March

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality And Yoga Of The Upanishads’, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk, entitled ‘The Heart-Peace Of The United Nations’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at the Japanese School of New York in Fresh Meadows, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a piano performance at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Listen to: Organ at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven

Sri Chinmoy offered two pipe organ performances in Connecticut, USA. A morning recital was held at the First United Church of Christ Congregational in Milford. Sri Chinmoy then lifted his own body-weight and was interviewed on Fairfield Exchange, a Norwalk-based television show. Next came an organ recital at Woolsey Hall at Yale University in New Haven, followed by an interview with the New Haven Register. The day ended with a television interview at the college station at the University of Bridgeport. Listen to the CD...

A two-week exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s original ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings was hosted at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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

Slovakia was inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom at Bratislava Castle in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Sri Chinmoy offered two Peace Concerts (midday, audience of 4,000 and evening, audience of 4,000) at Sportova Hala Pasienky in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Wales was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Kiribati Award.

Sri Chinmoy had a private meeting with President Gorbachev, presenting him with a special award ‘President Gorbachev: The Home of Oneness-Peace-Dream-World’ at The Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow, Russia.

Sri Chinmoy met with Omar Zulfu Livaneli, Member of Turkish Parliament and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk, entitled ‘God’s Compassion And The United Nations’ Dedication’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk, entitled ‘Why?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.

Sri Chinmoy met with world champion surfer Ian Cairns in Perth, WA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy met with the Anglican Dean of Perth Rev. John Cornish in Perth, WA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his first lecture in Australia, entitled ‘Aspiration’, at St George’s Cathedral, Perth, WA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert and public meditation at Rockland Community College in Rockland, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the Preparation-Cry-Smile concert, prior to his concert tour of German – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Prince Sigvard and Princess Marianne Bernadotte of Sweden at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy met with Michael Kovac, former President of Slovakia in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Sri Chinmoy offered his 1,000th Weightlifting Prayer.

Sri Chinmoy was an honoured guest at President Gorbachev’s 70th Birthday Celebration held at the Grand Hotel Marriott in Moscow, Russia.

Sri Chinmoy placed a wreathe of 70 roses at Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev’s ‘Long Home’ in Moscow, Russia.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Austria and the Heart of Russia Awards.

Turkmenistan was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Piano Anniversary Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered the first in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary On The Bhagavad Gita’,¹ in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with the Lord Mayor of Perth, the Honourable Earnest Lee-Steere, in Perth, WA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy met with Mayor Charles Smith of Nedlands and planted a rose bush for world peace at the Nedlands Memorial Rose Gardens in Perth, WA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Philosophy, Spirituality And Yoga’, at the University of Western Australia in Perth, WA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy played the esraj for the first time in concert at the University of Western Australia in Perth, WA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy ran his first marathon in a time of 4:31:34 at the Bidwell Classic in Chico, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘A Life Of Blossoming Love’, at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Transcendence’, at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Saint Peter’s Church in New York, NY, USA.

The Czech Republic was inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom at Lichtenstein Palace in Prague, Czech Republic.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert to an audience of 13,000 at the Sportovní Hala Sparta in Prague, Czech Republic.

Sri Chinmoy’s artworks were exhibited at the Town Gallery in Trencin, Slovakia.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Sincerity, Purity And Surety’, at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Self-Control’, at Susquehanna University in Selingsgrove, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered his first Dag Hammarskjöld lecture, entitled ‘Is The Spiritual Life An Escape From Reality?’, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘We Pray And We Meditate’, at the State University of New York in Albany, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Desiring Man, The Aspiring Man And The Self-Giving Man’, at the Union College of Schenectady in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at Trinity Episcopal Church in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy's artworks were exhibited at Unison Gallery in New Paltz, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and an exhibition of his artworks for President Gorbachev and Raisa Maximovna at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, NY, USA.

Hungary was inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom at Danube Palace in Budapest, Hungary.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Kztircack Square in Budapest, Hungary.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Finland Award.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and lifted special guest of honour Ibrahim Gambari, UN Under-Secretary-General, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Spiritual Life’, at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, IA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Silence’, at Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, KS, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Do We Love God?’, at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, NE, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Prayer’, at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, MO, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Aspiration And Realisation’, at the Town Hall in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert and a public meditation at Loyola College in Montreal, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a meditation at the ‘The Symposium on Life, Death and Psychic Research’ in Montreal, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Liberation’, at the State University of New York in Oneonta, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Special Service Award from the New York Road Runners Club.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, with performances on the piano and pipe organ; and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Meditation’, at Alumnae Hall, Brown University, in Providence, RI, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Khalid Khannouchi, world's fastest marathon runner in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Ukraine Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 22 people including musician Ravi Coltrane, son of legendary musicians John and Alice Coltrane, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Science And Spirituality’, at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Renunciation’ at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, OK, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Service’, at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with the Reverend Ted Noffs, Rector of the Wayside Chapel, in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Peace’, at the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert and public meditation at Laval University in Quebec City, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Perfection’, at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieved a lifted of 200 lbs., using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA. Read article…

Sri Chinmoy offered a Flute Anniversary Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Public School 220 in Forest Hills, NY, USA.

The Sydney Opera House was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Hungary, the Heart of Latvia and the Heart of Macedonia Awards.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Steingrimur Hermannsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland, 12 members of Parliament and 25 other people in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Piano Anniversary Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with singer/songwriter Sting and family at his residence in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Self-Discovery And Transformation’, at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture entitled ‘Friendship’, at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, USA.

Sri Chinmoy completed 100 large Jharna-Kala paintings in 19 hours.

Sri Chinmoy met with UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and presented him his book U Thant: Divinity’s Smile and Humanity’s Cry.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘We Concentrate, We Meditate’, at Pace University in White Plains, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy ran the Bidwell Classic marathon in a time of 4:30:21 in Chico, CA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Matina Horner, President of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy inaugurated Harvard Peace Meditation; offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘First Become Peace-Dreamers’, at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert with a piano performance and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Perfection-Fragrance’, at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 22 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at the Church of Hallgrimes in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy lifted H.E. Mrs. Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice-President of Gambia – Jamaica, NY, USA.

The first Jharna-Kala Parade was held on Madison Ave in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Eternal Seeker’, at the Australian National University in Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert and a public meditation at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a 7-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Flute Anniversary Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy’s artworks were exhibited at the Mall Gallery in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Sri Lanka Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 32 children from Omna Ancient Arts Centre in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Reality Within’, at the State College of Melbourne in Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert and public meditation at Queens College in Flushing, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Concentration-Art’, at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a concert at Martin Van Buren High School in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a tribute to Trygvie Lie, the first UN Secretary-General, with his daughter, Ms. Guri Lie, as guest speaker, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy planted a Peace Tree and held a meditation in the Kōtoku-In Temple, home of the Daibutsu, Great Buddha, in Kamakura, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Flute Anniversary Peace Concert at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, in Pretoria, South Africa.

South Africa was inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom, in Pretoria, South Africa.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Scotland Award.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Flute Anniversary concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered the second in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary On The Bhagavad Gita’,² in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy first learnt to play the Western flute on a bus journey to Healesville Sanctuary on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Read article…

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Simplicity, Sincerity, Purity And Divinity’, at the Melbourne Assembly Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy met with saxophonist Clarence Clemons in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Aurora Concert Hall in Florence, Italy.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at Duomo Santa Maria Del Fiore in Florence, Italy.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Nippon Budokan Hall to an audience of 12,000 in Tokyo, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Sincerity And Spirituality’, at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Willpower And Victory's Crown’, at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a public meditation at Greenwich Public Library, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Happiness’, at Monash University in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy met with Ron Clarke – Australian Olympic middle-distance runner and former holder of 17 world records – in Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Spirituality’, at Brougham Place Congregational Church in Adelaide, SA, Australia.

BBC’s UN correspondent, Brian Saxton, taped a half-hour interview with Sri Chinmoy at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘We Shall Not Wait’, at the State University of New York in Buffalo, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Singel Centre in Antwerp, Belgium.

Sri Chinmoy offered a 7-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performed at Lincoln Center, sponsored by World-Harmony Pilgrim-Dream Foundation in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 20 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Sting and family at the Fourth Universalist Church in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Flute Anniversary concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performed the first ‘Oneness, Perfect Oneness of the Sun and the Moon’ lift for couples – Sarbottama Tatyana Lebedeva, Russian Olympic gold medal long-jumper and her husband Mahavikram Nikolay Matveev, coach of the Russian National Athletic Team – in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Bishop Phillip Kennedy, the Catholic Bishop of Adelaide in Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, ‘Possession And Satisfaction’, at the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy was interviewed on the ABC television show ‘This Day Tonight’ in Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy appeared on Channel 7 News, where he played the esraj on television for the first time, in Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at St. Bavo Kerk in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at Grote Kerk in Den Haag, the Netherlands.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert with a piano performance at the Congress Building in Den Hague, the Netherlands.

Sri Chinmoy ran 100m solo in a time of 13.91 at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Armenia Award.

Sri Chinmoy completed 100 large ‘finger paintings’ in 12 hrs. 45 min.

Sri Chinmoy concluded his Australian tour and flew to Pondicherry, India, for a short stay with his family before returning to New York.

Sri Chinmoy met with P.A. Nazareth, Consul-General of India at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and an organ performance at the Odd Fellow Palæet in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert with a piano performance and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Oneness-Nest’, at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Community United Methodist Church in Jackson Heights, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture at the International Relations Centre in Kyoto, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy planted a Peace-Tree at Hana-Haku Park in Osaka, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offered a 4-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy’s artworks were exhibited at Drei Mohren Hotel in Augsburg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Sala Palatului in Bucharest, Romania.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Colombia Award.

Germany was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Flute Anniversary concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy’s artworks were exhibited at the Sri Chinmoy Gallery in Hamburg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at Ullern Church in Oslo, Norway.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and an organ performance at Oslo Konserthus in Oslo, Norway.

Sri Chinmoy met with the Head Priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at RWS Economics School in Augsburg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert to an audience of 5,000 at the National Palace of Culture, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Bulgaria was inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 12 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy was honoured by Donald Irwin, Mayor of Norwalk, in Norwalk, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy cooked a 22-course meal for 465 of his students in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meditated at Madison Square Garden with 19,000 people in New York, NY, USA.

The first Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile was inaugurated by the Mayor of Wandsworth at Battersea Park in London, UK.

Sri Chinmoy received the World Citizen Humanitarian Award from the World Peace University, OR, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Anita Pfaff, daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, at her home in Augsburg, Germany.

Moldova was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk, entitled ‘Where Is God?’, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Realisation’, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered an esraj concert and read a selection of his poetry at New York University, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered an organ performance at Frikirkjan in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and piano performance at the University Cinema in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy’s artworks were exhibited at the University Cinema in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy met with Prime Minister Thorsheim Palsson and President Vigdis Finnbogadottir of Iceland at Government House in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert with a piano performance and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Desire Versus Aspiration’, in Statler Hall at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Mats Wilander of Sweden, 1988 world’s no.  1 tennis player, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Australia’s capital city Canberra was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital by the Federal Minister for Sport Ros Kelly. During his stay in the nation's capital on June 26-27, 1995, Sri Chinmoy visited all five ‘Canberra Sri Chinmoy Peace-Capital’ signs, installed at all entrances to Canberra under the ‘Welcome to Canberra’ signs.

Botswana was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of St. Lucia Award.

Russia was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered the third in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary On The Bhagavad Gita’,³ in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Give, Receive And Become’, at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Progress’, at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with President of Iceland Vigdis Finnbogadóttir at Government House in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy met with Prime Minister of Iceland Thorsteinn Pálsson at Government House in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy met with Bishop of Iceland Pétur Sigurgeirsson at Government House in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sri Chinmoy received a plaque inscribed ‘To the Great Son of India’ together with the Twentieth Century Global Man Award from the Federation of Indian Associations, in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered the U Thant Peace Award to Vladimir Petrovsky, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Venezuela was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 13 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Poverty’, at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, ‘The Inner Light’, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Gratitude-Heart’, at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘World Peace From A Hindu Perspective: A Hindu World-Peace-Dreamer’, at the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 170 lbs., with both arms simultaneously, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Oneness’, at Laval University in Quebec City, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Choice’, at the State University of New York in Potsdam, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Seeker's Duty’, at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy presented prizes at ASUAB Veterans Athletics Championship at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India.

Sri Chinmoy offered the U Thant Peace Award to the United Nations Development Programme – United Nations, New York.

Sri Chinmoy appeared on Long Island’s Cable News 12 in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Flute Anniversary Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered prayerful homage for Maestro Yehudi Menuhin, with violinist Edna Michell, his lifelong musical associate, and performers from Mannes College of Music at the United Nations, NY.

Sri Chinmoy offered his second recital for the Asia Society, held at the Indian Cultural Centre in New York, NY, USA. His first musical performance was in June, 1965, at New York’s Guggenheim Museum.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Consciousness Of The Body’, at the City College of New York in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Human, The Divine And The Supreme’, at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Let Us Try To Empty The Mind’, at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY, USA.

One of Sri Chinmoy’s aphorism appeared in Forbes Magazine, USA.

Sri Chinmoy hosted a programme at the United Nations in New York to observe the centennial of Albert Einstein’s birth (March 14, 1879). Featured speakers were the President of New York's City College, the Ambassador of Cyprus, and H.E. Mr. Yehuda Z. Blum, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations.

Sri Chinmoy first lifted a 100-lb. weight from the ground and pressed it overhead with one arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Queens College in Flushing, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s first one million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings opened at the Heritage Building in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy made a guest appearance on WBAI’s radio talk show ‘Walden’s Pond’ in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted HRH Princess Jelisaveta of Yugoslavia, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Freedom’, at the University of Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Purity’, at the University of Montreal in Montreal, QC, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening a meditation for Earth Day and delivered a talk, entitled ‘Mother Earth’, at Battery Park in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received a letter of appreciation from Paul O’Dwyer, President of the City Council of New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Lord, My Lord’, at the State University of New York in Farmingdale, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy first met with Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor, at the maestro's home in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 800 lbs., using a seated calf-raise, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 11 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Albania, Heart of Georgia, Heart of Micronesia and Heart of St. Kitts Awards.

Bhutan was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy met with Pope Paul VI for the first time at The Vatican.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Aspiration’, at Queens University in Kingston, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Progress’, at Ottawa University in Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Szczesliwice Park was inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom in Warsaw, Poland.

The Gambia was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 200 lbs. with each arm simultaneously in Jamaica, NY, USA.

India’s capital New Delhi was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 35 Guyanese and Indian citizens, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy began writing The Dance of Life poetry series, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Limitation’,at Trent University in Peterborough, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a talk at the New School for Social Research in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy ran a personal best for 3.5 miles in 25:29 (7:17 pace) at the ‘March Speed Run’ in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert (midday) at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concerts (evening) at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Zaklady Mechaniczne Nowotki in Warsaw, Poland.

Sri Chinmoy met with Stanislaw Wyganowski, Mayor of Warsaw, in Warsaw, Poland.

A reception for diplomats was held at the exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s One Million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings in the Heritage Building, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy received the Fred Lebow Prize from the organisers of the Rome Marathon, in Rome, Italy.

Sri Chinmoy completed six million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

The city of Vasco da Gama in the Indian state of Goa was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of United Kingdom Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 41 children and boy scouts in Jamaica NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Duty Supreme’, at Boston University in Boston, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered the final in a series of four lectures, entitled ‘Commentary On The Bhagavad Gita’,⁴ in Vanderbilt Hall at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled Spirituality And Satisfaction’, at the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Beauty’, at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered his first Peace Concert to an audience of 8,500 at the Sporthalle in Cologne, Germany. Watch the full-length video of the concert... Listen to the CD recording of the concert...

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Kongresszentrum CCH in Hamburg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy met with Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, in Rome, Italy.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 14 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Vedanta Philosophy’, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Bliss’, at Guelph University in Guelph, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a pubic concert at the Ethical Culture Society of New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy ran a personal best for the marathon in a time of 3:55:07 (8:58 pace) at the Heart-Watchers Marathon in Toledo, OH, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Gut Buschhof in Bonn-Konigswinter, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy met with Polish President Lech Walesa and presented him with three songs he had composed in honour of Poland and the President.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Wales Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 26 actors from ‘The Exonerated’ including Jill Clayburgh, Brooke Shields, Marissa Tomei, Robert Vaughn, Montel Williams at Bleeker Street Theatre in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 7 horses individually, then 3 at once, at DND Horse Stables in Forest Park, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘God And Myself’, at Brandeis University in Waitham, MA, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture entitled ‘Service’, at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Compassion’, at Brown University in Providence, RI, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Sporthalle in Cologne, Germany.

Scotland was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Switzerland Award.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Nikolay Valuyev of Russia, WBA Heavyweight World Boxing Champion, at Palais des Congres in Paris, France.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Spiritual Seekers’, at the University of Windsor in Windsor, ON, Canada.

India’s UN Ambassador H.E. Dr. Rikhi Jaipal presented one of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings to Assistant UN Secretary-General Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim, Special Representative for the International Year of the Child, at the UN Church Centre in New York.

Sri Chinmoy led 127 meditations after reaching a record body weight of 127 lbs. – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘The Vision-Dawn’, at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Friedrich Ebert Halle in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert and delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Obedience’, at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Louis Pasteur Junior High School 67 in Little Neck, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a 4-hour meditation in Jamaica, NY, USA.

The city of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.

Sri Chinmoy offered the U Thant Peace Award to Svenn Kristiansen, Deputy Mayor of Oslo, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, in which he played 40 instruments to honour Svenn Kristiansen for having run 40 marathons – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 22 teachers and students at St. Albans, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Enoch Effah, world champion of French boxing, at the Palais des Congres in Paris, France.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 10 ambassadors and 16 other people at UNESCO in Paris, France.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert, ‘Mother Bengal’s Culture-Flood’, dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Concentration, Meditation And Contemplation’, in St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Desire-Man, Aspiration-Man, Dream-Man, Reality-Man’, at the University of Western Ontario in London, ON, Canada.

In honour of Sri Chinmoy’s 11th year in the West, a new American flag was flown over the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Senator Lowell Weicker, Jr. of Connecticut later presented the flag to Sri Chinmoy.

Sri Chinmoy played the esraj on ‘This Morning Show’, Channel 3 TV, broadcast from Hartford, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Silence’, at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at James J. Reynolds Junior High School in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

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

Sri Chinmoy completed one million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings in 5½ days for a total of seven million ‘Soul-Bird’ drawings – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy met with Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO – UNESCO, Paris, France.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at UNESCO, Paris, France.

Sri Chinmoy offered the U Thant Peace Award to Einar Steensnaes, Chairman of the Executive Board of UNESCO – UNESCO, Paris, France.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘Desire And Aspiration’, at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy completed 16 lectures in Canada – later published in My Maple Tree – with a talk, entitled ‘Yoga And Faith’, at York University in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Sri Chinmoy offered a meditation and esraj concert at the State University of New York at New Paltz, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy ran a personal best for 2 miles in a time of 13:42 (6:51 pace) at the Sri Chinmoy Race in Westport, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert (afternoon) at Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert (evening) at Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a 7-hour public meditation at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert with a piano performance at Rippowam High School in Stamford, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (USA) in New York, NY, USA.

The Taj Mahal and Vrindavan were declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms.

Sri Chinmoy read his poetry at a programme with Pulitzer Prize Authors at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Sugata Bose Ph.D., grandnephew of Netaji Subas Chandra Bose, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Yoko Ono, artist and musician, wife of John Lennon, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy delivered a lecture, entitled ‘I Watch, I Pray’, at Long Island University in Greenvale, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy ran personal bests for 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3 miles – his 7-mile time was 51:18 (7:20 pace); 6-mile split time was 44:09 (7:21 pace); 5-mile split time was 36:39 (7:20 pace); 4-mile split time was 29:04 (7:16 pace); and 3-mile split time was 21:31 (7:10 pace) – at the Sri Chinmoy 7-mile Race in Fairfield, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Stadthalle in Freiburg, Germany.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Award of Excellence from the UN Society of Writers (the society’s highest award) for the completion of his 900th book, Love, Compassion, Forgiveness, which he had dedicated to President Gorbachev. Sri Chinmoy then read two of his poems – his very first poem in English, ‘The Golden Flute’ written c. 1952-53, and a poem he had written just a few hours prior to the award ceremony held at the United Nations in New York. Sri Chinmoy concluded with a note of gratitude to his hosts and a short talk, entitled ‘American Freedom In My Poetry’.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy's Jharna-Kala paintings opened at a gallery at 154 Wooster Street in Soho, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy opened an evening concert of classical Indian music with two Bengali songs and a short meditation at the United Nations in New York. The programme, which was sponsored by The United Nations Meditation Group as a fund-raising effort for UNICEF, included recitals by classical singer Jyoti Pandit and sarod player Vasant Rai.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert (morning) at Küchlin Theatre in Basel, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert (evening) at Hallenstadion to an audience of 5,500 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at New York University in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at Schloss Wilhelminenberg in Vienna, Austria.

Sri Chinmoy lifted Arno A. Penzias, 1978 Nobel Laureate for Physics, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offered a Peace Concert at the Sun Dome Stadium, University of South Florida, in Tampa, FL, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifted 13 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy received the Heart of Kuwait Award.

England was declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.