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OLYMPIC GROUP HONOURS SRI CHINMOY

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The National Fine Arts Committee of the 13th Winter Olympic Games presented Sri Chinmoy with an award Dec. 3 for his “contribution to our efforts to recognize the whole man during the XIII Olympic Winter Games.”

The award, presented by National Fine Arts Committee Chairman Carolyn Hopkins, cited the Master as one who “himself embodies the whole man through his outstanding work as a painter, writer, composer, musician and athlete.”

At the same ceremony, Brian Gormley of the Lake Placid School of Art awarded the Master a certificate “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the arts.”

It was Gormley who had invited the Master to Lake Placid to deliver a lecture on the concept of the whole man, the theme being emphasized by the Fine Arts Committee for the 1980 Olympics.

The talk and awards presentations were held in the Lake Placid School of Art, where a two-week exhibit of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings was being held.

Published in Anahata Nada, December 1978, Volume 5, Number 11-12

SEVEN PEACE CONCERTS HELD IN SOUTH AMERICA

During his two-month visit to South America, Sri Chinmoy offered seven Peace Concerts. Six were in Brazil: in Sao Paulo Dec. 5, Rio de Janeiro Dec. 16 and 21, Curitiba Jan. 3, Iguassu Falls Jan. 9 and Brasilia Jan. 29. In Paraguay, a concert was held in Asunción Jan. 19.

Published in Volume 29, Mid-November 1999 – Mid-March 2000

FORMER U.N. LEADER PRAISES SRI CHINMOY

Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations C. V. Narasimhan had high words of praise for Sri Chinmoy when he spoke at the Master’s U.N. peace concert Dec. 6.

Sri Chinmoy had asked Narasimhan to come up and say a few words about U Thant, under whom he had served as Chef de Cabinet. Instead, the former U.N. leader spoke about Sri Chinmoy, who has been offering twice-weekly meditations at the U.N. since 1970.

Narasimhan said Sri Chinmoy “is one of the most remarkable human beings I have ever met, and I have met many remarkable human beings.”

Published in Anahata Nada, VOLUME 23, MID-DECEMBER 1993–MARCH 1994 

1993 CALLED A SPIRITUAL TURNING POINT

At his annual New Year’s concert on Dec. 9 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Sri Chinmoy offered this message for 1993:

God is dreaming,
Newness singing,
Oneness blossoming,
Fulness dancing.

Hope no more gropes.
Life without slopes.
Splendid depths and heights
Transform bondage-nights.

Later in the month, he elaborated on the message, saying “God has taken many, many years to create...this particular year.”

For centuries, he said, the mind-power has dominated, “but now the mind-power is surrendering to the heart-power” and “brightness and luminosity have already started blossoming.”

From now on, he continued, “we will only see the song and dance of the divine forces. The undivine forces are exhausted. They have already started surrendering to the divine forces and they are ready to abide by the will of the divine forces.” 

Published in Anahata Nada, VOLUME 22, DECEMBER 1992 – MARCH 1993