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1967
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed on Radio WLUZ by the well-known Puerto Rican radio personality Senor Jose Miguel Agrelot in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
1968
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk on the topic ‘What Is Our True Necessity?’, to members of the Finance Department of the Government of Puerto Rico.
1974
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘God and Goal’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.
1978
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Sri Chinmoy Gallery in Warwickshire, UK.
1979
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at Victoria Park in Halifax, NS, Canada.
1980
Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks are exhibited throughout the month of August at 170 Thompson Street, Greenwich Village, New York, NY, USA.
1980
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Prayer and Meditation’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.
1981
Sri Chinmoy runs a 3-mile race, in a time of 23:00 minutes as part of the Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix, held at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a ‘Peace Meditation’ at US Senate, where he also lifts W. Susantade Alwis, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the UN; Michael Sheriffs, Ambassador of Cyprus to the UN, at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA.
1992
Sri Chinmoy competes in the Eastern Regional Championships at Randall’s Island in Manhattan, NY, USA. He runs the 100-metre race taking just 65.5 strides in 14.59 sec., which is his fastest electronic timing to date.
1993
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks, featuring his first 70,000 Soul-Bird drawings, opens at the Jharna-Kala Gallery, 6 Crosby St., Soho, in New York, NY, USA.
1997
The first annual Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race (12 June-1 August) concludes outside Thomas Edison Vocational High School in Jamaica, NY, USA. The race was conducted on a certified .5488 mile loop (883.2079 metres) on a paved sidewalk surrounding the school. With a 51-day cut-off, only two out of the five starters, completed the 3,100 miles — Edward Kelley (1st man) in 47 days + 15:19:56, and Suprabha Beckjord (1st woman) in 50 days + 02:09:56. And, two others — Georgs Jermolajevs and Aleksandar Arsic —finished 2700 miles.
1999
An article about Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting is published in the weekly German newspaper Die Andere Realität (The Other Germany).
1999
Sri Chinmoy honours Dr. Ananda Guruge, the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the USA, and his wife Darshanika at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2000
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Sri Chinmoy attends the closing ceremony of his Jharna-Kala artworks exhibition at Newark International Airport in Newark, NJ, USA.
2007
Sri Chinmoy composes the song, ‘Last Night I Had a Very, Very, Very Significant Dream’, at the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1973
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘You or I?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.
1981
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 1 mile (6:23) at the Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy receives a Certificate of Merit from the Government of Canada.
1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts Amritananda Russell Barber, WNBC Television Producer; and Bev Francis, six-time Women’s World Power Lifting Champion in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy opens an exhibition of Soul-Birds drawings at 66 Crosby St, in Soho, New York, NY, USA.
1997
Sri Chinmoy offers his soulful words of “blessingful love, blessingful joy and blessingful pride,” to the participants of the first annual Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race — 12 June-1 August — at the Awards Ceremony held at Aspiration-Ground, Jamaica New York, NY, USA.
2000
Mt. Everest is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 32 members of the Italian soccer team AC Milan at Giants Stadium in Secaucus, NJ, USA.
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1979
The ‘Aspiration-Plants and Gratitude-Leaves of New York’ 700-mile walk begins at the Sri Chinmoy Church in Bayside, NY, USA.
1980
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s artworks opens at 170 Thompson St., Greenwich Village, in New York, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts 3,070 lbs. with his left arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th attempts are all good lifts.
1993
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by a journalist from Art Speaks magazine at his exhibition of 70,000 Dream-Freedom-Peace-Birds at 66 Crosby St, Soho, New York, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy sings and whistles 15 of his own Bhajan songs — ‘My Heart-Whistle-Birds’ — in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, IL, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts Tevin Campbell, American singer, songwriter and actor, and presents him with the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ award, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1970
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Confidence’, in the Peace Room of the Church Centre for the United Nations, at the United Nations in New York.
1979
Sri Chinmoy composes a song in honour of the ‘New York Road Runners Club’.
1981
Tributes for Sri Chinmoy’s 50th Birthday are read into the Congressional Record at the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA.
1982
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“Swamiji, I am grateful that you are working in such a place as the United Nations to spread your message to the whole world. I pray to the Lord that He will be able to give you long life and strength to enable you to spread your vision to all human beings.” — Sardar Dhillon, High Commissioner of India to Canada |
Sri Chinmoy meets with Sardar Dhillon, India’s High Commissioner to Canada, at the United Nations in New York. The photo of this meeting was chosen by Sri Chinmoy to on the cover of his book ‘Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 53.’
1986
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Sri Chinmoy is named ‘Peace Ambassador in Puerto Rico’ by Governor Rafael Hernández Colón of Puerto Rico.
1988
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Sri Chinmoy lifts 7040¼ lbs. using only his left arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (365) — the 27th of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy meets with Russian Cosmonaut Gennadi Strekalov at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy completes the English translation of ‘August 15, 1945’, Dyulok Chariye, his epic 180-line Bengali poem written at the age of 13 and dedicated to Sri Aurobindo for his birthday, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2000
Cambodia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
Sri Chinmoy visits an exhibition of his Jharna-Kala artworks at Newark International Airport in New Jersey, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 34 people, including Dr. Kul Gautam, Deputy Executive-Director of UNICEF; and Lindy Remigino, 100m Olympic Gold Medallist, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 36 people, including several members of the family of the late Jesse Owens, legendary Olympic gold medallist — Beverly Owens Prather and Marlene Owens Rankin, two of Jesse Owens’ daughters, and his grandson, Stuart Rankin, Jr.; Ted Erikson, 3-time English Channel swimmer; Adolf Kiefer, 1936 Olympic gold medallist in backstroke; Willye White, Olympic silver medallist in the long jump and 4 x 100 m relay, at Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, IL, USA.
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1971
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘A Spiritual Goal For The United Nations: Is It Practical?’, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York, NY.
1979
Sri Chinmoy presents an afternoon (3 p.m.) concert of music for meditation at the Palace Theater in Albany, NY, USA. It is held in conjunction with the 700-mile relay walk, ‘Aspiration-Plants and Gratitude-Leaves of New York’, which will pass through Albany on Monday, 6 August, at 9:30 a.m. on State and Swan streets. After the concert, Sri Chinmoy holds an informal gathering for his students at St. Patrick’s Church in Albany, where he meets with Friar Charles Murphy.
1980
Sri Chinmoy runs 800 metres in 2:59.9 at the New York Road Runners’ Summer Track Event on Randall’s Island, New York, NY, USA.
1981
Sri Chinmoy runs a one-mile race in a time of 6 min. 54 sec. at the Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix, held at Jamaica High School Track environs, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy delivers an inspirational talk ‘Why Do I Meditate?’ and offers a special concert and meditation for the diplomatic community, held in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium at the United Nations in New York. He also answers a series of spiritual questions regarding meditation, the spiritual life and the inner life.
1982
Sri Chinmoy runs a one-mile race in 7:10, and offers a concert in Woodstock, NY, USA.
1999
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (566) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2000
Sri Chinmoy read out a letter declaring 101 Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms in India to date, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 1,005 lbs. using a seated calf raise with a knee platform, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1967
Before returning to New York, after spending one month on the island of Puerto Rico, Sri Chinmoy holds a final meditation with his students at the AUM Centre in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1977
Sri Chinmoy asks his disciples what they think is the highest reality offered by this world. Many try to guess, but no one comes close. He answers in a talk, entitled ‘The Only Absolute Certainty’, in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
1979
Albany, the capital of New York State, USA, welcomes the participants in the ‘Aspiration-Plants and Gratitude-Leaves of New York’ non-stop relay walk as it passes through, on its 700-mile journey around the State.
1985
An exhibition of paintings by Sri Chinmoy opens in the Exhibition Space, 112 Greene Street, Soho, New York, NY, USA. The exhibition runs until 14 September.
1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (157) at Dalhousie Arts Centre in Halifax, NS, Canada.
1988
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital at St. Mary’s Basilica in Halifax, NS, Canada.
1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a piano performance at Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, NS, Canada.
1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts Raul Sicilia Salgado, President Municipal De Tula, State of Hidalgo, Mexico, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (199) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by The New Yorker magazine at an exhibition of his 70,000 Dream-Freedom-Peace-Birds, Soho, New York, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy meets with Pir Vilayat Khan, Leader of the Sufi Order in the West at the United Nations in New York.
2000
Sri Chinmoy achieves a 2,200-lb standing calf raise and a 1,300-lb seated calf raise, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Sierra Leone and the Heart of Swaziland Awards.
2003
Sri Chinmoy achieves an 800-lb, double-platform, double-arm lift in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy composes 20 Bengali songs and, two days later, composes 8 English songs for the Parliament of the World’s Religions, in Barcelona, Spain, subsequently published in I Bow to the Soul of the Parliament of Religions. An article about Sri Chinmoy at the Parliament of the World’s Religions is published in Indian Reporter.
2005
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy recounts anecdotes — from his time as a youth while at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, in India — to his students, at his home in New York, USA.
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1976
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Sri Chinmoy draws ‘The Golden Boat’ (the Sri Chinmoy Centre emblem) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1977
Sri Chinmoy participates in field events — discus, javelin, shot put and long jump — at the try-outs for Sports Day, held at Jamaica High School track in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
1979
Sri Chinmoy paints a three-dimensional Jharna-Kala artwork on an octagonal gazebo in 3 hr. 20 min. in his Jharna-Kala gallery at 937 Madison Ave, New York, NY, USA
1982
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 4 miles in 30:33 (7:38 pace) at the ‘Summer Blahs’ race in Central Park, New York, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts Gary Ackerman, U.S. Congressman from New York State, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy participates in the closing ceremony of the second Peace Run, along with Mayor-elect David Dinkins and over a dozen UN dignitaries at the Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza in New York, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy performs a number of athletic, musical and spiritual events 60 times between 7-17 August to celebrate his upcoming 60th birthday on 27 August. Some of his items include: lifting 60 people into the air ... lifting a 60-pound dumbbell 60 times (with each hand) ... performing on 60 different instruments ... spontaneously composing 60 songs ... answering spiritual questions from his Russian disciples for 60 minutes ... doing 60 walking meditations along the tennis court at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (366) — the 28th of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy meets with Dr. Elena Vladimirskaya, Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Pediatric Hematology in Moscow, and her husband, a retired military officer, at Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA. During the course of the meeting, Sri Chinmoy answers a number of spiritual questions from his guests.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (415) — the 15th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1997
Sri Chinmoy receives a letter from Princess Diana — at Kensington Palace, London, UK — thanking him for his recent encouraging and supportive letter to her.
1999
Sri Chinmoy meets with President Gorbachev’s granddaughters, Ksenia and Anastasia at the Mövenpick Hotel in Münster, Germany.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 22 people, including Lamuel Stanislaus, Ambassador of Grenada to the United Nations, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2001
Niue is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 34 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts 24 Bengali nationals in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2007
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates ‘The Panorama of my Silence-Heart’ — a vegetarian and vegan café on Parsons Blvd. in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA. At his home, he draws a ‘soul-bird’ artwork that he dedicates to the café.
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“My parents and my elder sisters and brothers brought me to the Ashram and the spiritual life – the place of my heart’s awakening and my life’s oneness-realisation with the highest Absolute Supreme. Nothing can be more important, more significant, more meaningful and more fruitful in the life of a seeker than to go and sit at the feet of one’s Master.” — Sri Chinmoy, August 8, 1988 |
As a young child, Madal (Chinmoy) is brought to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, by his parents for the first time for a short visit. At just under 2 years of age, he travels with his family on the four-day steam train journey from Chittagong in East Bengal. The family undertakes three more round trips to the Ashram in 1936, 1939 and 1941 – each time covering the arduous, 5,000-km journey – before all children finally become permanent members of the Ashram after both parents pass away in 1944. Read more...
1966
Sri Chinmoy held a small group meditation at the summer home of Mr. Sam Spanier in Mount Tremper, NY, USA
1982
Sri Chinmoy meditates at a special function to honour Indira Gandhi at the United Nations in New York.
1984
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Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by KPFK-FM radio in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Listen to the interview...
1984
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Sudhahota Carl Lewis presents Sri Chinmoy with his winner’s bouquet, moments after receiving his gold medal for the 100 metres at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1987
Sri Chinmoy carries the Peace Torch for the last leg of the first Peace Run in New York, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy celebrates the 55th anniversary of his first visit to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram on August 8, 1933 – in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1993
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“I want everyone to know how deeply grateful I have been for the exulting experience that you have provided me tonight. There was tremendous spiritual serenity ... and you have uplifted me towards great spiritual heights.” — Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Ambassador of India to the United States |
Sri Chinmoy presents the U Thant Peace Award to Siddhartha Shankar Ray, India’s Ambassador to the United States, during a special tribute programme in his honour, at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (416) — the 16th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy completes 1,301 poems in 22 hours and 45 minutes, later published in Two God-Amusement-Rivals: My Heart-Song-Beauty And My Life-Dance-Fragrance, Parts 1-13, at an average pace of one poem every 63 seconds, his most prolific outpouring written within a 24-hour period, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2000
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“It is most gratifying to learn that Shri Chinmoy ji is planting the seeds of world peace through his meditations at the United Nations and many other centers around the world through music, literature, poetry and programmes like peace-run and peace-blossoms.” — Dr. Rajani Rai, Lieutenant-Governor of Pondicherry |
Pondicherry in India is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom. Sri Chinmoy receives a congratulatory letter from Dr. Rajani Ra, Lieutenant-Governor of Pondicherry.
2000
Mauritius is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Vanuatu Award.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 26 people, including numerous professors at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ, USA. He also gives a short esraj concert.
2004
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Regional Museum in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
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1979
Sri Chinmoy holds a reception for elite runners at the Jharna-Kala Gallery, 937 Madison Ave, New York, NY, USA. There, Sri Chinmoy also meets with Fred Lebow, President of the New York Road Runners Club and founder of the New York City Marathon.
1983
Sri Chinmoy runs 400 metres in a time of 1 min. 20.4 sec. at the Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix held at Jamaica High School Track in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
1984
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Cable TV in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1984
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (11) at Santa Ana Stadium in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert — the 17th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy receives a Birthday Greeting that includes a gift of a traditional Russian ‘Gzel’ jug, from Aleksandr A. Razvin, Russia’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and his wife Valentina.
1997
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (518) at Brooklyn Friends School in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2000
Tanzania is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy holds an evening ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
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1975
Sri Chinmoy gives his first public violin recital, during which he plays his most sacred song, ‘The Invocation to the Supreme’, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1981
Sri Chinmoy runs 4 miles from his house to the National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Park in a time of 37:00. He then race walks another 4 miles, posting a personal best in 47:20 (11:50 pace) at the Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Surrender’, at the University of Delaware, in Newark, DE, USA.
1987
Sri Chinmoy places first in the Sri Chinmoy Tennis Tournament for Priests and Rabbis, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy race walks a personal best for 100 metres in 23.09 seconds in Queens, NY, USA.
1993
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Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Uzbekistan television, in Jamaica, NY, USA. For the occasion, he dons traditional Samarkand robes in honour of his great grandfather who came from that city in the former Soviet Union.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (367) — the 29th of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (418) — the 18th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy whistles bhajans — short devotional songs he had composed — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2000
The Republic of Kiribati is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 16 people including two Japanese children as part of his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy finishes setting to music ‘Kshamar Adarshar’, the immortal Bengali story The Ideal of Forgiveness by Sri Aurobindo that Sri Chinmoy rendered into Bengali verse in 1946 at the age of 14. At a total of 200 lines, it is Sri Chinmoy’s longest Bengali song. (He also rendered it into an English iambic pentameter poem of 107 lines in 1956.) – Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Ambassadors from the United Nations as part of his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme. Afterwards, Sri Chinmoy hosts the diplomats at ‘Pilgrim-Museum’ at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
The Tenth Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race (June 10–August 10) finishes in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA. The overall race winner is Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk from Solingen in Germany in a time of 41 days + 08:16:29; and the first woman is Suprabha Beckjord from Washington, DC USA, in a time of 60 days + 04:35:24.
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1975
Sri Chinmoy asks members of his Connecticut Centre to give him a spiritual word, and he then spontaneously recites a poem based on the word. The poems are later published in his book, Silence-Seed and Sound-Fruit.
1980
Sri Chinmoy places first in his age group at a 2-mile race in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
1986
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“The very fact that I have been devotedly practising and practising gives me joy, and the tenacity or perseverance that I am showing is itself progress. Anything that we do devotedly and soulfully helps us make progress.” — Sri Chinmoy |
Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 303¼ lbs., using his right arm only, in Jamaica, NY, USA. After his first attempt on 23 May 1986, Sri Chinmoy finally achieves the lift on his 214th attempt. Read more...
1991
The Svinesund Bridge, which spans the strait of Svinesund between Sweden and Norway, is named a Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridge. Sri Chinmoy composes a song in honour of the two countries entitled, ‘Sweden, Norway’.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (368) — the 30th of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (419) — the 19th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 33 people, including Otis Davis, 1960 Olympic gold medallist (400 m); Lou Jones, 1956 Olympic gold medallist (4x400 m); Koumtog Laotegguelnodji, Ambassador of Chad to the UN; Frank Padovan, New York State Senator; George Weah ‘African Player of the Century’ and ‘World’s Best Soccer Player’ of 1995 – Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy achieves a double-arm lift of 900 lbs. using a single platform, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts philanthropists Richard and Dorinda Medley with the two-arm lift and the seated calf-rase at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA, where he also offer a short esraj concert. After the function, Sri Chinmoy invites them to Pilgrim-Museum to see some of his Jharna-Kala artworks.
2007
Sri Chinmoy lifts an 800-lb. weight stack, twice with his right arm, using a single platform, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1966
The AUM Centre, Inc. of Santurce, Puerto Rico, is legally registered by its Board of Directors with the Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, making it the first in the world to become an incorporated organisation. The AUM Centre later becomes known worldwide as the Sri Chinmoy Centre.
1975
Sri Chinmoy honours New York City policemen with a short programme and a buffet dinner at the Jharna-Kala Gallery in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1977
Sri Chinmoy begins composing short rhyming poems to honour his brother Mantu's repeated requests to write rhymed poetry. Sri Chinmoy goes on to write 630 poems within a 24-hour period, 12-13 August. They are subsequently published in his book, A Soulful Cry Versus A Fruitful Smile.
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Sri Chinmoy holds a press conference in Queens, New York, NY, USA. One of the interviewers is Mr. Sylvester of USA Today.
1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts Abraham Beame, Mayor of New York City (1974-77), in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by Mark Teich from Omni magazine, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy lifts 18 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy sang 60 songs by heart for his 60th birthday at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (420) — the 20th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy receives a message from His Majesty Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev at the Royal Palace in Kathmandu, Nepal, on the completion of Sri Chinmoy’s five million Soul-Bird drawings.
1999
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (567) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy performs an 800-lb. seated double-arm lift at an Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1977
Sri Chinmoy completes 630 rhyming poems in English during a 24-hour period — midnight to midnight — in Jamaica, NY, USA. The poems were subsequently published as A Soulful Cry Versus a Fruitful Smile.
1979
After traversing New York State for 10 days, the ‘Aspiration-Plants and Gratitude-Leaves of New York’ 700-mile walk finishes with a special celebration and meditation at the Sri Chinmoy Church in Bayside, New York, NY, USA.
1985
Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 80 lbs. using one arm, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy composes the song, Lifting Up the World, which has since been sung at all his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness Heart’ Award programmes.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts 13 people, including Dr. Hari B. Joshi, Consul-General of the Kingdom of Nepal to the UN, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy lifts numerous people, including Bruce Merrifield, 1984 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry. Also lifted 8 people on using an overhead calf raise, including Addwitiya Roberta Flack and Mokshagun Clarence Clemons, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy plays his longest piano improvisation of 69 minutes in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (421) — the 21st of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy plays a 65-minute piano improvisation, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 23 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Puerto Rico Award.
2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts Karina Shadoyan, Olympic wrestler, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, entitled ‘Devotion and Eagerness, Love and Faith’, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts the renowned Indian violinist L. Subramaniam and his family at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
2007
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Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Listen to the concert...
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1976
Runners of the Liberty Torch Run, an 8,800-mile Bicentennial Relay inspired by Sri Chinmoy, arrive at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. USA, completing their historic journey. In a ceremony at the foot of the Monument, Sri Chinmoy and the runners are honoured by Mr. Casey Conrad, the President's Advisor on Physical Fitness. Sri Chinmoy is presented with a Letter of Commendation from the White House and a Certificate of Appreciation from the President’s Council on Physical Fitness for his role in inspiring and supporting the runners in their efforts.
1980
The Daily News, New York, publishes a piece in ‘News Briefs’ about the two weeks of festivities leading up to the 16th annual Celebrations for Sri Chinmoy’s birthday on 27 August.
1987
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (121) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy plays 60 different instruments to celebrate his upcoming 60th birthday at Public School 86 in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (422) — the 22nd of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2001
A Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridge in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA — originally dedicated in 1989 by Mayor Sarault — is rededicated by Mayor James E. Doyle.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 50 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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AUGUST 15TH | |
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1978
Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘Mayor Edward Koch’ in honour of the newly elected mayor of New York City, NY, USA. The song is performed during his meeting with the mayor at City Hall the next day. (Edward ‘Ed’ Koch serves three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978–1989.)
1981
Sri Chinmoy runs a 5-mile race in 41:23 (an 8:17/mile pace) at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY, USA. It is part of a 31-day Grand Prix series.
1981
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at 133 West 24th Street, New York, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy achieves a 400-lb. lift using a seated calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1987
Sri Chinmoy meditates on stage at the India Day Parade in New York, NY, USA.
1987
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Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (122) and organ recital (3) at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy gives a piano performance at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (423) — the 23rd of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy’s book, ‘August 15th, 1945’, is published in New York, NY, USA. It contains the original Bengali poem ‘Dyulok Chariye Nara Narayan’ written by thirteen-year-old Chinmoy in Pondicherry, India, on August 14th, 1945 — the day before Sri Aurobindo’s Birthday; plus his own English translation he completed between 9 June and 4 August, 1996.
1997
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Sri Chinmoy holds a full-day function in honour of the 50th Anniversary of India’s independence, at which he offers long meditations and paints 50 Jharna-Kala works of art and releases 50 doves. He also offers a Peace Concert (519), performing on 50 instruments – the last of 50 concerts dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of India’s Independence – at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2000
Sri Chinmoy sets a new record for a 500-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift, in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
2000
Morocco is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 47 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy completes 300 Soul-Bird drawings, totalling 7,305 since he began a new style on June 9, 2005, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1976
Sri Chinmoy greets the Liberty Torch Runners as they conclude their epic 9,000-mile, non-stop relay through all 50 states of America, at the steps of Federal Hall in New York City, NY, USA. Speaking at the event, New York City Mayor Abraham Beame said, “I am proud of the fact that this super-marathon began here in Battery Park in sight of our Statue of Liberty…”
1978
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Sri Chinmoy meets with Mayor Ed Koch and receives a Special Citation from the Mayor on the steps of City Hall in New York, NY, USA.
1978
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at 133 West 24th Street, New York, NY, USA.
1984
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (12) at Riverside Church in New York, NY, USA.
1987
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy resumes his sprinting career in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (234) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy lifts 61 people for a total of 9,587 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1992
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (424) — the 24th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1997
Sri Chinmoy attends the closing ceremony of the ‘Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run’ in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1999
Iceland is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
Chad is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at which he plays on 70 pianos for his 70th birthday at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy performs ‘Kshamar Adarshar’, (‘Megher Koler’) the immortal Bengali story The Ideal of Forgiveness by Sri Aurobindo that Sri Chinmoy rendered into Bengali verse in 1946 at age 14. At a total of 200 lines, it is Sri Chinmoy’s longest Bengali song, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
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Ravi Shankar, to you I offer my soulful obeisance. You are the Lion-Sitarist. In the world of hallowed music-pilgrimage, Immortal you are in every heart. From high Heaven, the Cosmic Gods descend and garland you. At every moment they illumine your life-road. Two sleepless friends you have: Heaven’s Fragrance, Heaven’s Glory. Rapt in dance at the Feet of the Absolute Lord Supreme Is your outer frame. — Sri Chinmoy Translated by Sri Chinmoy from his original Bengali verse. |
Sri Chinmoy composes the Bengali song ‘Pranati Janai Ravi Shankar’ in honour of the great Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. Sri Chinmoy’s performance of this song is later released on a CD entitled Pranati–Obeisance and can be heard on Radio Sri Chinmoy.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 people, including Reverend Daniel Deane, weighing 585 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously composes 74 Bengali songs from previously written poems for his 74th birthday. He also sings 26 new Bengali compositions from memory, accompanying himself on the keyboard, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy offers these songs to his brother Chitta, who had taught him how to write poetry.
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1979
Sri Chinmoy and his students participate a Centre Games Day at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, CT, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (158) and organ recital (41) at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy is presented with a special citation at a function commemorating the anniversary of India’s Independence, held at City Hall in Jersey City, NJ, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy lifts100 lbs. 60 times, first with his right arm and then with his left arm, for a total of 120 times, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (425) — the 25th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1996
Sri Chinmoy performs 13,000 crunch sit-ups in 2 hours and 40 minutes, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 42 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 24 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 54 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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AUGUST 18TH | |
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1986
Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 500 lbs. using a seated calf raise, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the annual India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA. The Sri Chinmoy Centre enters a float in the parade.
1992
Puerto Rico is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace Island. Although officially a territory of the USA, Sri Chinmoy regarded Puerto Rico as a separate country and in 1998 he declared it the first Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
Spain is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2007
Sri Chinmoy lifts Alo Devi Siddha on her birthday; and also lifts her two sisters, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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AUGUST 19TH | |
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1978
In honour of Sri Chinmoy’s birthday, his students hold a parade along Madison Avenue, from 23rd Street to 72nd Street, in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy walks along with the marchers and floats. Afterwards, everyone goes to the Jharna-Kala Gallery in Grand Central Station for a special meditation and a talk by Sri Chinmoy, entitled ‘Aspiration, Vision, Speed and Strength’. In the evening, Sri Chinmoy and his students travel to Stamford, Connecticut, to watch Jala Ramane — an all-female water ballet — performed by the Centre swimming teams.
1983
Sri Chinmoy and his students perform an evening concert (8 p.m.) at Washington Irving High School in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony and in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy and New York City Mayor David Dinkins walk together in the lead of the parade.
1992
Sri Chinmoy receives birthday greetings from the world-uacclaimed violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
1995
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (426) — the 26th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Julia Richman High School in New York, NY, USA.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 39 people at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts P.C. Sorcar, Jr., India’s most famous magician, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy receives birthday greetings from the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.
2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts Shibendu Lahiri, great-grandson of Sri Lahiri Mahashoy, great Bengali yogi of the 19th century, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts 458 lbs. on a double platform one-arm apparatus in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy performs his heaviest one-arm lift (one person plus apparatus weighing 406 lbs.) using a double platform, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy performs a 580-lbs. seated leg press weight stack lift, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts one man plus apparatus weighing 462 lbs. using a shoulder ‘shrug’, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1971
Sri Chinmoy receives a congratulatory letter from Frank J. Longo, Sr., Mayor of the City of Bristol, Connecticut, declaring “There is no doubt in my mind that you are a true and dedicated disciple of God.”
1981
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Sri Chinmoy is awarded the Order of Balboa, Panama’s highest decoration, by Foreign Minister Jorge E. Illueca of Panama, at the United Nations in New York.
1978
Sri Chinmoy challenges himself with 60 repetitions with a Bullworker Exerciser at Maddal Circus held on the stage at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, New York, NY, USA.
1981
Sri Chinmoy is awarded the Order of Balboa, Panama’s highest decoration, by Foreign Minister Jorge E. Illueca of Panama, at the United Nations in New York.
1982
Sri Chinmoy finishes the 100-metre race in a time of 15.2 seconds, at Sports Day at Fox Hill High School, Bedford, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy jogs 100 metres with Olympic gold medallist Sudhahota Carl Lewis, who racewalked, and then lifts him twice – first, using only his right arm and then, using only his left arm – at Victory Field in Forest Park, NY, USA. This is the first occasion on which Sudhahota is lifted by Sri Chinmoy.
1989
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (369) — the 31st of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Julia Richman High School in New York, NY, USA.
1994
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Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (395) in the Cultural Center at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY, USA.
2001
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks, hosted by UN Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury of Bangladesh, opens at the United Nations Secretariat Building in New York, NY, USA.
2003
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Sri Chinmoy lifts the world’s no. 1 surfer, Kelly Slater, and Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA. Read Kelly Slater article in ‘Tracks’ magazine...
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 25 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1974
The Sri Chinmoy Centre holds its Olympic-style international Sports Day in New Paltz, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy himself participates in several of the track and field events.
1974
Sri Chinmoy writes a collection of 39 poems on the bus returning from Sports Day in New Paltz, NY, to Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA. They are later published in his book, My California Redwoods.
1976
Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour public meditation at All Angel’s Church in New York, NY, USA.
1978
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Published in Forbes magazine: “Do not be afraid of evil. But be always cheerful in doing good. Evil will soon leave you, for evil is extremely jealous of good.” — Sri Chinmoy |
One of Sri Chinmoy’s aphorisms, from his book ‘Meditations: Food For The Soul’, appears in the August 21 issue of Forbes magazine, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy’s students hold a parade in New York, NY, USA, in honour of their teachrr’s upcoming birthday (27 August). The parade route is seven miles, and the marchers and floats spread out over 700 metres. Sri Chinmoy runs one mile and waits for the parade to go by. Then again, he runs one mile and watches the parade.
1985
Sri Chinmoy offers an evening musical concert (7 pm), with special guest performers, at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1986
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Sri Chinmoy achieves a 320½-lb. right-arm lift (double his body weight) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1988
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Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation at India’s Independence Day Celebration in New York, NY, USA.
1991
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Sri Chinmoy is presented with Honorary Membership of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, India’s foremost cultural organisation in New York, NY, USA.
1992
Sri Chinmoy achieves a javelin throw of 29.83 metres, his best throw in twelve years, in the Sri Chinmoy Sports Day at Victory Field in Forest Hills, NY, USA.
1998
South Africa is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
Albania and Cook Islands are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
2001
Rwanda is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2005
Sri Chinmoy performs 74 pushups; throws 74 continuous basketball shots, making 22 baskets; throws 74 frisbee passes; tries on 74 different hats from around the world; and creates 122 Soul-Bird drawings in 74 seconds for his 74th birthday at Madal Circus at York College in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1975
Sri Chinmoy offers a large public meditation at 7:30 p.m. at All Angel's Church in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and a solo concert, called ‘Peace in the Park – Solo Performance’, at 7 p.m., held in the Seuffert Bandshell amphitheatre in Forest Park, Queens, NY, USA.
1992
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (312) at the Town Hall in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1994
Sri Chinmoy is awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Culture from Donetsk University, Ukraine.
1996
Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best in the two-handed volleyball throw of 14.20 metres, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2000
Bolivia, Costa Rica, Lesotho and the Netherlands are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
2001
Bosnia-Herzegovina is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 18 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy recounts two stories about Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 40 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy achieves his heaviest multi-person platform lift – 6 women totalling 878 lbs. – Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 74 pianos for his 74th birthday, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. He begins at 11:07 a.m. starting with ‘The Invocation’.
2005
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A stamp featuring a photograph of Sri Chinmoy meeting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 1988 is issued by the Republic of Zambia as part of a four-stamp commemorative set (Sheetlet II of 4xK3300) in memory of the Pontiff’s passing.
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1974
Sri Chinmoy holds a public evening meditation (7:30 p.m.) at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.
1975
Sri Chinmoy gives a mouth organ performance with two of his students at Madal Circus in New York, NY. USA.
1991
Sri Chinmoy’s students celebrate the upcoming 50th birthday of their spiritual teacher with a parade, incorporating marching bands, floats, banners and hundreds of participants in fancy-dress costumes. The 7-mile event, starting at 10 a.m. outside PS 86 on Parsons Blvd, circles through the borough of Queens to its destination at Aspiration-Ground, in Jamaica, Queens, New York, NY, USA.
1995
Sri Chinmoy runs a solo 100-metre time trial in a time of 15.72 seconds on Sports Day at Victory Field in Queens, New York, NY, USA.
1999
Latvia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
Kenya is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2000
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Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (593) and organ recital at Riverside Church in New York, NY, USA.
2001
Cyprus is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana, at Aspiration-Ground in, New York, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation for peace at the closing ceremony of the World Harmony Run, held in the Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Manhattan, New York.
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1975
Sri Chinmoy’s students hold a parade in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA, to celebrate his Jharna-Kala artworks achievements.
1976
Sri Chinmoy holds an open air mediation with his students in the forest at Bear Mountain State Park, located on the west bank of the Hudson River in upstate New York, USA.
1978
Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best long jump in the West of 3.71 metres at the Sri Chinmoy Sports Day at Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY, USA.
1979
A mention of Sri Chinmoy’s Jhana Kala art gallery is noted by The New York Times in an article about the changing face of Madison Ave. in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1980
Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best javelin throw in the West of 29.96 metres at the Sri Chinmoy Sports Day.
1992
Sri Chinmoy lifts 24 children, members of the Omsk Choir from Siberia, Russia, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1998
Zimbabwe is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
1999
Sri Chinmoy inaugurates Aspiration-Temple at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 37 people, including Pandit Uma Shankar Mishra, sitar player, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Exhibition Hall of the Herson Regional Artists’ Association in Herson, Ukraine.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Aurangzeb Khan, the Tallest Man in America (8’ 0”) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy visits the Self-Transcendence Marathon in Rockland Lake State Park, Nyack, New York, NY, USA. Before the start of the race, he offers a prayer and gives a short talk about the marathon.
2005
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and performs 99 songs on the esraj at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2007
Sri Chinmoy visits the Self-Transcendence Marathon in Rockland Lake State Park, Nyack, New York, NY, USA. Before the start of the race, he offers a prayer and gives a short talk about the marathon.
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1972
Sri Chinmoy holds a public meditation at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.
1976
Sri Chinmoy runs 100 metres in 14.7 seconds and achieves a personal best discus throw in the West of 27.90 metres at the Sri Chinmoy Sports Day at SUNY in New Paltz, NY, USA.
1984
Sri Chinmoy completes six versions of Madal Circus Theme Song in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best in the 8-lb. shotput of 11.10 metres at the Sri Chinmoy Sports Day.
2000
Greece, Italy and Tajikistan are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
2000
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Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder and publisher of Hinduism Today magazine and International Hindu Leader, at the United Nations in New York, NY, USA. Read more...
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts 39 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1968
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Know Thyself’, at the University of Puerto Rico, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.
1976
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Jharna-Kala Gallery, 104 Greene Street, Soho, New York, NY, USA.
1976
Sri Chinmoy performs 99 new Bengali songs, later published as Supreme, Teach Me How to Surrender in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1978
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Sri Chinmoy attends a ‘Happy Birthday’ parade in his honour. The parade marches up Madison Ave. from 23rd St. to 72nd St. in New York, NY, USA.
1978
Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation and performs on the esraj at an open-air concert held in a large field on land owned by the non-profit Creative Music Foundation, Woodstock, NY, USA.
1981
Sri Chinmoy runs all 31 races and won the master’s division in the Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix, held in the Queens’ environs, NY, USA.
1992
Sri Chinmoy lifts 21 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1997
Sri Chinmoy had his last telephone conversation with Mother Teresa from Jamaica, NY, USA.
1999
Ghana is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 70 instruments for his 70th birthday, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Wyclef Jean, 3-time Grammy Award winner, hip-hop, rap and reggae musician, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy leg presses for 40 minutes on the Merry-Go-Round Lift holding 8 women weighing a total of 2,418 lbs.; lifts 1,200 lbs. with a seated double-arm dumbbell press; lifts 1,200 lbs. with a double dumbbell bench press; lifts 120 lbs. 2 times using a tricep exercise machine with pulley; raises a 90-lb. dumbbell 30 times with each arm overhead using a seated one-arm lift; lifts 100 lbs. 10 times with each arm using a seated dumbbell top curl; and spontaneously composes 94 English songs from poems previously written for his 74th birthday.
2005
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 74 wind instruments for 74th birthday, for an audience of 1,500 at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts Olympic gold medallist Sudhahota Carl Lewis on 9 different machines to honour his 9 gold medals in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1931
Sri Chinmoy comes into this world an hour before sunset on Thursday, August 27th, 1931, in the small village of East Shakpura, Chittagong, Bengal. He is the youngest of seven children born to mother Yogamaya Ghosh and father Shashi Kumar Ghosh.
1965
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The first issue of AUM magazine, “a monthly journal devoted to the spiritual writings of Chinmoy Kumar Ghose,” is published. It is printed by Boro Park Printers on New Utrecht Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.
1967
Sri Chinmoy formally reveals his most sacred song, ‘The Invocation’, on the occasion of his 36th Birthday during a special meditation meeting with his disciples at his home on the 4th floor of 504 East 84th Street in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1971
Sri Chinmoy’s 40th birthday is celebrated in Jamaica, New York, USA.
1972
The first week-long birthday celebration for Sri Chinmoy is held in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1974
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Sri Chinmoy performs the first act of his play about Jesus Christ — The Son — playing both the roles of the Supreme and the Christ, at Thomas A. Edison High School, corner of 168th Street and 84th Avenue, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1975
Sri Chinmoy performs on 27 different instruments for the first time, playing all songs from memory, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1976
Sri Chinmoy gives his second performance on 27 different instruments in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1977
Sri Chinmoy plants a Meditation Tree on Parsons Blvd. in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1978
Beginning at midnight, a 47-mile run honouring Sri Chinmoy’s 47th birthday is held at Jamaica High School Track and surrounds, in Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA. In this inaugural race, which has continued to be held annually, 58 of Sri Chinmoy’s students took part.
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All five boroughs of New York City – Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island – proclaims August 27, 1978, as ‘Sri Chinmoy Day’. Queens Councilman Morton Povman personally comes to Jamaica High School Track in Queens to wish Sri Chinmoy happy birthday and present him with the borough’s proclamation.
1978
Sri Chinmoy performs from memory 47 new Bengali songs, Bela Chale Jai, at his evening birthday function in Greenwich, CT, USA. The book is published the same day in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1979
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Sri Chinmoy runs his first ultra-marathon (47 miles in 12:41:48) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1980
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Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for 47 miles in 11:27:24 (14:37 pace) in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1981
Sri Chinmoy performs 50 songs to selected poems from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1982
Sri Chinmoy’s hand-written book ‘I meditate So that’ is published in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1984
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert, which includes improvisations on the synthesizer, esraj and sitar – later released on cassette as Joy-Ripples.
1985
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously sets to music 48 English poems from The Goal Is Won in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1986
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously sets to music 55 English poems from his 700th book My God-Hunger-Dreams; and also performs on 63 instruments at New Rochelle, NY, USA.
1993
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Sri Chinmoy celebrates his 62nd birthday at Aspiration-Ground in New York, NY, USA. And, a tennis milestone is achieved — in the one year since his last birthday, Sri Chinmoy has played a total of 3100 games of tennis.
1994
Sri Chinmoy receives an Honorary Degree of ‘Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations’ from the St. Petersburg State University of Education, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
1994
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Sri Chinmoy sang some of his famous Avatar songs at his birthday celebration function at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Watch the video...
2000
Micronesia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
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Sri Chinmoy composes and performs 70 new Bengali songs on his 70th Birthday at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York. Watch the video... The songs are later published as The Tears and Smiles of a God-Fragrance-Heart.
2001
Sri Chinmoy receives Heart of Bhutan, Heart of Guyana and Heart of Samoa Awards.
2001
Cameroon, Senegal and Tuvalu are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
2003
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy receives the Crystal Apple Award from New York City Council, presented by Councilman Jimmy Gennaro, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy performs on various instruments at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, singing 206 Bengali songs by heart in two sessions, to an audience of 1,500 at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. The same day, his students present him with a 46-foot-long birthday cake containing over 27,000 candles — a Guinness World Record.
2005
The Luminous Life of Sri Chinmoy is the first biography printed by an outside publisher, in Delhi, India.
2007
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1982
Sri Chinmoy offers a concert with his disciples, called ‘Sri Chinmoy with his Music Family’, at 7:30 p.m., at Manhattan’s High School of Art and Design in New York, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts 28 people at New Rochelle High School in New Rochelle, NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy lifts Pia Zadora, renowned singer, in Jamaica NY, USA.
1990
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (235) at the Town Hall in New York, NY, USA.
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Sri Chinmoy offers the silent meditation at the opening of the main plenary session of the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, IL, USA.
2000
Guyana and Uzbekistan are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts 48 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1979
Sri Chinmoy runs a personal best for a 13-mile race in a time of 2:41:03 at Jamaica High School track in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1988
Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 Japanese nationals in Jamaica, NY, USA.
1989
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation for the Nation Federation of Indian-American Associations Exhibit, at which his Jharna-Kala paintings are featured, at Sheraton Hotel in New York, NY, USA.
1992
Sri Chinmoy lifts Irina Malikova, Chief of International Programs, the Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow, Russia, at the Armenian Church in New York NY, USA.
1993
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“You are a great person. You are an artist, and your paintings convey many messages of our deepest spiritual nature, as do your poetry, your biographical sketches of the great men of your time, and your words of inspiration with which you encouraged the late President Ranasinghe Premadasa of my country, and even people with much greater responsibilities, like Mikhail Gorbachev. I know very well because they hold you very dear in their hearts for the inspiration you gave, the love you gave, and above all, for your being by them in the hours of their difficulties. You are one of the rarest gifts that humankind of the 20th century has. May I wish that your services would continue forever.” — Ananda Guruge, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States |
Sri Chinmoy meets with the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States, Ananda Guruge, at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, USA.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (370) — the 32nd of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — in the State Ballroom at Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, IL, USA.
2002
Sri Chinmoy lifts Ismail Merchant, 6-time Academy Award-winning producer and director; Mercedes Ruehl, Academy Award winner and Tony Award winner – Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts Leander Paes, India’s top tennis champion, who plays mixed doubles with Martina Navratilova, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
Sri Chinmoy lifts 28 members of the Youth Choir in Jamaica, NY, USA.
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1979
Sri Chinmoy hosts a function for doctors at the Jharna-Kala gallery at 937 Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
1980
Sri Chinmoy offers the official benediction at the first Pan American Track and Field Masters Championship, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Read more...
1980
Sri Chinmoy runs the 100-metre event at the Pan American Track & Field Masters Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He clocks a time of 16.01 seconds.
1996
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (464) at the High School of Fashion Industries in New York, NY, USA.
1999
Sri Chinmoy spontaneously comments on 24 spiritual words offered by his disciples. They are subsequently published in the first part of Rainbow-Flowers, part 3.
2000
The Philippines and St. Vincent are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
2001
Côte d’Ivoire is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2002
The first Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Marathon is held in Rockland Lake State Park, Congers, NY, USA, attracting over 700 runners. It becomes an annual event. Watch the video of the first race...
2005
Sri Chinmoy performs a 140-lb. wrist curl 20 times with each wrist in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2005
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Sri Chinmoy lifts Martina Navratilova, legendary tennis player, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2006
Sri Chinmoy lifts his own small car in the driveway of Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.
2007
Sri Chinmoy composes the song, ‘Madal, Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy, Guru’. These are the names by which Sri Chinmoy has been known — Madal, as a young boy; Chinmoy, during his years at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram; Sri Chinmoy, publicly in the West; and Guru, by his disciples and friends.
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1977
Sri Chinmoy completes From the Source to the Source, 401 rhyming poems, which he began on 3 August 1977.
1991
Sri Chinmoy receives the Diploma of International Recognition from the World Fellowship of Buddhists.
1993
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (371) — the 33rd of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2000
Sri Chinmoy uses a dumbell bench press to lift 800 pounds (400 pounds simultaneously with each arm) at his home gym in New York. The video of this lift is subsequently shown in a news interview, broadcast on Channel 2 in New York on 8 September 2000.
2000
Portugal is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
2001
Sri Chinmoy lifts Indian sarod player Vijay Shankar Mishra at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Read more...
2002
Sri Chinmoy gives a talk, at Aspiration-Ground, Jamaica, New York, NY, USA, inspiring his disciples to practice for next year’s marathon, just the day after the inaugural Self-Transcendence Marathon at Rockland Lake State Park had taken place.
2002
Sri Chinmoy drives ‘Madal Express’ — a miniature steam train — at Aspiration-Ground in New York, NY, USA.
2003
Sri Chinmoy lifts 72 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
2004
Sri Chinmoy lifts 15 people, including Adrian Benepe, Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation, New York City; Richard Murphy, Queens Commissioner of Parks, in Jamaica, NY, USA.