June 3
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Spirituality: Is It Only for the Chosen Few?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.
Sri Chinmoy departs John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, USA, to begin his fourth European lecture tour. He arrives at Heathrow Airport in London, UK, later in the day.
Sri Chinmoy offers an outdoor esraj concert in the Damrosch Amphitheater (Guggenheim Bandshell) in Damrosch Park at the Lincoln Center in New York, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
The first official Sri Chinmoy Marathon is held at Menlo Park and Atherton in San Francisco, CA, USA. India’s Consul General L. L. Mehrotra presents the race awards.
Sri Chinmoy gives an inspirational talk, to the USA Bicycle Relay team outside Guru Stationery on Parsons Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, just before they set off on their transcontinental ride from New York to San Francisco.
Sri Chinmoy delivers two short talks, entitled ‘My Body Wants to Sleep’ and ‘Man’s Inner Inspiration’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at The Auditorium Theater in Chicago, IL, USA.
Sri Chinmoy first performs a standing calf raise with a weight of 600 lbs. at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ performance at Fair Street Church in Kingston, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates a Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile and delivers a short speech, ‘The Heart and Soul of Woodstock’, at Kenneth L. Wilson Public Campground in Woodstock, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Woodstock Community Center, in Woodstock, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sri Chinmoy has his fourth meeting with Mother Teresa, at Missionaries of Charity House in the Bronx, NY, USA. Further reading.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Creativity: The Amalgam of Sorrows and Joys’, in the David Lam Auditorium at the University of Victoria, in Victoria BC, Canada.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala paintings opens at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada, where Professor Harold Coward presents him with a special award, entitled Sri Chinmoy: A Student of Peace.
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