July 13
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.
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