

1993
Sri Chinmoy completes 43,000 Soul-Birds since he began drawing them on December 29th, 1991. He gives the name ‘Eternity’s 13,000 Aspiration-Cries’ to the collection of 13,000 artworks (nos. 30,001–43,000).

1996

“Revived
my long-lost jumping thrills –
standing high jump 33 inches!”
— Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy achieves a standing vertical jump of 33 inches, at his home in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

1997

Sri Chinmoy leads 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.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 12 members of ‘The International Center For Peace, Assisi, Italy’, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 26TH

1976
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the performance of his play The Sacred Fire at the Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Satisfaction’, at Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA.

1986
The 8th annual Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Road Race finishes and the 2nd annual Sri Chinmoy 1,000 Mile Road Race begins. Sri Chinmoy meditates with the runners at both events, which are held at Flushing Meadows Park in New York, NY, USA. The cut-off for the 1,000-mile event is 11 May 1986.

1998
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation for participants in the Bangladesh Day Parade, organised by the Bangladesh Students Association in New York City, NY USA. As a proud Bengali native himself, Sri Chinmoy walks in the parade.

1999
Belgium and Nauru are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

2000
Sri Chinmoy meets with Precious McKenzie, champion weightlifter in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts Sid Caesar, comedian; Red Buttons, comedian and Academy Award winner; Nanette Fabray, comedian; and Neil Simon, playwright, in Beverly Hills, CA, USA.

2005

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

APRIL 27TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Aspiration: The Inner Flame’, at Purdue University in Lafayette, IN, USA.

1981
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Contemplation In The Hindu Tradition’, at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.

1982
Sri Chinmoy is invited to open a two-day Conference on Global Perspectives for Religious life with a silent meditation and a short prayer. The event, organised by the Movement for a Better World, is held in the Chapel of the Church Centre for the United Nations in New York.

1987

The first Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run begins at Battery Park in New York, NY, USA. View the video...

1987
Sri Chinmoy meets with Carly Simon, American singer/songwriter, Academy Award winner and two-time Grammy Award winner, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1993
The State of Florida is proclaimed a ‘Sri Chinmoy Peace State’ by Governor Lawton Chiles in Tallahassee, FL, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (496) at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. It is the 27th of 50 concerts he gives to celebrate the 50th anniversary of India’s Independence.

1999

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

1999
Ireland is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

2001
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2003
Sri Chinmoy plants a Meditation Tree on Parsons Blvd. in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy lifts 43 people in San Francisco, CA, USA.

2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 44 ambassadors, diplomats and Canadian government officials, including Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada, in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

APRIL 28TH

1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Reality’, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, USA.

1974
Sri Chinmoy writes 360 poems in 24 hours, which are published the very next day as The Goal Is Won, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1975
Sri Chinmoy paints ‘Supreme, I Bow To Thee’, a 9’ x 16’ canvas, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1975

”He should just continue to draw and paint and flourish like he has been forever and ever and ever.” — Peter Max

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

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘A Seeker’s Conversation with his Inner Pilot’, at St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1987
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (103) at New Rochelle High School in New Rochelle, NY, USA.

1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (269) at the State University of New York in New Paltz, NY, USA.

2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 13 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2002
As part of the Sri Chinmoy Ten and Six Day Races, the 6-day race begins at Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York, USA. The 10-day race began on 24 April; both races end on 4 May.

2005
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

APRIL 29TH

1966
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Who is Fit for Yoga?’ — the fourth in a Spring series of classes on Yoga — at his home, 4826 New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1967

Sri Chinmoy meets 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).

1974
The Goal Is Won, a poetry book containing 360 of Sri Chinmoy’s poems, all written the previous day, is published by his students in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy paints ‘Larger than the Largest’, a 12-by-27-foot canvas, in two hours between 5:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., at the Jharna-Kala Gallery, 224 Mercer Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY, USA.

1977
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings is opened at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, NY, USA.

1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at the Artists’ Association in Woodstock, NY, USA.

1991
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Monsignor Thomas Hartman (Father Tom) for his television show in New York, NY, USA.

2006
Sri Chinmoy performs a special duet with cellist Scott Terzaghi in the afternoon at Public School 117 in Briarwood, NY, USA.

2006
Flautist Paul Horn performs at a private concert in the evening for Sri Chinmoy and his students at Public School 117 in Briarwood, NY, USA.

APRIL 30TH

1975
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Intellectual versus Spiritual’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

1976
Sri Chinmoy honours United Nations staff members as guests of honour at a reception and banquet at his Jharna-Kala Gallery in Greenwich Village, New York City, NY, USA. Afterwards, Sri Chinmoy explores a new artistic medium: cake-icing. He decorates four large cakes with icing of several colours, dabbing with his fingers to create his signature C.K.G. birds and designs.

1977
Sri Chinmoy paints ‘C.K.G. Transcends’, a 13x69-foot canvas, in the boiler room of John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy begins painting at 7:46 a.m. and just 2 hours and 29 minutes later, he completes the monumental artwork.

1978
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Our Progress-Story’, at Long Island University in Southampton, NY, USA.

1996
Sri Chinmoy completes 4,000 crunch sit-ups, and 100 step-ups of 7½ inches wearing a 50-lb. vest, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (497) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1999
Sri Chinmoy lifts 250 lbs. with both arms simultaneously for a total of 500 lbs., in Jamaica, NY, USA.

1999
Poland is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 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.

2004
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2006
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert for flautist Paul Horn, who was lifted earlier the same day in Jamaica, NY, USA.

2007

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

2007
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. Sri Chinmoy presents the U Thant Peace Award to Vidar Vambheim, Co-ordinator of Peace Studies at the University of Tromso, in Oslo, Norway.

February 28

1997

Sri Chinmoy in animated discussion at his home in New York. But always within hands reach are the pens of CKG the artist.

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