January 27

 

Sri Chinmoy hosts a special function to celebrate Australia Day (Jan. 26th) at the United Nations in New York. The guest of honour is Ambassador Ralph L. Harry, the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations.

 

 

Sri Chinmoy meets with Corazon Aquino, former President of the Philippines, at her offices in Manila.

 

The Meeting

Sri Chinmoy speaks with Corazon Aquino

 

Sri Chinmoy: it is extremely kind of you to have us here. I shall remain deeply grateful to you for your kindness. Yesterday I offered a Peace Concert here, and I was extremely happy and deeply honoured to dedicate it to you for your ceaseless and sleepless affection, love and concern for your country.

Mrs. Aquino: Thank you very much for a great honour. How many countries are represented here by your students?

Sri Chinmoy: Australia, America, Canada, Japan and Germany.

Mrs. Aquino: How big a membership do you have?

Sri Chinmoy: We have about 3,000.

Mrs. Aquino: Is there a Filipino representation?

Sri Chinmoy: We have about ten students here in Manila. In Cebu City we have about 20, and in Davao we also have a few.

Mrs. Aquino: I was in Davao myself this month, working to provide bridges between businessmen in Manila and businessmen in Davao. I think I cannot go back to a life of complete rest. I have not really known any period of complete relaxation since martial law.

Sri Chinmoy: I have composed a song in honour of you. It has come from the very depth of my aspiring heart. May my students sing the song for you?

Singers perform the song dedicated to Mrs. Aquino. >

Mrs. Aquino: Thank you very much.

Sri Chinmoy: I have also set tune to some of your words.

Mrs. Aquino: (Looking at a printed copy of the songs) This is from my speech to the U.S. Congress.

My policy has always been that we must attain peace through peaceful means. Only when we have exhausted all peaceful efforts should we use force. In our first encounter with the Communist dissidents, I offered them a ceasefire, and we did try talking with them. But then they still insisted on using violence. As President I could not allow that to continue. I offered them peace, but they rejected it. But then later on, I guess some of them tasted peace during the ceasefire and wanted more of it, so they did come to us and worked with us.

Sri Chinmoy: They realised their mistake.

Mrs. Aquino: The first time we initiated the ceasefire was around Christmas time. For the first time in probably 14 years they celebrated Christmas with their families. Certainly it was something they were not willing to give up again.

At first my critics said that they could not understand why I allowed the ceasefire. But this was my belief and in fact it was one of my campaign promises.

Sri Chinmoy: You said something most significant about your critics. Some of your critics accused you of being very weak and indecisive. You said that people also accused President Gorbachev of being weak.

Mrs. Aquino: Yes, I said I was in good company. When you have the responsibility for millions of people, in my case more than 60 million people, you cannot plunge into something simply because it will appear popular or it would enhance your credibility. When you feel responsible for the lives of so many, then you really have to study the situation very carefully. You cannot decide impulsively, because once you make a fatal decision, it is very difficult to get out of it.

I was more daring when I was not President because I felt that only I would be harmed because of my initiative. But when you become President, whatever action you take affects the populace. So you cannot be as daring or uncaring.

Sri Chinmoy: Before you became President, you were the sister of your country. Then you became the parent of your country — the mother. Once your people have known you and loved you as the mother of your country, they will always expect infinite motherly affection and compassion from you — even when you are no longer in office. And out of your heart's bounty you will always be willing to show your countrymen the affection and compassion of a real mother.

Singers perform the songs to Mrs. Aquino's words.

Mrs. Aquino: Thank you so much.

Sri Chinmoy presents a plaque to Mrs. Amino.

Mrs. Aquino: So many gifts! Thank you so much. I am so happy that we could see each other.

Published in Meetings with Luminaries in the Philippines

 

March 7

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

 

March 7

Self-Discovery and Transformation

A lecture by Sri Chinmoy
at New York University in New York

 

There are two worlds: the outer and the inner. When the Kundalini is fast asleep, man is awake to the outer world. He wants to have everything that the outer world can offer him and he feels that he can get satisfaction only from what the outer world can give him.

When the Kundalini is awake, man is fully aware of the inner world. He knows that the outer world cannot satisfy his inner needs. He has brought to the fore the capacity of the inner world, which he has come to realise is far superior to the capacity of the outer world. He has brought to the fore the hidden powers, the occult powers, within himself. Either he uses these powers properly or he misuses them. When he divinely uses the powers of the Kundalini, he becomes the real pride of the Mother Supreme. When he misuses them, he becomes the worst enemy of man's embodied consciousness and of his own personal evolution.

As we all like to play, so also our Divine Mother and Divine Father like to play. The Divine Mother, Parvati, and the Divine Father, Shiva, want to play and they want their child to participate. But their child is fast asleep, so they wait for some time. When they feel that it is high time for him to get up and they see that there is no sign that he is about to do so, the Mother most affectionately gives him a push from below, from his Muladhara chakra, and the Father affectionately pulls him up from above, from Sahasrara. Then the child gets up.

If the child is in a good, divine consciousness when he gets up, he says, "You have been waiting for such a long time. I am so sorry. I beg to be excused. I wish to play with you. Come, let us start playing the game." Then the Mother most affectionately teaches the child with Her dynamic Power how to play the cosmic Game extremely well. And the Father most affectionately teaches the child with His inner illumining Light and Wisdom how to play the Game extremely well. Eventually they make their child a unique and accomplished player. When he becomes an exceptionally good player, he has to fight against three opposing players at the same time. These three formidable opponents are Darkness, Ignorance and Death. To his surprise, he defeats his enemies easily. His is the everlasting victory over these fallen foes.

If the child is in a bad, undivine consciousness when he receives the push and pull from his parents, he says to them, "For God's sake, don't bother me. I need sleep, only sleep. I want nothing else. I do not want to play." Then the parents sadly say, "Sleep, child, sleep. We shall play without you."

Any individual can practice Kundalini Yoga if he sincerely wants to. Or if one only wants to study it, then I must say that Kundalini Yoga is worthy of study with the deepest reverence.

The main objectives of Kundalini Yoga are to realise the dynamic existence in the static existence, to change the lower state of consciousness into the higher state of consciousness, to transform the bondage of the finite into the freedom of the Infinite. The dynamic existence is Shakti and the static existence is Shiva. If Shakti is not present in Shiva, then Shiva will remain static. Shakti, the Mother, is the Power, but it is the Father who houses this infinite Power.

When a seeker wants to identify himself with the Mother-Power, he has to intensify his aspiration. It is through intensity that he becomes one with the Shakti. If he wants to become totally one with the Divine Father, Shiva, it is with sea-like immensity that he can become one with Shiva.

Here in the West there are many who feel that the powers of Kundalini Yoga are nothing but rank superstition. I wish to say that those who cherish this idea are totally mistaken. Even the genuine spiritual Masters have examined Kundalini Yoga and found in their own experiences the undeniable authenticity of its hidden occult powers.

Blessed is he who practises Kundalini Yoga as part of his self-discovery and not in order to acquire power in hypnotism, black magic or other low forms of occultism which operate in and from the vital world. A genuine student of Kundalini Yoga is he who tries to unite the vital power and the spiritual knowledge in perfect harmony with the evolving spirit of life. A genuine seeker never considers the hidden powers or occult powers as his goal. He cares only for God. He longs only for God's loving Presence in his life.

The Kundalini Power is the dynamic power in us. When the dynamic power and the spiritual knowledge go hand in hand, the perfect harmony of the universal Consciousness dawns and the conscious evolution of the human soul reaches the transcendental Self.

There are two ways for one to enter into Kundalini Yoga: the Tantric process and the Vedantic process. The Tantric approach is systematic and elaborate but, at the same time, quite dangerous. The Vedantic process is simple and mystical, but it is safe and in no way less convincing or less fulfilling.

The Tantric method is dangerous because it deals first with the lower vital and emotional life. The approach is dynamic and courageous. Either one will purify himself by entering bravely into the vital world and coming out triumphant, or one will be totally lost in the ignorance of the vital world if he is not strong enough inwardly to conquer the vital forces there.

The Vedantic way is safe because the seeker concentrates and meditates to raise, purify and illumine his consciousness before he tries to deal with the obscure, impure lower vital forces that want to bind him. When the seeker enters into the lower vital world with the light of illumination, to his wide surprise he sees that the lower vital is illumined, purified and divinised.

The Tantric process demands from the seeker constant and conscious awareness of the inner and upward movement from the Muladhara chakra to the Sahasrara chakra. The Vedantic process demands from the seeker conscious and constant awareness of the evolving and liberating consciousness.

If anybody here would like to practise Kundalini Yoga, I advise that seeker to follow the Vedantic method, which is safe and, at the same time, sure. If you follow the Vedantic method you are destined to reach the Goal certainly and safely.

Published in Kundalini: the Mother-Power

 

The Yoga of Shakti

by Sri Chinmoy
the final in a series of four lectures on Kundalini Yoga held on consecutive Wednesday evenings at New York University in New York, at the invitation of Dr James Carse, Chairman of the Religion Department

 

Kundalini Yoga is the Yoga of Shakti, the power of the divine Goddess. We have to value the Mother aspect and see the spiritual Mother in each woman. There was a time when people used to say that women are not meant for spiritual life. Those days are now gone. Now it is clear that men and women aspire equally well. Woman can never be a hindrance to man's progress provided man gives due value to woman's aspiration. Woman's aspiration and dedication can go perfectly well with man's aspiration and dedication. In Kundalini Yoga it is the Mother, the Divine Mother, who fulfils and liberates. When the Divine Mother liberates man and woman from the meshes of ignorance, she feels that her role is over. Kundalini is the power of Shakti and each woman represents the transcendental Shakti, the Mother-Power.

It is through our soulful surrender to the Supreme Mother in us, the Kundalini, that we can liberate our earthly existence and be freed from ignorance. It is through our constant surrender to the Will of the Supreme Mother in us that we can fulfil ourselves.

To each of you I offer my deepest gratitude. You have come here with utmost sincerity to learn about the Mother-Power. Nothing gives me greater joy than to be of service to all your aspiring souls. Some of you are following the path of Kundalini Yoga; some of you are following other paths. There are various roads to follow, but they all lead us to the same ultimate Goal. What we need is sincerity. What we need is purity. What we need is a conscious and constant inner cry. Then the Goal, the transcendental Goal, will be within our easy reach.

Published in Kundalini: the Mother-Power

 

 

First Become Peace-Dreamers

A talk by Sri Chinmoy
at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

Peace is today’s universal heart-hunger-cry. Peace will be tomorrow’s immortal life-satisfaction-smile.

We do not have an iota of peace precisely because our human mind wants to dominate the world. We do not have an iota of peace precisely because our divine heart has not yet established its inseparable oneness with the world. As long as we sing the song of supremacy, as long as we want to prove to the world that we are superior to others, then there can be no peace.

Who can have peace? Not a sovereign dictator, not a world-conqueror, but a self-giver and a world-lover.

Where is peace? Not in the world of competition, but in the world of self-perfection. Where else is peace? Not in our ruthless rejection of the outer life, but in our soulful acceptance of the outer life.

Our outer life needs greatness. Our inner life needs goodness. In our outer life we must be great — not individually, but collectively and universally. Then our inner goodness has to come to the fore and transform our greatness into goodness. If goodness and greatness remain apart, then there can be no peace. Greatness has to become inseparably one with goodness if we are to have peace. The mind’s loftiest achievements can never grant us peace. Only when our mind’s greatness becomes inseparably one with our heart’s all-giving goodness can we have abiding peace.

When the mind receives, it is peaceful and happy. When the heart offers, it is peaceful and happy. But there comes a time when we feel that there is something more than giving and taking, and this is becoming. When a Truth-seeker and God-lover not only receives peace from without and offers peace from within, but also wants to become peace itself, then he sees and feels that the Boatman, God the Creator, and the Boat, God the Creation, are immediately happy — and God’s Happiness is his own happiness.

A Truth-seeker and God-lover can never have peace unless and until he pleases his Inner Pilot — who is at once God the Creator and God the Creation — in His own Way. And by pleasing God in God’s own Way, the seeker becomes peace itself.

O peace-givers,
First become peace-makers.

O peace-makers,
First become peace-discoverers.

O peace-discoverers,
First become peace-lovers.

O peace-lovers,
First become divine peace-dreamers.

Published in​​ The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind, part 3

 

Perfection-Fragrance

A talk by Sri Chinmoy
at the Peace Concert in Buchman Hall, New York City

 

Perfection is aspiration-ascension. Perfection is bondage-liberation. Perfection is ignorance-illumination. Perfection is God-realisation. Perfection is God-manifestation. Perfection is God-satisfaction.

Perfection will remain a far cry if I think that my body is too old, my vital is too undisciplined, my mind is too impure, my heart is too insecure and my soul is too indifferent. Again, perfection can be within my easy reach if slowly, steadily and unerringly I develop abundant capacity for God-receptivity. Perfection easily can be within my reach if I do not try to compete with the rest of the world but just complete my own God-ordained task and Heavenward pilgrimage. Not competition, but completion: not competition with the rest of the world, but completion of my own soulful task here on earth!

The heart is a beautiful flower-child, and gratitude is the soulful fragrance of that beautiful flower-child. My soul-beauty's nectar-fragrance I shall be able to enjoy in abundant measure only when my heart becomes a constant God-lover; my mind, a conscious truth-defender; and my life, a sleepless self-giver.

O truth-seeker, O God-lover, we are all sailing in the same boat. At the end of our journey, we are bound to reach the Golden Shore. On our way towards the Destination Supreme, let us not criticise the unaspiring citizens of the world. Let us only love them more. Let us cure their ignorance-malady. Let us feed and nourish them to end their spirituality-penury.

I am a student of peace, world peace, universal oneness-home-peace. I have submitted my cheerful and complete world-possession-desire-resignation and now I only study at the perfection-fragrance-university. While studying, I do not allow myself to be buffeted by doubt-blows from within or from without. My ignorance-confession is now in the process of being replaced by God's unconditional Illumination-Benediction.

Every day my Lord Supreme, my Professor Supreme, out of His infinite Bounty, teaches me a new, illumining and fulfilling faith-song. These faith-songs make me feel that I am definitely a choice instrument of my Lord Supreme, Him to fulfil in His own Way here on earth.

God my Professor tells me: "My child, in you is My Infinity's Capacity." 

I tell God my Professor: "My Eternity's loyalty I am offering only to You, only to You."

God my Professor tells me to remain always in the aspiration-class and promises that He will remain forever my Perfection-Fragrance-Professor.

Published in A Heart of Oneness-Peace

 

Peace Concert Poems

Recited by Sri Chinmoy
at the Peace Concert in Buchman Hall, New York City

 

11.

The absence of peace
In your heart
Is the presence of my Lord's
Sorrowful sigh.

12.

My Lord Supreme,
How can I have peace of mind
Every morning before I enter into
The hustle and bustle of life?
“My child,
Every morning ask your heart
To count My Heavenly Blessings
Long before you allow your mind
To count your earthly bills.
My child,
This is the only way
You can have peace of mind
Early in the morning
And during the entire day.”

Published in A Heart of Oneness-Peace

 

March 7

 

STATE of NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
ALBANY 12224

 

MARY ANNE KRUPSAK
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

 

March 7, 1977

 

Mr. Sri Chinmoy

 

Dear Mr. Chinmoy

It is my great pleasure to congratulate you upon completion of your three hundredth book since coming to the United States in 1964. This surely is an unprecedented accomplishment in so few years.

I also must commend you for creating the Liberty Torch Run at which it was my pleasure to light the Torch in Battery Park. I am sure that the journey was as much an inspirational event for all who took part as it was, indeed, for me.

With best wishes,

Sincerely,

Mary Anne Krupsak
[Signed]

 

A Meeting with the Secretary-General

by Sri Chinmoy
on the presentation of his book ‘U Thant: Divinity’s Smile and Humanity's Cry’ to United Nations leader Kurt Waldheim

 

As soon as I entered into his office, the Secretary-General came to the door. With a smiling face and a warm heart, he said, “Good morning.”

I said to him also, “Good morning.” Then we shook hands and, for a few seconds, both of us remained in a contemplative mood. Then he signalled me to sit down. He also sat. He was in a very deep and, at the same time, benevolent mood. I offered the book to him and he looked at the cover and said, “Ah, here is my dear friend, my humane friend. I had the greatest admiration for him. In simple and genuine modesty he surpassed us all. Nobody knew how he sacrificed his life to bring about world peace, world understanding, practically to the end of his life. He carried a tremendous load on his shoulders. He suffered and suffered for humanity. His vision was so clear and, at the same time, so broad.”

At this point I turned to page thirteen where his own comment on U Thant was. He read the whole page very carefully, completely absorbed, and then said, “He was really great. I talked to him many, many times while I was serving my country as Ambassador. He inspired me in so many ways. His heart never wanted to compromise to the wrong and destructive forces of the world. Slowly and steadily he did everything. His great responsibilities at the United Nations did affect his health. His death was a tragic end. We all dearly miss him. His steady vision for the world community is still inspiring us. I personally am extremely, extremely grateful to him.”

Then I said to him, “As you know, everything has a divine sanction. We are extremely grateful to God, for He has given us you to steer the Boat of the United Nations so devotedly, speedily, surprisingly and successfully. I always see you as God’s lightning speed. Today you are here, tomorrow you are there and the day after tomorrow elsewhere. Your penetrating vision not only enters into the world problems, but also solves the problems of the world most miraculously. In you I always see a divinely inspired miracle-man. You see, you touch and you cure the suffering heart of humanity.”

Then he said to me, “I am so sincerely grateful to you for your encouraging words. This world needs only one thing: co-operation. U Thant gave his all to bring about world co-operation. I am trying to do the same with all my heart’s concern and love for humanity. You are also doing the same with your prayer and meditation at the United Nations. I am sincerely grateful to you, for you are offering your depth and vision to the United Nations through the Meditation Group.”

Then I told him, “Every day I pray for you, for your success; I pray that the world will accept your most illumining light. On Tuesdays and Fridays, in the special meditations we hold here at the United Nations, I regularly offer my gratitude-heart to your world-illumining soul. I have started writing a book about you and I hope to be able to offer it to you the way I am offering you this book on U Thant.”

He said, “You know, in the coming few months I shall be extremely busy, but I am sure I will be able to set aside some time for you as I have done today.”

I said, “I know. I know how extremely busy you are with the world problems. My mind knows it and my heart feels it. It is your heart’s magnanimity that has granted me this rare opportunity to offer you this book.”

Then he said, “Oh no, I am extremely happy to see you and to have you here with me. It is very nice and kind of you to write something about me. By the way, please be in touch with Mr Rohan. He will be able to assist you, if you need any special information about me. Again, I wish to say it was extremely thoughtful of you to present to me my best friend. I miss him; we all miss him. Indeed, he was our true friend.”

At this time he stood up and I stood up. I folded my hands, and his eyes were extremely soulful. Then I shook hands with him. He came to the door and, placing his left hand on my right shoulder and holding my right hand, he said to me, “Please tell the members of your Meditation Group that I am sending them my greetings.”

I said to him, “I shall do that. I am offering you on behalf of our Meditation Group our heart’s deepest gratitude.”

Published in A Soulful Tribute to the Secretary-General: the Pilot Supreme of the United Nations

 

March 7

Australia Hriday Khuliya Duliya Duliya

Words and music by Sri Chinmoy

Lyrics:

Australia Australia Australia
Hriday khuliya duliya duliya
Janai tomai sneha bhara priti
Tumi ar ami ekatar giti

Translation:

Australia, Australia, Australia!
I have kept my heart-door wide open.
While swinging in rhapsody, self-amorous trance,
I am offering you my affection-flooded love.
A oneness-song you and I eternally are.

[Composed by Sri Chinmoy on the occasion of his 19th Western flute anniversary. Sri Chinmoy offered his prayerful gratitude to its source, Australia, where he first learned to play the flute, and also to his super-excellent audience: kangaroo-kingdom.]

Published in Country Songs, Part 2.

 

Photo by Pulak Viscardi

 

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

 

March 7

 

A composite photo showing Sri Chinmoy before and after jumping over a 35-inch bar from a standing position, in Jamaica, Queens, New York.

 

January 27

 

Video by kedarvideo

 

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi at City Hall in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

 

Janani Mirar Snehabhara Ankhi

Lyrics:

Janani Mirar snehabhara ankhi
Kemane ami je pari go bhulite
Hethai hothai sara duniyai
Rahibo mayer charan dhulite

Published in Bahir Jagate Bhranti Prabal, part 2

 

Jaya Bhagaban Sri Aurobinda Jaya Jaya

Lyrics:

Jaya bhagaban Sri Aurobindo
Jaya jaya bhagaban
Tomar kripar plabane ajike
Bidurita abhiman

Published in Bahir Jagate Bhranti Prabal, part 2

 

My Songs for the Mother and for Sri Aurobindo

Comments by Sri Chinmoy
on 14 February 2002, at Nexus Resort, Karambunai, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

 

My songs for the Mother [Janani Mirar]  and for Sri Aurobindo [Jaya Bhagaban Sri Aurobindo] I composed while looking at the Mother’s and Sri Aurobindo’s portraits in the main meditation hall at the Ashram. When I went there last month, I was inspired.

Mira is the Mother’s name. How can I ever forget her affection and compassion, which she showered upon me?

Published in Only One Power

 

Photo by Adarini Inkei

 

Published in kedarvideo

 

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Bali Beach Hotel in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia.

 

January 26

Photo by Pulak Viscardi

 

Sri Chinmoy meditates at the award ceremony for his Honorary Degree presented by Dwijendra University in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

 

January 26

Reply from Javier Perez de Cuellar

to Sri Chinmoy’s letter
of 26 January 1983

 

Dear Sri Chinmoy,

I should like to thank you for your thoughtful letter of 26 January.

It was indeed a pleasure to receive you earlier this month and I warmly appreciated your kind expression of support for my endeavours in the cause of peace and international understanding. Let me also thank you for the photographs and tape you sent to me, which I shall certainly treasure as a memento of our meeting.

With best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

— Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

[United Nations Secretary-General
28 Janauary 1983]

Published in Perez de Cuellar: Immortality's Rainbow-Peace

 

Photo by Pulak Viscardi

 

Sri Chinmoy receives an Honorary Degree from Dwijendra University in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.