October 17
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Meaning of Life’, at the Inter-American University in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Sunlit Path’, at the University of California in Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Outer Running and the Inner Running’, at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Odeon Theatre in Birmingham, UK.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (204) at Buchman Hall in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. There, he sings his new peace song for 1990, ‘Supreme Supreme Shanti Shanti’, for the first time.
Sri Chinmoy lifts The Very Reverend Edward Carpenter, former Dean of Westminster; and Brother Daniel Faivre, Director of the Westminster Interfaith Programme, at Westminster Cathedral in London, UK.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Kuldip Nayar, Indian High Commissioner to the UK, at India House in London, UK.
Sri Chinmoy runs 100 metres with Sudhahota Carl Lewis in 14:33 at the dedication of the Sri Chinmoy Peace Track at Robertson Stadium, University of Houston, in Houston, TX, USA. Sri Chinmoy also meets with Leroy Burrell, 1992 Olympic gold medallist in the 4 x 100 metres relay; Floyd Heard, 1989 US Champion for 200 metres; and Mike Marsh, 1992 Olympic gold medallist in 200 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert to an audience of 7,500 at the University of Houston in Houston, TX, USA.
Sri Chinmoy honours Ambalika Lewis, mother of Sudarhota Carl Lewis and Carol Lewis, on her 63rd birthday, in Houston, Texas. In her youth, Ambalika, known as Evelyn Lawler, held the American record for the 80-metre hurdles.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Jacob Zuma, Deputy President of the ANC, during a programme held in his honour in Jamaica, NY, USA.
São Tomé and Principe is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Inter-American University in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
About On This Day
January 1st, 2011, saw the launch of a special feature on the front page of Sri Chinmoy Reflections — On This Day — a day-by-day account of Sri Chinmoy’s achievements. The accompanying pages expand the theme further by linking specific dates and events to video, audio and literary resources from this and many other related websites, enabling the reader to explore, in a systematic way, the vast catalogue of information about Sri Chinmoy’s life.
Many years ago at Aspiration-Ground, there was a large blackboard that displayed the scores of tennis matches Sri Chinmoy had played. Each morning, before Sri Chinmoy arrived at the court, the board would be cleaned and the date of the new day would be written in chalk at the top. Then, in yearly order, a list of different activities Sri Chinmoy had accomplished or had participated in would follow. Every day a new list would appear, and very rarely would there be a day without something to report.
Just before starting play of his usual round of morning tennis, Sri Chinmoy could be seen walking slowly across towards the blackboard to carefully study the list, and many times he would comment on what had been written. No doubt it brought back many fond memories for him.
Since his arrival in the West in 1964, many disparate lists have been compiled – running times and athletic highlights; poems written and songs composed; concerts performed and lectures delivered; weights hoisted and people lifted; paintings completed and drawings sketched; meditations, meetings, peace initiatives and prayers – viewed altogether, they represent an impressive chronology of achievement that reads more like the combined biographies of several highly talented people rather than one individual.
It is by the dedicated efforts of many who have meticulously recorded these events, which form the narrative of Sri Chinmoy’s remarkable life, that we are able to look back across the decades to take in this grand overview. We are grateful to all those who have collected and preserved this information over the years.
It is hoped that this section will, in some small way, carry on this inspirational tradition.
— Animesh Harrington
The information in the following pages has been compiled from many sources – Sri Chinmoy Library, Sri Chinmoy Songs, Sri Chinmoy TV and Radio Sri Chinmoy; Sri Chinmoy Centre newsletters, magazines, periodicals1; and informational booklets2; newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV interviews; yearly calendars and index cards; as well as analog and digital recordings.
Bibliography:
1 AUM (monthly magazine)
Jharna-Kala (art quarterly magazine)
Meditation at the United Nations (monthly bulletin)
Anahata Nada (monthly newsletter)
2 A Galaxy of Luminaries, Agni Press, New York, 1978
Sri Chinmoy: The Student of Peace (second edition), Aum Publications, New York
Sri Chinmoy: Emissary of Oneness-Peace
Sri Chinmoy A Global Man of Peace
Sri Chinmoy Dreamer of World Peace, Agni Press, New York, 1998 & 2000
Sri Chinmoy A Oneness-World-Dreamer
Oneness-World Peace-Blossoms, Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations, 25th Anniversary
500 Compassion-Blessing-Blossoms