Sri Chinmoy meets with Elliot Richardson, US Spokesman at the UN Conference on Law of the Sea, former Cabinet Member under Presidents Nixon and Ford, and presents him with an original Jharna-Kala painting at the Sri Chinmoy Gallery, Grand Central Station, in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a seven-instrument concert – ‘Seven Earth-Cries Ascend, Seven Heaven-Smiles Descend’ – at Public School 86, Jamaica, NY, USA. After playing each instrument he recites an aphorism on which the audience meditates for ten minutes.
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates the Sri Chinmoy Recreation Trail in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, with an 800-metre running race along the trail for his students.
Sri Chinmoy lifts a 350½-lb. dumbbell, using only his right arm, at his home gym in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA. As a comparison to the weight Sri Chinmoy had earlier lifted, his students bring a calf also weighing about 350 pounds to his home that afternoon and a photo is taken of the original dumbbell, the calf and Sri Chinmoy holding a 70-lb. weight above his head.
Sri Chinmoy meets with legendary composer Leonard Bernstein, for the second time at the Maestro’s residence in the Dakota Building, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (241) at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, MD, USA.
A gala evening to celebrate Sri Chinmoy’s 60th birthday is held in the ballroom of the Manhattan Center in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (375) – the 37th in a series of 39 concerts dedicated to Swami Vivekananda – at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Washington State Capitol Rotunda in Olympia, WA, USA.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Theatergalerie in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
On a visit to Europe, Sri Chinmoy is given a tour of the international headquarters of Madal Bal, near Zurich in Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 170 instruments for 7 hours, 40 minutes at the Kursaal Convention Centre in Interlaken, Switzerland.
New York Governor David Paterson recites a poem on hope by Sri Chinmoy, at the 9/11 memorial ceremony held at Ground Zero in New York City, NY, USA.