April 23

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Mauritius Award.

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

April 22

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Sri Chinmoy hosts the Sri Chinmoy Tennis Classic, held at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. He also presents the awards.

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

 

April 21

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Venezuela Award.

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 20

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

Sri Chinmoy completes his first 12-hour walk, for a total distance of 45¼ miles, at the Jamaica High School Track and around the school block in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers an evening concert of spiritual music at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA, as an expression of his gratitude to the city that has been his home for the past 16 years.

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

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

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

 

April 19

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

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘What has life taught me?’, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel, Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA.

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

Sri Chinmoy plays four tennis pros, winning 48 out of 101 games,  at Randalls Island,  NY, USA.

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.

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

Sri Chinmoy offers an afternoon Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God’s most treasured gift’, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers an evening Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The way to abiding peace’, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, USA.

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

 

April 18

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

April 17

 

PEACE CONCERT HELD AT UNITED NATIONS


UNITED NATIONS — Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert for the Millennium in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium here on April 17.

Special guests included Roberto Cantoral, President of the Society of Authors and Composers of Music of Mexico, who presented Sri Chinmoy with a Heart of Gold. The Society had named Sri Chinmoy a recipient of its Heart of Gold Award at ceremonies in Mexico City Jan. 21, but the Award presentation took place at the UN.

Cantoral cited Sri Chinmoy’s “untiring struggle for world peace, manifested through concerts and other events throughout the globe,” as well as the other “humanitarian and selfless causes which he pursues.”

Sri Chinmoy said: “I wish this heart of gold to grow inside my prayerful heart so that my heart will be as beautiful, as pure and as divine as your blessingful offering to me today.”


Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 27, April-early August 1998

 

April 17

Heart of Gold Award

presentation to Sri Chinmoy
by the Society of Authors and Composers of Music of Mexico,
at the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium, United Nations Headquarters, New York

 

Maestro Roberto Cantoral, President
[translated from Spanish]:

Today, in the name of the Society of Authors and Composers, over which I preside, I hereby present to Sri Chinmoy the "Heart of Gold" while we stand in the heart of the United Nations.

The "Heart of Gold" is a distinction that was conferred on Sri Chinmoy for his lifelong dedication to humanity. His untiring efforts for world peace, manifested through concerts and other events throughout the globe, have made him worthy of the recognition of the Heart of Gold on behalf of all Mexican authors and composers.

Personally speaking, I, Roberto Cantoral, have found in Sri Chinmoy a great man who transmits affection and deep inner peace, which is especially needed in these difficult days and enables us to perform our daily duties. At the same time, I am sure that those present here have found in Sri Chinmoy a constant hope in their daily striving to improve the condition of our world. His message of peace to humanity, and the humanitarian and selfless causes that he pursues, provided the necessary elements for the Society of Mexican Authors and Composers to confer on him the important "Heart of Gold Award" during his recent visit to Mexico.

Sri Chinmoy, it is an honour to present you today with this "Heart of Gold".


Published in A Peace-Collecting Pilgrim-Soul

 

Acceptance Speech

offered by Sri Chinmoy

 

Sri Chinmoy: My dear Brother-Friend Roberto, I wish to offer you my prayerful and soulful gratitude for this signal award that you have accorded to me. In all sincerity I wish to tell you that, unlike you, I am not a musician of Himalayan height. In the past you have given this award to most distinguished people who have contributed much to the music world and to the Society. Here you have made a most deplorable mistake by offering this award to me! I am a budding musician, still blooming. But as a student of peace, as a man of prayer, I try to include music in my prayers and meditations. Whatever I do, I do with prayerful and soulful melodies deep inside my heart.

So, in that capacity I wish to accept your blessingful award — as a student of peace, as a man of prayer, as a lover of God who tries in each and every activity of his to carry a peaceful melody. My prayerful and peaceful music I wish to offer to you, Brother-Friend Roberto, and also to my dear friend Rafael, and to all the others who are blessingfully offering this award to me. I shall cherish this award in the very depths of my gratitude-heart.

I feel that each and every human being in God’s creation needs a heart of gold. A heart of gold means purity, beauty, divinity and immortality. If each of us has a heart of gold, then this world of ours — which right now is full of conflicts, quarrels and fights — will, without fail, be inundated with peace, light and bliss. So today’s blessingful award of yours will always remind me, and I do hope all my students as well, of one thing — that we all desperately need a heart of gold to have a peaceful world. If we have a heart of gold, then automatically peace will blossom in each and every human being, and the whole of humanity will be flooded with love, joy and bliss. I wish this heart of gold to grow inside my prayerful heart so that my heart will be as beautiful, as pure and as divine as your blessingful offering to me today.


Published in Sri Chinmoy, A Peace-Collecting Pilgrim-Soul

 

Photo by Pulak Viscardi

 

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.

 

April 17

Photo by Pulak Viscardi

 

Sri Chinmoy plays the esraj during his visit to Swami Satchidananda’s Integral Yoga Institute in New York.