Sri Chinmoy hosts a programme honouring Pope Paul VI’s 80th birthday at the United Nations in New York, which is attended by Monsignor Giovanni Cheli, Permanent Observer of the Office of the Holy See to the U.N.
Sri Chinmoy lifts an elephant for the first time in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Sri Chinmoy meets with David Dinkins, Mayor of New York City, at Flushing Meadows Park in Flushing, NY, USA.
After Sri Chinmoy lifts Ricky Martin, he presents the pop superstar with the ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ award at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
Ricky Martin offers his own tribute to Sri Chinmoy:
“I’ve met beautiful people ... incredible leaders ... people that have done a lot for society .... but definitely you are on the top of the list.“Since I've been ... here, all I've felt is love.”