June 24
Sri Chinmoy delivers a 12:30 p.m. lecture, entitled ‘Failure’, at Riverside Lounge, Cambridge University Centre, Cambridge University in Cambridge UK.
Sri Chinmoy delivers an 8 p.m. lecture, entitled ‘Love Divine’, in the Conference Room, University College, London University Union, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC 2, UK.
The Mayor of Ticonderoga, NY, USA, proclaims‘Canada’s Oneness-Heart Day’ in honour of the Canadian running team that passed through the town during a 500-mile relay run from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, to the Statue of Liberty in New York, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs 4 miles in a time of 33 min. 41 sec. (8:25/mile pace) in the Sri Chinmoy Race at the Gateway National Recreation Area, Breezy Point, New York.
Sri Chinmoy gives an organ recital at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, France.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Le Zénith in Paris, France.
Sri Chinmoy race-walks a personal best for 400 metres in a time of 1 min. 44.05 sec., in Queens, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy competes in the 100–metre race at the Invitational 60-65 at McAteer Track in San Francisco. He covers the distance in a time of 16.06 seconds.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 29 people, including Lady Patricia Mountbatten, the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten; and Ralph Fiennes, actor and Academy Award nominee, at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, UK.
Sri Chinmoy visits the home of Mr. B. Ramamoorthy and Mrs. Lakshmi Ramamoorthy where they enjoy a wide-ranging conversation. Mr. Ramamoorthy was an extremely close friend and colleague of Sri Chinmoy when they both worked at the Indian Consulate in New York in the mid-1960s.
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