Sri Chinmoy (no. 1) running in his first 10-mile race, one sponsored by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in Greenwich, Connecticut. He completes the course in 1:45:22.
Dhrubha Hein (no. 180) leading the pack across th bridge.
Canadian Olympic running coach, Daniel St. Hilaire, meets with Sri Chinmoy at Aspiration-Ground, New York, asking questions about taking drugs in sport. This included the question:
Question: Is it possible to be among the best in the world in power events, such as weightlifting and sprinting, without using steroids?
Sri Chinmoy: My answer will be in the affirmative. It is quite possible to be among the best in the world without using steroids. There will come a time in the near future when weightlifters and athletes will be able to break world records and better the world standards without using any drugs.
Sri Chinmoy, Aspiration-Body, Illumination-Soul, Part 3, Agni Press, New York, 2004
On a chilly New York morning, and less than 2 days after returning from Europe, Sri Chinmoy walks the 2-mile course around the perimeter of Jamaica High School, in Jamaica, New York.
At the race, Sri Chinmoy offers this prayer:
My Lord, please forgive me.
Today I do not have any special prayer
To place at Your Feet.“My child, tomorrow you must pray to Me
More than usual.”My Lord, today I am unable to think of You.
“My child, tomorrow you must think of Me
Much more than usual.”My Lord, today I am unable to love You.
“My child,
Tomorrow you must and must and must
Love Me infinitely more
Than you usually do.
My child, today I am forgiving you,
But you must not be negligent
In your prayers.
You must not be negligent
In thinking of Me.
You must not be negligent
In loving Me.
If you want to claim Me to be yours
And if I want to claim you to be Mine,
Then you must never, never, never
Forget your morning spiritual
Love-devotion-surrender-disciplines.”
Published in My Race-Prayers, part 2