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CAMBODIAN LEADER GETS U THANT AWARD

PHNOM PENH — Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia received the U Thant Peace Award Sept. 6 at a ceremony in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At a meeting beforehand, Sri Chinmoy told the Prime Minister that he is the “heart and the breath of Cambodia” and praised him for “the hope you have instilled in the heart of every Cambodian and the promise you have made to the life of every Cambodian.“

The Prime Minister replied, “I am very grateful to my elder brother for your kind words, which are ... not only an encouragement to myself but also to all the people of Cambodia.”

Later, at a ceremony attended by some 300 Ministers and other government officials, Sri Chinmoy presented Hun Sen with the U Thant Peace Award on behalf of Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations.

He told the gathering that Hun Sen’s “heart dreams in and through each citizen of Cambodia. He is your hope and you are his hope.”

The Prime Minister called the honor one of “the most meaningful events in my career and the development of my country.”

Caption:

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia receives a medal from Sri Chinmoy.

Published in Anahata Nada, August – Early November 2005

SRI CHINMOY RECEIVES HUMANITARIAN AWARD

SKOPJE, MACEDONIA — Sri Chinmoy has been named the recipient of the prestigious Mother Teresa Award.

The Award, presented by the Humanitarian Organization Mother Teresa, a private foundation in Macedonia, is regarded as the country's highest national honor.

Presented annually on Sept. 5, the anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death, the Award was first given out last year to Pope John Paul II. 

Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 32, August 2001 – mid-November 2001

A SAD FAREWELL TO TWO DEAR FRIENDS

Sri Chinmoy, who was in frequent contact with both Mother Teresa and Princess Diana in the weeks before their passing — and was instrumental in their meeting — recently held special memorial services for his two dear friends.

In a private service for Princess Diana Sept. 2 at Aspiration-Ground, he declared: “Human frailties we all have but divine achievements founded on self-giving can be found in the likes of very few on earth. Indeed, Princess Diana is one of those very, very rare souls.”

At his Sept. 4 Oslo Peace Concert dedicated to her memory, the Master eulogized her as “the Queen of the aspiring and self-giving humanity.” He also held a memorial for her at the United Nations on Oct. 3. And in the last poem of his new book about her, he said:

Diana, the Princess of Wales,
Dies
For Diana, the Empress of the World,
To live eternally in the heart-garden of humanity. 

OSLO BECOMES WORLD PEACE CAPITAL

OSLO — The City of Oslo was dedicated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital in a day-long series of events held Sept. 4.

As an official guest of the City, the Master was welcomed by Deputy Mayor Svenn Kristiansen at City Hall, site of the yearly Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.

Next came a visit to the Oslo Harbor, which had been named a Sri Chinmoy International Peace Harbor in 1993. There the peace advocate was received by Port Director Per Mavritz Hanssen.

The Oslo dedication ceremony — attended by the Deputy Mayor, representatives of the City Council, an official from Bergen (another Sri Chinmoy Peace City) and other dignitaries — took place at the Holmenkollen Ski Jump, where the Peace Capital plaque was permanently mounted.

Oslo was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital a few weeks earlier by unanimous vote of the City Council.

Sri Chinmoy ended the day by offering a peace concert in Oslo’s Gamle Logen Concert Hall.

Caption:

Sri Chinmoy and Princess Diana pose for an historical photo at Kensington Palace. (PHOTO: BHAVANI)

Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 26, Mid-August–November 1997