October 4
Sri Chinmoy delivers his maiden speech in the United States, a lecture entitled ‘Hinduism’, to the tenth-grade students of Hicksville High School in Hicksville, NY, USA. Krishan Dhanda, a friend of Mr. Ramamoorthy who worked with Sri Chinmoy at the Indian Consulate in New York at the time, made the arrangements for the lecture.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Opportunity Divine and Necessity Supreme’, at Brown University in Providence, RI, USA.
On the day of President Carter’s visit to the United Nations, Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations meets in Conference Room 3 to honour the President’s aspirations for world peace and to celebrate his birthday on 2 October. Sri Chinmoy opens the meeting with a silent meditation. The programme includes readings from the President’s writings, as well as a performance of a song Sri Chinmoy has composed in honour of the president.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘My Ignorance’, at the University of California in Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers an inspirational message, entitled, ‘I Shall Learn and Learn’, after morning sports practice and a meditation at Jamaica High School track in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) in 2:30:35 (9:43 pace) at the New York City Marathon Tune-Up in Central Park, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 3 motorcycles, 2 Mounties on horseback, and a helicopter using the standard calf raise in New York and New Jersey area, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital (42) at the Church of St. Boniface in Munich, West Germany, and appears on German National Television in Munich, Germany, lifting TV host Günther Jauch.
Sri Chinmoy honours Karan Singh, Ambassador of India to the United States, at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy hands out prizes to the competitors of the 700, 1000 and 1,300 Mile Race, and also mentions his fervent hope of putting on a 2700 Mile Race.
Sri Chinmoy tests out an enormous set of 27 portable steps at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy competes in the field events – 600g javelin throw (24.2m), 4kg shot put (8.19m) and 1kg discus (21.56m) — at the Sri Chinmoy Masters Games held at Victory Field, Forest Park, Woodhaven, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy composes a song in honor of South Africa.
Sri Chinmoy composes a song in honor of Mongolia.
Sri Chinmoy lifts baseball star Steve Finley and family at Aspiration Ground, New York, USA.
Sri Chinmoy receives the Austria – Heart of Europe Award from six Members of Parliament, at a ceremony at the banquet hall of the Vienna Börse (Stock Exchange), Austria.
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