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Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Seeker’s Journey, at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK.

Sri Chinmoy has his first meeting with Rafael Hernández Colón, Governor of Puerto Rico, at the Governor’s Residence in Puerto Rico.

Sri Chinmoy rides a cable car to the valley of Mount Säntis in northeastern Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy dedicates a ‘Tree of Meditation’ at Rieterberg Park in Zurich, Switzerland, which had been planted there by the City Council of Zurich on 6 June in honour of his visit to Zurich. Officiating at the dedication is Herr Schmid, First Adjunct of City Planning.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India, at the United Nations in New York. In the Prime Minister’s honour, members of the Meditation Group at the United Nations sing a song Sri Chinmoy had composed about him. Sri Chinmoy presents him with a plaque of appreciation with an inscription of the song.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Ambassador Yadab Silwal of Nepal and Ambassador Arthur De Silva of Sri Lanka and their families at his private tennis court in Jamaica, NY, USA. The spiritual leader of ‘Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations’ played tennis with his guests and conclude the meeting with a meditation and the performance of two songs honouring the ambassadors’ countries.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Peace, Happiness and Freedom’, at the University of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 287-pound wrestler professional wrestler Hillbilly Jim with his calf muscles using a seated calf-raise machine at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also sings a song he had composed in the wrestler’s honour.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘I Must and I Must’, at the University of Portland in Portland, OR, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Italian Garden in Tokyo, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy meditates at the start of the first Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, starting outside Thomas Edison High School, Jamaica, New York.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘World Peace Through Culture’, in the George Sverdrups Hus Library, Blindern Campus, at the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway. Sri Chinmoy was invited to offer this lecture by Dr. Per Kvaerne, Professor of History and Religion at the Department of Cultural Studies, University of Oslo. Professor Kvaerne has been a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences for twenty-five years and is the world’s leading authority on Tibetan religions.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Muhammad Ali — ‘The Greatest’ — three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion and 1960 Olympic gold medallist, at Oneness-Family School in Chevy Chase, MD, USA. Sri Chinmoy also lifts Muhammad Ali’s wife Lonnie at the same time.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 745 lbs. with one arm in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy begins his second European lecture tour when he delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Three Lessons in Spirituality’, at Oxford University in Oxford, England, UK. The talks are later published as My Rose Petals Part 2.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Unreality and Reality’, at the University of Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy offers his first public flute performance, in Greenwich, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy celebrates his Tennis Anniversary by playing 199 games, of which he wins 189, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘How Can I Have Peace?’, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy writes an essay on ‘Politics and Spirituality’ and sends it to his friend Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in Manhattan, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert — the 10th of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a standing calf raise of 1,400 lbs.; and shoots 73 out of 100 basketball goals from the 15-foot penalty line, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meets with his former boss from the Indian Consulate, Mr. Lakhan L. Mehrotra, and his family at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 40th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy visits Oslo’s Bislett Stadium, in Norway, for a Sports Meet which attracted over 500 athletes.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Dr. Marcia Keizs, President of York College in Jamaica, New York, at a ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ function held at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Afterwards, Sri Chinmoy reminisces about his ‘Experiences in Jamaica, West Indies’, since Dr. Keizs is a native of that country.

Sri Chinmoy reflects on his early athletic career at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, during a meeting at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy honours his friend Monsignor Thomas Hartman (Father Tom) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Success and Failure’ and answers seekers’ questions, in Milan, Italy.

Sri Chinmoy joins runners on the completion of a 300-mile relay run through Connecticut that began in Norwalk on 8 June. The event called the ‘Constitution State Relay Run’, honours Sri Chinmoy’s 10 years of dedicated service to the people of Connecticut. In the evening, Sri Chinmoy offers a public concert and meditation at the Greenwich Library.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Philosophy, Religion and Yoga’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy inaugurates his tennis court in Jamaica, NY, USA. (On 17 July 1982, Sri Chinmoy refers to it as ‘Illumination-Ground’ and later gives it the name Aspiration-Ground’. Except for occasions when he is away from New York, Sri Chinmoy plays tennis here virtually every day for more than twenty years.)

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Peace Individual and Collective’, at Stuttgart University, in Stuttgart, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is interviewed for Pravda — the most influential newspaper in the Soviet Union with a circulation of 11 million — at Aspiration-Ground, Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy also lifts the reporter as part of his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme. Dr. Felix Kuznetsov of the Gorky Institute, Moscow, and his wife are also present on this occasion.

Sri Chinmoy competes in the 100-metre event at the Metropolitan Athletics Congress (MAC) Masters Meet at St John’s University, Long Island, New York, NY, USA. His electronic time is 16.62 seconds. It is his first sprint race after recovering from injury, with only 2 days of training prior to the event.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and reads his own poetry at the opening of his Jharna-Kala exhibition at Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 21 people, including professors, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 24 instruments, and delivers a talk, entitled ‘Aspiration-Ground: all Peace, all Joy, all Love, all Oneness’, in honour of the 24th anniversary of Aspiration-Ground, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, entitled ‘My Words, their Melodies’, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA. He comments on certain songs he wrote in India, in which he set his own words to traditional melodies.

Sri Chinmoy observes the twenty-sixth anniversary of Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA. He invites the Aspiration-Ground servers to sing the song he had composed for them many years earlier, entitled ‘Aspiration-Comrade-Souls’, and then to ask him short questions, including how Aspiration-Ground was destined to be.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘God’s Brightest Heaven and Man’s Surest Haven’, in the Peace Room of the Church Centre at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy answers questions on patriotism asked by his disciples on a bus trip from New York, NY, to Boston, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers an afternoon (3 p.m.) lecture, entitled ‘Is Spirituality an Escape from Reality?’, at the Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening (8 p.m.) lecture, entitled ‘Earth-Bound Journey and Heaven-Bound Journey’, the final in the 7-lecture series, at the Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy has a third meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, Vatican City.

Sri Chinmoy gives a short talk, entitled ‘Sorrow and Joy’, at the YMCA in Rome, Italy.

Sri Chinmoy composes seven meditation mantras en route by bus from Quebec to Ottawa, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour public meditation at Ottawa University in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offers Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘A Peaceful Mind, a Useful Life’, at the Medical University in Vienna, Austria.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 20 international dignitaries, including Svenn Kristiansen, Deputy Mayor of Oslo, at the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme in City Hall in Oslo, Norway. While there, Sri Chinmoy also gives a television interview.

Sri Chinmoy inaugurates the Eternal Peace Flame at the Pier of Honour, on the Port of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. The ceremony is attended by more than 1,500 people including ambassadors, politicians, luminaries and members of the public. From its temporary location on the pier, the sculpture is moved to Aker Brygge, a complex on Oslo Harbour, and now has a permanent home in Holmenkollen overlooking the City of Oslo.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano opera singer, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a seated two-arm lift of 1,200 lbs. (600 lbs. in each arm) at his home in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the United Nations in New York.

An article about Sri Chinmoy by David Burke, ‘Guru Leads Youths to ‘Divine’ Work’, is published in one of the leading daily American newspapers, The Washington Post.

Sixty members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team begin a 300-mile relay run through Connecticut, USA, lasting approximately 44 hours. It is called ‘The Constitution State Relay Run’ and is held to honour Sri Chinmoy’s 10 years of service to the people of Connecticut. At one point, Sri Chinmoy runs with the runners carrying the flag.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic long-jump champion, at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour public meditation at Laval University in Quebec, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy attends the dedication ceremony of the Sri Chinmoy ‘Friedens-Meile’ in Brandenburg Gate Park, just 40 metres from the Berlin Wall. It is the first Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile dedicated in Germany. He runs the one-mile race in a time of 8 minutes, 43 seconds.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at Galerie in der Fasanenstrasse in Berlin, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 39th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Japan and Switzerland are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom Nations.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 42 people, including Milka Singh, Indian track star – ‘The Flying Sikh’ – and his son Chiranjeev, famous Indian golfer, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy gives a special talk about ‘The Significance of a Birthday’, in celebration of the thirty-fifth birthday of Mr. Eric Hughes, at his home in Greenwich Village in New York City, NY, USA. (On his arrival in New York In 1964, Sri Chinmoy initially stayed at the Greenwich Ave. apartment as the guest of Eric Hughes and Sam Spanier.)

Sri Chinmoy and his New York and Connecticut students participate in the first Sri Chinmoy Centre Sports Day held at Alley Pond Park in Queens, NY, USA. At almost 39 years of age, Sri Chinmoy places first in the discus and second in the shot put against a field of much younger competitors.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Does Meditation Encourage us to Escape from Reality?’, during a meeting in Conference Room 14 at the United Nations, New York.

Sri Chinmoy meets with sculptor Henry Moore, at his home in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, UK.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand Olympic running coach, at Progress-Promise meeting hall in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at the Oneness-World Festival in Berlin, Germany. He also composes two special songs for the occasion, entitled ‘Oneness-World-Peace-Family’.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Kurt Waldheim, President of Austria, and former United Nations Secretary-General, in Hofburg, Vienna, Austria.

Sri Chinmoy meditates at the inauguration of the US State of Massachusetts joining the worldwide Peace-Blossoms family as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-State, at a special ceremony held at Boston State House in Boston, MA, USA. Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld delivers the proclamation.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks is opened by Senator the Hon. Margaret Reynolds and Senator Sid Spindler, at the Senate Foyer of Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. The exhibition runs until 30 June.

An article, ‘California Seniors Games Gold Medal for Peace’, is published in a weekly Bengali language newspaper, which is distributed throughout Canada and the USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 226 volleyballs with his fingertips, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a morning Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 37th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy answers spiritual questions from his students at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers an evening Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 38th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert together with a 7-hour meditation, at  Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Suriname is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Norway Award.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks opens at the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, in Kiev Ukraine.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The United Nations can Teach us How to Share’, as part of the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture Series, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium, at the United Nations, New York.

Sri Chinmoy visits London Zoo in Regent’s Park, London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 3 miles in a time of 22:21 (7:27/mile pace) at the Sri Chinmoy Race in Scottsdale, AZ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is invited by the US State Department to address its ‘Open Forum’, and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Role of the United Nations’, at the US State Department in Washington, DC, USA. He also offers a short musical presentation.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘I Pray for Peace’, at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled  ‘Oneness-Education’, in West Road Concert Hall at the University of Cambridge, England, UK.

Sri Chinmoy dedicates the bridge between Verwik, Belgium, and Verwicq-Sud, France, on the Lys River, as a Sri Chinmoy-Peace Bridge.

Sri Chinmoy meets with Baron Crespo, President of the European Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium.

An article about Sri Chinmoy’s meeting with Mother Teresa is published in the daily newspaper ‘Dolomiten’ in South Tyrolian, northern Italy.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 36th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts the women’s winner of the 2005 and 2006 New York City Marathons, and three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, 2004), Jelena Prokopchuka, and her husband, Latvian marathon champion Aleksandr Prokopchuk at Aspiration­-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers an evening lecture, entitled ‘Two Instruments: Faith and Doubt’, at the Quaker Meeting House in Canterbury, England, UK. He also plays the flute and sings three Bengali songs.

Sri Chinmoy runs for the first time in competition — a 3-mile race in a time of 23:08 — in Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation in Tempe, AZ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy rides with the USA Bicycle Relay through the historic US Capitol area and receives a Certificate of Achievement from Congressman Joseph Addabbo on the US Capitol Building steps in Washington, DC, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and a lecture, entitled ‘A Seeker’s Experience-Realities’, at California State University in Berkeley, CA, USA, as part of his ‘Fifty Oneness-State-Songs’ tour.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Never Give Up’, after a video presentation at a public meditation held at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

The first Sri Chinmoy 1,300-mile race – the longest certified race in history – begins in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY, USA. It is part of a triple-race event that also includes 700-mile and 1,000-mile races. Before the start, Sri Chinmoy meditates and addresses the participants with words of encouragement and gratitude. Runners from the US, Canada, Britain, France and Japan go on to establish 22 world or national records during the event, which ends on 23 June.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert — the 9th of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy sets a new record for his seated two-arm lift by hoisting 1,200 pounds (600lbs. with each arm) in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Donovan Bailey, 1995 World Athletics Champion in 100 m sprint and 4 x 100 m relay; 1996 Olympic gold medallist in 100 m sprint and 4 x 100 m relay; and world-record holder for 100 m (set in 1996), in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts the famous Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy writes 50 poems in one day that are later published in his book, The Golden Boat, part 12.

Sri Chinmoy begins his fourth European lecture tour with a lecture, entitled ‘Two Instruments: Mind and Heart’, at Friends’ House in York, England, UK. The talks from the tour were later published in My Rose Petals, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert and meditation at the University of Ottawa, Canada, where an exhibition of his paintings is being held.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) in Montreal QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation in Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert to an audience of 2,400, at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, CA, USA. Listen to the concert...

Sri Chinmoy meets with Payton Jordan (head coach of the 1968 US Olympic Track & Field Team; and champion masters sprinter) in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performs a standing calf raise, with a weight of 700 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Eddie Murphy, comedian and actor, at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Steingrimur Hermannsson, Prime Minister of Iceland, in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert Peace Concert and delivers a talk, entitled ‘Forgiveness’, at Langholts Church in Reykjavik, Iceland.

 Sri Chinmoy is blessed by Pope John Paul II during a papal visit to Reykjavik in Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy competes in the 100-metre event at the Metropolitan Athletics Congress (MAC) Masters Meet, recording an official electronic time of 15.15 seconds, at St. John’s University in Queens, New York, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performs 112 crunch abdomen-ups in 5 sets, pushing a weight of 302 lbs, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy has his third meeting with Mother Teresa at Missionaries of Charity House in the Bronx, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 35th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts tabla player Pandit Samir Chatterjee; 4-time Grammy Award-winning music producer Joel Dorn; and 5-time Grammy Award-winning singer Al Jarreau, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Spirituality: Is It Only for the Chosen Few?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy departs John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, USA, to begin his fourth European lecture tour. He arrives at Heathrow Airport in London, UK, later in the day.

Sri Chinmoy offers an outdoor esraj concert in the Damrosch Amphitheater (Guggenheim Bandshell) in Damrosch Park at the Lincoln Center in New York, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

The first official Sri Chinmoy Marathon is held at Menlo Park and Atherton in San Francisco, CA, USA. India’s Consul General L. L. Mehrotra presents the race awards.

Sri Chinmoy gives an inspirational talk, to the USA Bicycle Relay team outside Guru Stationery on Parsons Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, just before they set off on their transcontinental ride from New York to San Francisco.

Sri Chinmoy delivers two short talks, entitled ‘My Body Wants to Sleep’ and ‘Man’s Inner Inspiration’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at The Auditorium Theater in Chicago, IL, USA.

Sri Chinmoy first performs a standing calf raise with a weight of 600 lbs. at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers an organ performance at Fair Street Church in Kingston, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy inaugurates a Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile and delivers a short speech, ‘The Heart and Soul of Woodstock’,  at Kenneth L. Wilson Public Campground in Woodstock, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Woodstock Community Center, in Woodstock, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy has his fourth meeting with Mother Teresa, at Missionaries of Charity House in the Bronx, NY, USA. Further reading.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Creativity: The Amalgam of Sorrows and Joys’, in the David Lam Auditorium at the University of Victoria, in Victoria BC, Canada.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada, where Professor Harold Coward presents him with a special award, entitled Sri Chinmoy: A Student of Peace.