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1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, ‘The Body’s Reality and the Soul’s Reality’, at Silliman University, Dumaguete, in the Philippines.
1975
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“In our inner life we always seek to transcend our previous realisations and achievements while we are walking along Eternity’s Road of perfect Perfection.” — Sri Chinmoy |
Sri Chinmoy completes writing 843 poems in 24 hours (from midnight October 31st to midnight November 1st.), in Jamaica, NY, USA. The book of these poems, entitled Transcendence-Perfection is published the next day by Agni Press.
1977
The open-air billboard exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s 13’ x 25’ Jharna-Kala painting ‘Journey’s Battle Victory’, commissioned by The Eyes and Ears Foundation in conjunction with San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, opens at the Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA, USA. Read the report...
1979
Sri Chinmoy writes three poems (461-463) on the flight from Frankfurt to London; and writes another thirty-seven poems (464-500) on the flight from London to New York. Later published in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 5.
1983
Sri Chinmoy begins writing rhyming poems, published as Silence Speaks, in Jamaica, NY, USA. The series of poems eventually span nine volumes.
1986
Sri Chinmoy achieves a 705¾-lb. lift, using only his right arm, at his home gym in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts 26 marathon runners (total weight of 4,328 lbs.); and lifts a steamroller (1,640 lbs.) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy lifts Constantine Moushoutas, former Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN; Lamuel Stanislaus, former Permanent Representative of Grenada to the UN; and Winston Thompson, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (433) — the 33rd of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy inscribed this message in the guest book:
“Sri Chinmoy of India TJ of America
Divinity's ever-blossoming Life”
11/1/96 Sri Chinmoy Church
Sri Chinmoy visits Christ Church for the second time — meditating there and signing its guest book with a profound message — in Philadelphia, PA, USA. He first visited this historic church in 1976 in conjunction with the Bicentennial ‘Liberty-Torch’ run, and at that time he also signed the guest book.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (467) at CoreStates Spectrum to an audience of 10,500 in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1998
Sri Chinmoy offers his blessings to his students at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA, before they run in the New York City Marathon.
1999
Papua New Guinea is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (601) and delivers a lecture in honour of Sri Aurobindo at King’s College, University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, England. There, he also receives a Proclamation of Honour. At the concert, Sri Chinmoy recites nine poems on the theme ‘Here and Now’, later published in a book of the same name.
2006
Sri Chinmoy creates a collection of Soil-Bird drawings between 4 am and 4:45 a.m., in room 1428 of the Hilton Hotel in San Diego, CA, USA.
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1969
An article about Sri Chinmoy’s visit to the Philippines appears in The Republic News, in Cebu City, Philippines
1975
Sri Chinmoy celebrates the publication of Transcendence-Perfection — a book containing the 843 poems he had written in 24 hours the day before — with a night of meditation and festivities, at the Flushing Unitarian Universalist Church in Queens, New York, NY, USA.
1980
Sri Chinmoy celebrates with the runners at the Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Race (Nov. 1-2) awards ceremony in Greenwich, CT, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts Chidambaram Subramaniam, President of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, former Governor of Maharashtra; and Sundaram Ramakrishnan, Executive Secretary and Director-General of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts 18 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1993
From a letter dated October 29, 1993:
“A meeting with Your paintings is a Meeting with the Nobility of the Human Soul.” — Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva
An exhibition of 100,000 of Sri Chinmoy’s small bird drawings, entitled ‘Dream-Freedom Peace-Birds’, opens at the Heritage Building in Ottawa, ON, Canada. The exhibit is dedicated to Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva, wife of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts a Piper Arrow III plane plus eight men – a total weight of 4,748 lbs. – at the Sparta Aviation School, Teterboro, New Jersey, USA. After the lift, Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by The Record newspaper, Bergen, New Jersey.
1999
Sri Chinmoy reaches a total of fifteen thousand songs, composed in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Chittagong dialect, and French.
2000
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts trees, motorcycles, construction equipment and a helicopter in New Jersey environs, USA.
2005
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“I entirely endorse the idea which was started by Sri Chinmoy: to create a more harmonious and a more friendly world for all, through running together for world harmony.” — Paul Tergat, Marathon World Record Holder |
Sri Chinmoy lifts Paul Tergat, the current marathon world-record holder (2:04:55), and 1996 and 2000 Olympic silver medallist, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, Queens, New York, NY, USA. Paul Tergat also holds the Peace Torch and visits Pilgrim-Museum.
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1973
Sri Chinmoy writes three short stories, later published in his book, ‘Is God Really Partial?’.
1978
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“In the midst of the many complex problems with which the United Nations is confronted, it is good that there is an appreciation for meditation. It is my firm conviction that since man as a human being is also spiritual, it is necessary for him to keep in touch with the Supreme Being...” — David M. Thomas, Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations |
Sri Chinmoy meets with David M. Thomas, the Liberian Ambassador to the United Nations, in New York at a special programme hosted by Sri Chinmoy Meditation the United Nations commemorating the twenty-third anniversary of Liberia joining the UN.
1985
Sri Chinmoy lifts 131½ lbs. 22 times, using only his right arm, at his home gym in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts numerous members of the running community, including Fred Lebow, President (the 700th person lifted), and Alan Steinfeld, Vice-President of the NY Road Runners Club; Orlando Pizzolato, 1984 and 1985 NYC Marathon winner; and Markus Ryffel, 1984 Olympic silver medallist for 5,000 metres, at the Sheraton Hotel in New York, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Joe Franklin, TV talk-show host, aired on WWOR-TV in Secaucus, NJ, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy lifts Vladimir Bogomolov, coach of the USSR Track and Field Athletic Teams, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy meditates with the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team (SCMT) runners at ‘the block’ on Parsons Blvd. in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA, before setting out for the New York City Marathon.
1992
Sri Chinmoy receives a letter from Bill Clinton congratulating him on the dedication of Ottawa, Canada, as a ‘Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital’.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (434) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts six New York firemen, weighing a total of 1392 lbs., at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy offers a New Year’s Concert in New York, at which he offers his New Year’s Message for 2004.
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1969
Sri Chinmoy visits Singapore for the first time after a lecture tour of Japan and The Philippines.
1971
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Mediation and Meditation’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.
1971
Sri Chinmoy meets with Mr. Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, at the United Nations in New York. Mr. Narasimhan was U Thant’s and is currently Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim’s Chef de Cabinet.
1972
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“I believe very much in what you do. I am an admirer of yours. I love what you’re doing. I believe in what you’re doing. I’ll take my road. I will preach my belief in your philosophy. I will quote your philosophy because this is what people need. You’re inspiring these young people, motivating them to the bigger, better side of life.” — Jesse Owens, Olympic Champion Athlete (Berlin, 1936) |
Sri Chinmoy meets with Jesse Owens — the hero of the 1936 Berlin Olympics and winner of four track-and-field gold medals — at the Park Lane Hotel in New York, NY, USA. Read the article...
1975
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation at the Church of the Covenant in Boston, MA, USA.
1976
Sri Chinmoy opens the Jharna-Kala Gallery in San Francisco, California. The exhibition of his paintings continues through the month of November.
1976
Sri Chinmoy explains the two kinds of human competition, in San Francisco, CA, USA.
1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and concert at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy holds a programme honouring Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, President of the Forty-First Session of the UN General Assembly and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, at the United Nations in New York.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (435) — the 35th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at the University Temple, United Methodist Church, in Seattle, WA, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy receives the World Peace Literature Award from Professor Charles Johnson at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.
1998
Canada is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts 3 elephants at the Big Apple Circus in Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA. After the lift, Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Reuters TV.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts vintage automobiles in Nyack, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Tegla Loroupe, long-distance and track world record holder, the first African woman to win the NYC Marathon, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1967
The first feature article about Sri Chinmoy, published in mainland USA, appears in the National Edition of the Sunday News, which has the largest circulation of any New York newspaper.
1999
El Salvador is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 5 planes in the Long Island environs, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy achieves 30 abdominal lifts with 371 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts Louis Auchincloss, novelist and historian; and Giandomenico Picco, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1986
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“I am especially blessed by this recognition [the U Thant Peace Award], for it is given by a great man of peace – Sri Chinmoy – in the name of another great man of peace – U Thant. It was the commitment to the universal spirit that connects all people to the light and love of the Supreme that made U Thant a great man of peace. It is that same commitment that makes Sri Chinmoy a tireless worker for peace, understanding and tolerance in a dangerous world.” — Russell Barber, WNBC-TV religion editor, Emmy Award winner and producer and host of The First Estate: Religion in Review |
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Dr. Russell Barber, WNBC television producer, on U Thant Island in the East River near the United Nations in New York.
1990
Sri Chinmoy holds a memorial tribute for Leonard Bernstein, who passed away on October 14, 1990, at the United Nations in New York.
1992
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From a statement dated November 6, 1992: “Sri Chinmoy is dedicated to the timeless belief that, with tolerance and understanding, the family of nations can achieve unity by accommodating diversity. This belief ... is, in my judgement, one of the defining characteristics that has made Canada the beacon of hope and peace that it is the world over. My congratulations ... to Sri Chinmoy for his unceasing efforts on behalf of world peace.” — Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada |
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Sri Chinmoy is guest of honour at the Ottawa dedication ceremony as the first Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital, at the World Exchange Plaza in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (316) at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts an Aero Commander 685 aircraft, plus six passengers – a total weight of 10,527 lbs. – at Roger J. Miller Air Park, Berkeley, New Jersey, USA. After the lift, Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by News 12 New Jersey TV.
1999
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Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the International Friendship Run, sponsored by the New York Road Runners Club, the day before the New York City Marathon; and meets with Grete Waitz, former marathon world record holder, and Tegla Laroupe, the current record holder, on the North Lawn of the United Nations in New York.
1999
The Central African Republic and Liechtenstein are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
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1971
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Revelation of India’s Light’, at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.
1975
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation at Wagner College on Staten Island, NY, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy runs the Sri Chinmoy Marathon (4:36:00) in Zurich, Switzerland.
1984
Sri Chinmoy first meets with ultra-running champion Yiannis Kouros at the start of the Sri Chinmoy 24-hour Race Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Flushing, NY, USA. Yiannis Kouros went on to win the race, setting three world records.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts 806½ lbs., using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1987
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (137) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to an audience of over 7,000 in Toronto, ON, Canada.
1988
Sri Chinmoy celebrates ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ by lifting his own body weight of 155½ lbs., 100 times in 68 minutes 23 seconds, using alternate arms, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (297) at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (436) at Pilgrim-Dream-Blossoms in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy sang 47 Bengali songs, accompanying himself on a synthesizer, at PS 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA. The session is recorded and later released on a CD entitled ‘My Heart’s Rainbow-Dreams’. Listen to the CD...
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts a Ferris wheel and then a children’s train, both with passengers, at Coney Island, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts Marilson Gomes dos Santos, winner of the 2006 NYC Marathon, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1977
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“I felt deeply inspired by the spiritual atmosphere generated by you and your devotees ... and wish to congratulate you for your growing achievement in bringing the message of India to the distant shores of America in the tradition of Swami Vivekananda.” — L.L. Mehrotra, India’s Consul-General in San Francisco |
Sri Chinmoy meets with Consul General Lakhan L. Mehrotra (his former boss at the Indian Consulate in New York) at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, CA, USA.
1983
Sri Chinmoy meets with C.R. Singh, Member of the Indian Parliament, at the United Nations in New York.
1987
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, ON, Canada.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (437) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (468) at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, FL, USA.
1998
Sri Chinmoy raises a car (4,302 lbs.) using a standing calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the Ballsaal der Heidelberger Stadthalle in Heidelberg, Germany.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy begins his first European Lecture Tour with a lecture, entitled ‘Is Death the End?’, later published in My Rose Petals, Part 1, at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England UK.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts members of the Fire Department (1,767 lbs.) and a 1959 Morris Minor automobile (2,078 lbs.) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
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Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (281), including a piano performance, at the Parc des Expositions in Montpellier, France.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (438) at Pilgrim-Peace-Blossoms in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (469) at the James L. Knight International Center in Miami, FL, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts a total weight of 126,902 lbs. in one day* in New York, USA.
• The morning programme, held outside Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, includes lifting a 4-ton elephant with Mahasamrat Bill Pearl sitting on top (8,475 lbs.); a car 2 horses, a sailboat and a small house.
• The evening programme, called ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart: The Body’s Fitness-Gong and the Soul’s Fulness-Song’, is held at Francis Lewis School Auditorium in Fresh Meadows, NY. There, Sri Chinmoy performs multiple weightlifting feats: lifting 36 people, including Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic long jump gold medallist, whose world record stood for 23 years; Carlos Buhler, Himalayan mountain climber; Diane Dixon, twice Olympic 400-metre relay medallist, gold and silver (1984, 1988); Dan Lurie, pioneer of bodybuilding, and President of the World Bodybuilding Guild; Edit Bérces, ultra-distance runner, the world-record holder for 24 hours, 100 miles and 200 kilometres; H.E. Vijay Nambiar, Permanent Representative of India to the UN; Valmir Nunes, ultra-distance runner, twice World Champion for 100 kilometres; and Christoph Sieber, 2000 Olympic windsurfing gold medallist.
* During the week of November 2–9, Sri Chinmoy lifts a total weight of 259,942 lbs.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The end of all knowledge’, at Nottingham University in Nottingham, UK.
1974
Sri Chinmoy completes 200 books overall, including 51 books published in 10 days, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a memorial tribute to the American artist Norman Rockwell, entitled ‘Norman Rockwell: Artist Of Americana’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
1984
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (19) at Metro Toronto Convention Centre to an audience of 8,000 in Toronto, ON, Canada.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts 1,007¾ lbs., using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (252) at the Dynamo Sport-und-Kongress-Zentrum to an audience of 6,800 in Berlin, Germany. After the concert, he lifts 26 people.
1993
Sri Chinmoy had a 5th meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Arlington, VA, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy meets with Harsh Bashin, Consul General of India to New York, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts 10 police officers at the 107th Precinct in Flushing, NY, USA.
1999
The City of Chandannagore is declared the first Bengali Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Perfection-Goal’, at the University of London in London, UK.
1983
Sri Chinmoy first meets with Sudhahota Carl Lewis, Olympic Track and Field gold medallist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy runs 100 metres in a relay called ‘Oneness-Peace’ together with 15 other runners including Ted Corbitt, Addwitiya Roberta Flack and Sudhahota Carl Lewis, at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Flushing, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy runs the 15th leg of the relay, passing the baton to the final runner Sudhahota Carl Lewis. Read more...
1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts numerous people, including Steffi Graf, the world’s no. 1 female tennis player and considered the best female player of the 20th century; and Ambalika Evelyn Lewis, US Olympic athlete, mother of Sudhahota Carl Lewis, at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy lifts 30 people, including Kamalesh Sharma, former Ambassador of India to East Germany at the Dynamo Sport-und-Kongress-Zentrum in Berlin, Germany.
1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (282) at the Teatro L’Alianca in Barcelona, Spain.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts a fully fuelled twin-engine Beechcraft plane using a modified standing calf-raise machine at Tweed Airport in New Haven, CT, USA. The total weight, including the apparatus, is 13,040 lbs. After the lift, Sri Chinmoy is interviewed for the New Haven Register.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts a helicopter and three small planes at Monmouth Executive Airport in Wall, NJ, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation and concert at the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, NY, USA.
1985
Sri Chinmoy lifts 140 lbs. using only one arm in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (82) at Gruga Hall in Essen, Germany.
1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (253) and lifts 10 people at Palác Kultury in Prague, Czech Republic.
1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Sri Aurobindo: A Glimpse’, dedicated to Sri Aurobindo, at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge University, in Cambridge, UK.
1998
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (548) in Helsinki, Finland.
1999
Madagascar is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the College of Staten Island on Staten Island, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts Bobby McFerrin, composer, conductor, and Grammy Award winner, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy raises a small house, a camel, an elephant and a yacht using a standing calf raise with a ground platform in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1969
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Is Spirituality Man’s Birthright?’, at ‘Yoga of Westchester’, in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘How to Conquer Fear’, at the American College in Paris, France.
1979
Sri Chinmoy offers a public concert at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, USA.
1984
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (20) at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, CA, USA, and meets with 110-metre hurdles world-record holder Renaldo Nehemiah.
1986
Sri Chinmoy offers the first Peace Meditation for the Members of the British Parliament; and meets with Lord Ennals, Speaker of the House of Commons, at the Palace of Westminster in London, UK.
1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (83) at Alexandra Palace in London, UK.
1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation at the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (254) and lifts 10 people, including Gabor Demszky, Mayor of Budapest at the Kongresszusi Központ in Budapest, Hungary.
1991
Sri Chinmoy is invited for a tour of the House of Lords by Baroness Shreela Flather, the first Asian woman to become a British Peer of the Realm. He also meets with Members of Parliament Lord Desai, Lord Ennals and Keith Vaz, at the Palace of Westminster in London, UK.
1995
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the Russell Rotunda, US Senate, in Washington, DC, USA.
1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (524) in Cardiff City Hall in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
1998
Finland is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation at Hesperia Park in Helsinki, Finland.
1999
The union territory of Daman and Diu in India is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts Jack Johnson, musician and filmmaker; and Robert A. F. Thurman, President of Tibet House, named one of the 25 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.
2004
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart: The Body’s Fitness-Gong, The Soul’s Fulness-Song’ programme at York College in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Forty-five people are lifted at the public function, including George Brunstad, the oldest person to swim the English Channel, at 70 years of age; H.E. Crispin Gregoire, Ambassador of Dominica to the UN; H.E. Dr. Gabor Horvath, Consul General of Hungary to New York; Dr. Zsolt Morovan, Consul of Hungary to New York; H.E. Le Luong Minh, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the UN; Martin Strel, world’s greatest marathon swimmer; Greg Welch, World Championship triathlete; H.E. Chem Widhya, Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the UN; and Frank Zane, 3-time Mr. Olympia. Sri Chinmoy also receives the highest awards from Cambodia, Hungary and Viet Nam.
Over the entire day, Sri Chinmoy lifts a total weight of 215,808 lbs.; and a total weight of 294,329 lbs. from November 11th-13th.
2006
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown at the United Nations in New York.
2007
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.
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1965
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Hinduism of Today’, at the Religious School, Central Synagogue of Nassau County, Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, NY USA. Read more...
1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Occultism’, at the American Centre for Arts in Paris, France.
1972
Sri Chinmoy delivers his first lecture on the Vedas, entitled ‘The Vedic Bird of Illumination’, at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, USA.
1972
Sri Chinmoy delivers his second lecture on the Vedas, entitled ‘The Glowing Consciousness of Vedic Truth’, at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, USA.
1977
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the open-air billboard exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s 13' x 25' Jharna-Kala painting ‘Journey’s Battle Victory’, at the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. The billboard was installed on November 1st.
1978
Sri Chinmoy first meets with Jorge Illueca, Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN, at the United Nations in New York.
1982
Sri Chinmoy runs the Jersey Shore Marathon course (4:22:57) in Asbury Park, NJ, USA.
1984
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (21) at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (84) at Le Zénith in Paris, France.
1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (208) at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy meets John Major, Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Ben Kingsley, Academy Award winner, at the observance of Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday, India’s first Prime Minister, at India House in London, UK.
1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (283) at Docklands Arena in London, UK.
1992
Sri Chinmoy’s song about Bill Clinton is sung to the US President-Elect.
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1972
Sri Chinmoy delivers his third lecture on the Vedas, entitled ‘The Inner Revelation-Fire’, at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.
1975
A Jharna-Kala parade to celebrate Sri Chinmoy completing 100,000 paintings is held on Madison Ave. in New York, NY, USA.
1977
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“All too often passion and conflict rule the day. It is in such moments that we need meditation to look into ourselves and to encounter our God so we may cleanse our spirit and gain needed strength.” — Dr. Carlos P. Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines |
Sri Chinmoy and the U.N. Meditation Group observe the 20th anniversary of the opening of the U.N. Meditation Room, located in the General Assembly Lobby at the United Nations in New York. The programme opens with a short meditation in the ‘Room of Quiet’ and continues in Conference Room 4, with a special performance of six new songs written for the occasion by Sri Chinmoy, five of which were words of the four Secretaries-General set to music.
1981
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for the half-marathon, 13.1 miles, in a time of 1:55:24 in the Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing, NY, USA.
1987
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Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (138) at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
1991
The Severn-Wye Bridge, uniting England and Wales, is inaugurated as a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Bridge in Aust, Southern Gloucestershire, England, UK.
1992
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Commenting on Sri Chinmoy’s passing in October 2007: “Throughout his many years, he enriched the lives of countless others and served as a model of generosity and discipline to those he met, fostering an atmosphere of compassion, harmony, and unity.... His legacy of kindness, reflection, and resolve will endure for many years to come.” — Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States |
Sri Chinmoy had an informal meeting with President-Elect Bill Clinton in Little Rock, AK, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (439) at Public School 117 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts his own body weight of 145 lbs. with both arms simultaneously in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1998
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island at Beekman Towers Hotel in New York, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy receives the Jesse Owens Humanitarian Award from the Jesse Owens Foundation, presented by the family of the legendary Olympic Track and Field gold medallist at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, IL, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 15 people, including Yasser Seirawan, 1979 International Chess Grandmaster, and four-time US Chess Champion; and Narada Michael Walden, two-time Grammy Award winner and 1998 Best Producer of the Year, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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Sri Chinmoy completes 16,031 Jharna-Kala paintings in 24 hours, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1979
Sri Chinmoy offers a prayer session for hostages in Iran at the United Nations in New York.
1990
Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best or the 22-lb. shot put of 6.32 metres in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts H.E. Mr. Ismael Abraao, Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts Ravi Shankar, sitar player, and multiple Grammy Award winner; also lifts his wife Sukanya and daughter Anoushka in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Sarvottama Tatyana Lebedeva, 2004 Olympic Long Jump gold medallist and 2004 Olympic Triple Jump bronze medallist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Promise’, at Essex University in Colchester, Essex, UK.
1971
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, ‘The Beauty and Duty of India’s Soul’, at New York University, in New York, NY, USA.
1972
Sri Chinmoy delivers his fourth lecture on the Vedas, entitled ‘The Rig Veda’, at one of the Seven Sister colleges, Barnard College, in New York, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy achieves a 1,317¾-lb. lift using only his right arm, at his home gym in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy hosts a Jharna-Kala exhibit reception for diplomats and VIPs of the 100,000 Soul-Bird drawings dedicated to Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva at the Heritage Building in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (440) — the 40th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — to an audience of 10,000 at the DC Armory in Washington, DC, USA. The concert is introduced by H.E. Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Ambassador of India to the United States.
1998
Slovakia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
1999
Sri Chinmoy celebrates the 14th year of his weightlifting by offering a Peace Concert (571) dedicated to Raisa Maximovna, Jharna-Kala exhibition and ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart: The Body’s Fitness-Gong and The Soul’s Fulness-Song’ programme, where he lifts a total weight of 95,290 lbs. with 65 lifts in a single day.
• The morning session is held at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York.
• The evening session is held at York College in Jamaica, New York.
Lifts include Mahasamrat Bill Pearl, five-time Mr. Universe, for the 12th time; Olympian Sudhahota Carl Lewis for the 4th time; Paula Newby-Fraser, eight-time female Ironman Triathlon Champion; and Steve Finley, three-time Golden Gloves Baseball Champion (the final lift of the evening, and last ever of the standing one-arm lifts).
Sri Chinmoy dedicates the physical fitness part of the programme to his elder brother Mantu Ghosh on the occasion of his 71st birthday. Read Sri Chinmoy’s conversation with Mahasgamrat Bill Pearl.
2000
Sri Chinmoy dedicates his retelling of 73 ancient Indian stories to his brother Mantu’s 73rd birthday. The stories later are published in several volumes of Life’s Bleeding Tears and Flying Smiles.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts Anoushka Shankar, sitar player, composer, Grammy Award nominee, the first woman to perform at Ramakrishna Centre in Calcutta, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy cooks prasad in honour of his brother Mantu’s birthday, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2007
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the Army House Exhibit Space in Skopie, Macedonia.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Inner Teaching’, at Leeds University in Leeds, UK.
1974
Sri Chinmoy plants a young oak tree, as an offering to the soul of Canada, in Federal Parkland in Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. The tree is expected to live for another 250 years.
1977
Sri Chinmoy offers an esraj concert at the Museum of Man in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
1980
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Art is’ , at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 155 lbs. – equal to his own body weight – 24 times, using only his right arm, at his home gym in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts various objects using the seated calf-raise: a refrigerator; 700 of his books; a Christmas tree; an ice cream cart; and nearly 500 pounds each of rice, potatoes, tomatoes, cauliflower, onions and dal from Annam Brahma restaurant. He also used a standing calf-raise with an overhead platform for the first time, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (163) at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy achieves personal best throws in the West for 6-lb. shot put (12.22m) and 16-1b. shot put (8.41m) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy lifts Zina Garrison, three-time Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champion, 1988 Olympic Women’s Doubles gold medallist in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy lifts Prince Sigvard Bernadotte and Princess Marianne Bernadotte of Sweden in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts 750 lbs. using a seated calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1998
The Czech Republic is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts a 22,185-lb. jet, using a modified standing calf-raise machine, at Macarthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY, USA.
2000
Sri Chinmoy holds his annual New Year’s Meditation for the year 2001, and Peace Concert (603) at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 44 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts Richard Gere, famous actor and founder of the Gere Foundation Supporting His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Community-In-Exilel; and Nigel Fisher, Executive Director of the UN Office for Project Services, and UN Assistant Secretary-Genera, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Universe’, at Keble College, Oxford University, in Oxford, UK.
1974
Sri Chinmoy creates his first artwork in the West, marking the beginning of Jharna-Kala ‘Fountain-Art’, in room 233 at the Sheraton El Mirador Hotel, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (85) at the Seattle Opera House in Seattle, WA, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts his own body weight of 156 lbs. overhead 100 times in 22 minutes, 43 seconds, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy meets with Kurt Masur, the conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, in his private office suite at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, in New York, NY, USA.
1998
Hungary is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Curiosity or Necessity’, at St. David’s College, University of Wales, in Lampeter, Wales, UK.
1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and concert at Queens College in Flushing, NY, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy offers the closing meditation at the International Yoga Teachers’ Association in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (86) at the Memorial Arena in Victoria, BC, Canada.
1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts the winner of the New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Bodybuilding Championship, ‘Best Built Man’, and receives an award from the association at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best in the West for the 12-lb. shot put with a distance of 9.21 metres in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy holds the Peace Torch with Dr. Censu Tabone, Prime Minister of Malta, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy composes a song, entitled ‘The Saint-Bird in the Political Sky’, in tribute to the President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (441) — the 41st of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — in Labouisse Hall at UNICEF House in New York, NY, USA.
1999
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (572) to an audience of 7,000, including Canada’s Minister of External Affairs, Lloyd Axworthy, and his wife, as well as Member of Parliament Mac Harb, at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Sri Chinmoy’s concert is dedicated to Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev. Afterwards, Professor Laurence Ewasksho of the University of Ottawa presents Sri Chinmoy with the ‘Voice of Universal Music’ award on behalf of the University’s Music Department.
2000
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the World-Harmony-Pilgrim-Dream Concert for Peace at the United Nations in New York.
2000
Sri Chinmoy celebrates the 128th anniversary of Sri Aurobindo’s birth at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy speaks on ’Our Path’ to the members of the newly-formed London Centre, in London, UK.
1974
Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. To conclude, Sri Chinmoy accompanies himself on harmonium as he sings a few of his Bengali songs. As Sri Chinmoy leaves the auditorium, he stops by a blackboard and draws a small Jharna-Kala. It is his first drawing in chalk.
1986
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (87) at Kitsilano High School in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (317) at Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, MD, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy meditates with members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team near the ‘Smile of the Beyond’ Vegetarian Diner, on Parsons Blvd. in Queens, before they run the New York City Marathon.
1996
Sri Chinmoy meets with H.E. Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992-1996), at the United Nations in New York.
1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (525) at the United Nations in New York.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts members of the Harlem Gospel Choir in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts Mark Malloch Brown, UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the UN Millennium Hotel in New York, NY, USA.
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1975
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously sets to music 200 Bengali songs from his 4-volume poetry series Pole-Star Promise-Light, part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4 in 4 hours, taking only a 10-minute intermission after each group of 50 songs, at Thomas Edison High School in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1977
Sri Chinmoy and the Meditation Group at the United Nations hold an evening programme and concert in soulful remembrance of the late President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, marking fourteen years since the day of his assassination.
1984
Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘Annam Brahma...Tumi Pushti Tumi’.
1986
Sri Chinmoy offers an opening meditation at the Canadian National Bodybuilders Championship Show in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (382) at the Športová Hala Pasienky in Bratislava, Slovakia.
1994
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (397) at the United Nations in New York.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts five helicopters — weighing 1300 lbs., 1794 lbs., 1900 lbs., 2410 lbs. and 3205 lbs. — in five separate lifts, using a modified standing calf-raise machine, at Ellington Airport in Ellington, CT, USA.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Higher Worlds’, at Kings College, Cambridge University in Cambridge, UK.
1972
Sri Chinmoy writes 50 plays in 8 days in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts numerous animals (a miniature ‘zoo’), Madal Press, scuba divers, windsurfers, English Channel swimmers, live turkeys and ‘pilgrims’ in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a special Thanksgiving Message in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (470) at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA, the first of 50 concerts in honour of the 50th Anniversary of India’s Independence, in New York, NY, USA.
1998
Nepal is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
1999
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (573); and also presents the U Thant Peace Award to Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UN, at the United Nations in New York.
2004
Sri Chinmoy visits China for the first time, staying for almost 3 months, and travelling throughout the country.
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1977
Sri Chinmoy gives his first harpsichord concert; and sings and plays 46 Bengali songs from memory, one for each year of his life, as a ‘Thanksgiving’ offering in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts 1,515¼ lbs. using only his right arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy lifts members of the diplomatic community, including H.E. Andre Erdos, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN; H.E. Masamichi Hanabusa, Ambassador and Consul General of Japan to the USA; and Igor Korchilov, interpreter for President Mikhail Gorbachev, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (284) at the University of California in Berkeley, CA, USA.
1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (318) in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
1993
Sri Chinmoy meets with Michal Kováč, the first President of Slovakia, and gives a private cello performance at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia. The President and his wife also hold the Peace Torch with Sri Chinmoy.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (383) at the Kulturne Centrum in Bratislava, Slovakia.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts 145 lbs. (the equivalent of his body weight) with one arm, 100 times in 1 minute 33 seconds in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1999
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by CNN Radio about his weightlifting achievements.
2000
Sri Chinmoy honours the 50th Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo’s Mahasamadhi, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘How To Conquer Doubt’, at the University of Dundee, in Dundee, Scotland, UK.
1975
Sri Chinmoy opens the first-ever ‘International Day of Thanksgiving’ celebration with a short meditation, at the United Nations in New York. The event includes multi-lingual performances by representatives of several different nations.
1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and concert at the High School of Art and Design, in New York, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts Arthur J. Ranasinghe, Minister of State for Information, Sri Lanka, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy meets with Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, and gives a private esraj performance at the Presidential Palace in Prague, Czech Republic.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (442)— the 42nd of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — performing on 150 instruments in a total of 13 hours, 40 minutes, in six sessions that included brief intermissions, at Public School 117 in Briarwood, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy offers talks at the beginning and end of the performance for an additional 33 minutes. The total time of the function is 14 hours, 15 minutes.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (471) in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts 300 lbs. (more than double his body weight of 145 lbs.), using only one arm, 100 times in 3 minutes, 44 seconds in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1999
Sri Chinmoy meets with Mrs. Shashi Tripathi, Consul General of India in New York City, at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
2006
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Bosphorus University in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sri Chinmoy gives his first talk, entitled ‘The Song Universal’, at the United Nations, in the UN Church Centre in New York.
1974
Sri Chinmoy holds a special meditation at the United Nations Church Centre Chapel in tribute to former U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, who had passed away the previous day. Read more...
1978
Sri Chinmoy runs the Sri Chinmoy 10-mile Race in New Canaan, Connecticut. His finishing time is 1:28:18; averaging a pace of 8:49 per mile.
1978
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“The presence of Sri Chinmoy on ‘The Way to Go’ was inspirational, I am certain, to our viewers. To me, personally, his presence was transforming. I look upon the visit as the highlight of the twenty-two-and-one-half years of the program’s life.” — Ormond Drake, Professor Emeritus at New York University |
Sri Chinmoy appears on the television show ‘The Way To Go’ hosted by Ormond Drake, Professor Emeritus, New York University in New York, NY, USA.
1985
Sri Chinmoy receives a medal from Robert Muller, UN Assistant Secretary-General, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the UN, at the United Nations in New York.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts Lori Bowen, NBC TV sports commentator, Ms. Olympia Competition, 1983 National Bodybuilding Champion, 1984 World Professional Bodybuilding Champion; and Mike Ashley, 1986 Mr. Universe, 1887 World Mixed Pairs Champion, 1987 Grand Prix Champion, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy composes a song in tribute to the country of Sri Lanka.
1991
Sri Chinmoy holds a reception for UN ambassadors and gives a piano performance at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
1998
Sri Chinmoy lifts a 31,000-lb. Dassault Mystere-Falcon 50 jet plane and 21 passengers, using a modified standing calf-raise machine, at Macarthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, New York. Earlier, he lifted a 27,000-lb. jet plane.
1999
Papua New Guinea is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 16 people, including 4 members of the Hindu Heritage Endowment and its leader Bodhinatha Sadhaka, at the Holiday Inn Resort in Kauai, HI, USA.
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Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Love, Devotion and Surrender’, at the American International School in Zurich, Switzerland.
1976
Sri Chinmoy offers his second public esraj concert, to an audience of 500, at Calvary Church in Manhattan, New York, USA.
1980
Sri Chinmoy offers a talk entitled ‘I Thank You’ at the New York Ethical Cultural Society in New York, NY, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy completes the 5,000th poem, the 50th volume, in his Ten Thousand Flower-Flames poetry series in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1985
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Sri Chinmoy offers a 27-instrument performance and a 7-hour meditation called ‘Sri Chinmoy Thanksgiving Music Feast’ at Buchman Hall in New York, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy achieves a 2,039-lb. lift, using only his right arm, at his home gym in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts farm animals, ‘Santa’, reindeer and sleigh in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1987
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Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital (22) at Auckland Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand. The recital is later released on a CD entitled Mountain-Aspiration and Fountain-Dedication.
1987
Sri Chinmoy visits New Zealand for the first time and offered a Peace Concert (139) at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland, NZ.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (443) — the 43rd of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (472) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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Sri Chinmoy holds a special weightlifting programme, ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart: The Body’s Fitness-Gong and The Soul’s Fulness-Song’ at York College in Jamaica, NY, USA. He lifts nearly 100,000 pounds — 92,985 lbs. — in 33 separate feats of strength, including lifting numerous VIPs, like Joaquim Cruz, 1984 800m Olympic Gold medallist; Joe Franklin, TV Talk Show Host; Alfred Gerstl, President of Federal Council, Austria; Mahasamrat Bill Pearl, 5 x Mr. Universe; and Frank Zane, 3-time Mr. Olympia and 3-time Mr. Universe. To end the demonstration, he twice hoists his own body weight of 145 lbs. with a standing two-arm lift. After the weightlifting event, Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (549). A Jharna-Kala exhibition is simultaneously held at the venue.
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Sri Chinmoy delivers his fifth lecture on the Vedas, entitled ‘The Song of the Infinite’, at one of the Seven Sister colleges — Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, USA.
1972
Sri Chinmoy delivers his sixth lecture on the Vedas, entitled ‘Intuition-Light from the Vedas’, at one of the Seven Sister colleges — Smith College in Northampton, MA, USA.
1975
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk about the English poet William Blake, in Room 550 of the United Nations, New York.
1976
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously sets to music 300 English poems from Europe-Blossoms in Jamaica, NY, USA. The songs are later published as Surrender-Lotus-Blossoms and Surrender-Rose-Blossoms. (It remains the most songs he ever composed in one day.)
1998
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by CBS Radio about his weightlifting achievements.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 21 people at the Holiday Inn Resort in Kauai, HI, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy begins a project to lift 1,000 lambs as part of his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme. On his first lifting day, he lifts 100 three-month-old Romney Cross lambs (1-100) at the Agriculture Research farm in Whatawhata, New Zealand. Lifting four lambs at a time, he performs 25 lifts in less than one hour, for a total weight of 8,713 lbs.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 14 people, including writers and artists, at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore.
2003
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore.
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Sri Chinmoy delivers his seventh and final lecture on the Vedas, entitled ‘The Wisdom-Sun of Vedic Truth’, at one of the Seven Sister colleges – Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA, USA.
1977
Sri Chinmoy dedicates a programme in tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., with the guest of honour and keynote speaker, Coretta Scott King, at the United Nations in New York.
1985
The first Sri Chinmoy Invitational 5-Day Road Race begins at 8:22 a.m. at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy is at the starting line to offer a short meditation. There are 15 runners — 9 men and 6 women.
1985
Sri Chinmoy meets with Frank Zane, 3-time Mr. Olympia and 3-time Mr. Universe at the United Nations in New York.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts 1,800 lbs. using a standing calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1987
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed live on the ‘Good Morning Melbourne’ TV show in Melbourne, Australia. After the interview, he is filmed lifting his own body weight, which is subsequently broadcast a few days later, on ‘The Today Show’, on December 1st.
1987
Sri Chinmoy delivers a dedication and offers a silent meditation at the opening ceremony of the 7th World Veterans Games in Melbourne, Australia. His ‘World Veterans Games’ song is accepted as the official anthem of the Games and is performed by his students on this occasion.
1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a second Peace Meditation at the British Parliament in the Palace of Westminster, London, UK.
1990
Sri Chinmoy visits the four peace bridges and a few of the 27 peace trees established in recent months in Rhode Island, USA
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (444) — the 44th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (473) at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy celebrates half his life living in the USA, in Jamaica, NY, USA. He also composes a song, entitled ‘Half-Life in Mother India’, for the occasion.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Permanent and the Impermanent’, at the University of Bristol, in Bristol, UK.
1971
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Glimpses from the Vedas and the Upanishads’, at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ, USA.
1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and concert at Wagner College on Staten Island, NY, USA. Before leaving the room, Sri Chinmoy draws a spontaneous Jharna-Kala in chalk on the blackboard.
1986
Sri Chinmoy lifts 2,000 lbs. using a standing calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1987
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital 23) on the world’s largest mechanical-action organ at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Immediately after Sri Chinmoy played the organ, he is interviewed in the organ console by David Rumsey, Chairman of the Department of Organ and Sacred Music at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and organist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
1987
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital (24) at Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Australia.
1988
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“I am very grateful for your visit. God bless you and your contemplative activities.” — Pope John Paul II |
Sri Chinmoy has his third meeting with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
1992
Sri Chinmoy lifts Charman Lal Sharma, UNESCO Deputy Director-General for Management, in the garden tent at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (474) at Junior High School 217 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1998
The Canada Peace-Blossom-Nation ceremony with Sri Chinmoy is attended by 300 members of parliament, national and local government officials, ambassadors and other guests at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
1999
Sri Chinmoy lifts 350 lbs. with each arm simultaneously — a total of 700 lbs at his home gym in Jamaica, New York, NY,USA.
1999
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (574) and his New Year’s Message for the year 2000, at Martin Luther King Jr. High School in New York, NY, USA.
2000
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Thai Ayutthaya Business Administration College in Ayutthaya, Thailand.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 45 people, including champion powerlifter Precious Mckenzie, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand.
2002
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and organ recital at Auckland Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand.