Sri Chinmoy practises basketball throws at Aspiration-Ground, 28 August 1996.
Basketball throws 4 July 1996
Basketball-Transcendence
On 4 July 1996, Sri Chinmoy took 1,300 basketball shots from the penalty line in sets of 100. He achieved a strike rate of 863 out of 1,300, with a best of 77 goals out of 100 at 7:40 pm.
This record was later transcended as recorded in Sri Chinmoy Answers —
Interviewer: Do you play basketball?
Sri Chinmoy: In India I used to play basketball. Now I practise taking free throws from the penalty line. Usually I throw a hundred times, and then I take a little rest before throwing another hundred times. I practise on a regular basis when the weather permits it. My highest score is 79.
Interviewer: No kidding — 79 out of 100!
Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy Answers, Part 11, Agni Press, New York, 1999
Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart — Basketball Players
On 17 September 1988, Sri Chinmoy met and lifted several basketball players, such as Mark Jackson and Ken Bannister.
Sri Chinmoy lifting a total weight of 1,164 lb overhead.
Sri Chinmoy offering prayerful meditation before the lifting.
Songs
“My basketball foul-penalties:
Charming, challenging realities!
Behold, out of a hundred seventy-seven!
God Himself cradles my eyes and hands in Heaven.”
— Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy's Rainbow Dreams