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LONDON — London’s elegant Royal Albert Hall, known for its classical music, rang to a different tune October 9 when Indian Master Sri Chinmoy gave his British peace concert there.

Some 5,000 Londoners filled the hall to near capacity to listen to his music of peace and meditate for a better world.

One member of the audience, Lord Hylton, was so deeply moved that he wrote Sri Chinmoy afterwards asking him if he could give a series of peace concerts in Northern Ireland. He said the Master’s music “evoked the widespread sufferings of people around the world” and “made one think of striving together for peace, harmony and development.”

Comparing the response to the London and Paris peace concerts, Sri Chinmoy said: “England saw the king unknown in me. England gave me England’s dignity-height: admiration. France saw the child unknowable in me. France gave me France’s equality-depth: love.”

Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 17, August-November 1984 

MISS LILLIAN MEETS MR. CHINMOY

AMERICUS, Georgia — Mrs. Lillian Carter met Sri Chinmoy and a group of his disciples Oct. 7, charming them with tales of her experiences in India and vignettes about what it’s like to be the President’s mother.

The Master, in turn, meditated with the 79-year-old “first Grand-mama” and sang her a song he had composed in her honour, which brought tears to her eyes.

Miss Lillian felt very much at home among the sari-clad women and white-trousered men. When Sri Chinmoy asked if they could meditate together, she quipped to the group. “He wants me to be quiet.”

Later she declared, “Mr. Chinmoy, you’ve never met anyone like me, have you?”

Toward the end of the interview, she said, “This is one of the greatest honours I’ve had.”

Later that evening, Miss Lillian attended a concert the Master and his disciples put on in a motel here.

Sri Chinmoy played the esraj and his disciples sang several Bengali and American Songs, including India’s National Anthem, "America the Beautiful,”  and songs dedicated to Miss Lillian and to her son, President Carter.

During picture taking at the end, she walked up to the Master and took his arm, saying, “I want my picture taken with you.”

As she departed, southern hospi­tality mingled with Indian spiritual­ity as she said, “Namaste, y’all.”

Caption:

Sri Chinmoy meditates with Miss Lillian.

Published in Anahata Nada, November 1, 1977, Vol. 4, No. 10