Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘How Secure are We?’, part of the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture Series, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 13 miles in 2:01:30 (9:20 pace) at the Sri Chinmoy Marathon (completing the first 13 miles) in Plainsboro, NJ, USA.
Sri Chinmoy is present at a Jharna Kala exhibition in honour of the United Nations’ 40th anniversary. Forty delegates from the United Nations attend the exhibition, which includes Sri Chinmoy meditating and singers offering songs about the UN and peace.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Germany.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (279) at the University of Illinois to an audience of almost 7,000 people in Chicago, IL, USA.
Sri Chinmoy holds a memorial programme for Mother Teresa, at his meditation garden, Aspiration-Ground, in Jamaica, New York, USA. Mother Teresa passed away in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, on 5 September 1997, aged 87. He also composes the song, ‘Mother Teresa, Calcutta’s Soaring Bird’. Read Sri Chinmoy’s tribute from 5 September 1997.
Finland is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation at the Interfaith NGO Ceremony for the Opening of the UN General Assembly, sponsored by the Interfaith Center of New York and the Temple of Understanding, attended by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts the American philanthropist Ray Chambers, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, USA.