My Ivy League Leaves is the first book published by Chinmoy Publishing Company, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy completes his 1,000-poem volume, entitled Europe-Blossoms, which he began on 21 June 1974. The poems were all written during his trip to Europe.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘You do not Know, He does not Know, I do not Know’, at the Aum Center for Self-Realization, Yoga Center, in Ellicottville, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Happiness’, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy gives seven spiritual talks, part of 100 lectures in 20 days.
Obedience was My Way of Life, 7:30 a.m., Jamaica High School Track, Jamaica, NY, USA
You and Your Perfection, 9:35 p.m.; Yoga and Oneness, 9:37 p.m.; Hatha Yoga, 9:39 p.m.; Intuition, 9:41 p.m.; Perfection, 9:43 p.m.; If You Have, Then Come to Me, 9:45 p.m., Yoga-Life Perfection, New York, NY, USA.
These talks (nos. 28-34) are later published in Everest-Aspiration, Part 2.
Sri Chinmoy and runners from the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run present the ‘Peace Torch’ to the manager of the NY Mets, Bud Harrelson, in front of thousands of baseball fans before the start of a home game at Shea Stadium, in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York City.
Mali is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed for the Italian magazine ‘Armonia’ in New York, USA.
France is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 31 people, including folk singer Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody Guthrie, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 113 pilots in a single day, on the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, at Boeing Field Auditorium in Seattle, WA, USA. An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks also takes place at the same venue.
Sri Chinmoy is appointed an ‘Honorary Member’ of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in recognition of his outstanding assistance to the organisation. CAP is a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF), that principally engages in search and rescue missions and the provision of emergency services.
Sri Chinmoy gives a brief talk about his songs, entitled ‘Participate, Participate!’, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Tadatoshi Akiba, the Mayor of Hiroshima, and presents him with a Soul-Bird drawing at City Hall in Hiroshima, Japan.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. Sri Chinmoy also offers a bouquet in a soulful tribute at the Peace Memorial.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.