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September 29

1977
Photo by Bhashwar Hart

 

On the morning of his championship fight with Earnie Shavers, Muhammad Ali spends an hour with Sri Chinmoy in prayer, meditation and spiritual discussion at the apartment of his manager, Herbert Muhammad, in Manhattan, New York. This is Sri Chinmoy’s second meeting with Muhammad Ali.

 

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    • Sketches in Time
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    • The Transformative Art of Sri Chinmoy
    • Sri Chinmoy’s First One Million Soul-Birds
    • Original Paintings and Drawings
      • Australia
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  • Correspondence
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      • August 1975
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      • 13 April 1979
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      • 27 August 1981
    • 1989
      • 16 March 1989
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  • Early Years
    • Family
      • Family Tree
        • Maternal Relatives
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      • Yogamaya
        • Yogamaya attends a Jatra Performance
      • Hriday Ranjan Ghosh
        • Appendix
    • Chittagong
      • A Childhood Pastime of a Great Spiritual Master
      • A Life Nearly Snuffed Out
      • A Life Once Spared
      • Encounter with a Royal Bengal Tiger
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Childhood Ambition
      • The Animal Companions of Sri Chinmoy’s Childhood
      • The Most Bitter Medicine
      • Of Turtles and Other Delicacies
    • Pondicherry
      • An Ashram Jewel: Mulshankar
      • Chinmoy’s First Bengali Teacher: Prabhakar Mukherji
      • Chinmoy’s Mentor: Dr. Sisirkumar Ghose
      • K.D. Sethna (Amal Kiran)
      • Narottam Dass Mehra
      • Sahana Devi
      • T.V. Kapali Sastry
  • Literature
    • Sri Chinmoy and the Language of Prayer
    • Sri Chinmoy’s ‘Ten Thousand Flower-Flames’
    • Thus Spoke our Master
    • The Jewels of Happiness
    • The Ever-Transcending Quest
  • Meetings
    • Ravi Shankar
      • Sri Chinmoy’s First Meeting with Ravi Shankar
      • A Tribute
      • Concerts in New York
      • Pilgrims of Eternity
      • U Thant Peace Award
    • Jesse Owens
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Interview with Jesse Owens
      • Jesse Owens and Sri Chinmoy
    • Meetings with President Gorbachev
    • Sri Chinmoy Visits the Governor of Puerto Rico
    • The King of Surakarta and Sri Chinmoy Reunite
    • Two God-Lovers: Don Pablo Casals and Sri Chinmoy
    • Tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
  • Music
    • Sri Chinmoy’s Peace Concerts
    • Sri Chinmoy’s Piano Performances
    • Sri Chinmoy’s Pipe Organ Performances
    • Analysis of Sri Chinmoy’s Music
    • A Summit-Height Musical Experience at Interlaken
    • History of Sri Chinmoy’s Musical Manifestation
    • Cascading Organ Delight:
    • The Birth of a New Creation
    • The Flute of Light
  • New York
    • Aspiration-Ground, Now and Then

    • The Religion of Humanity
  • Overview
    • Floods in Europe
    • Remembering Sri Chinmoy
    • The Many Names of the Master
    • The Voice of the Twentieth Century
  • Peace initiatives
    • Niagara Falls
  • Photographs
    • Chinmoy – The Ashram Years
    • Early athletics
    • Chinmoy Returns to India after Five Years
    • Visit to India 1972
  • Rare Recordings
    • Our Path
    • East and West
    • The Existence of God
    • The Meaning of Discipleship Today
    • The Third Eye
  • Scholarly Studies
    • Simplicity and Power
    • A Truth Must Be Lived
    • Poetry’s Universality and Humanity’s Divinity
    • The Art of Running
    • The Ever-Transcending Quest
    • Reflections on Musical Composition
    • The Writing of Devotion (exract)
    • World-Story and Soul-Story:
  • Songs
    • Bengali songs
      • Hiya Pakhi
      • Jiban Debata
    • English Songs
      • Beauty Came to Me
    • Father’s Day Songs
  • Sports
    • Cycling
      • Cycling Days (1977-1980)
    • Races
      • 100-Metre Races
      • Track Races
      • Middle Distance
      • Two-Mile Races
      • Long Distance
      • Marathons
      • Ultramarathons
    • Running
      • Sri Chinmoy — Beyonds Limits
    • Tennis
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Peerless Tennis Achievement
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Peerless Tennis Achievement, Part Two
    • Weightlifting
      • A Man of God-Strength
      • A Tale of Two Lions
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Weightlifting Adventure
      • Building a Modern Juggernaut
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Miracle Lift
      • Worlds Where Matter And Spirit Meet
    • Field Events
    • Other Sports
      • The Wonder of Human Flight
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  • Timeline
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    • Publications
      • Chinmoy Family
        • Siddhartha Becomes the Buddha play
      • Anahata Nada
        • New Year’s Meditation: Invitation to Peace
        • The Golden Boat
        • Celebrity One-Mile Relay
        • Poetry Award
        • Sri Chinmoy and Erskine Childers
        • Puerto Rico Honours Sri Chinmoy
        • 11 Lectures In 11 States – January
        • Meditation at Christ Church
        • Radio Broadcasts across the U.S.
        • King Goodwill Zwelithini attends Peace-Concert
        • Canadian Lecture Tour
        • Two Thousand Per Year
        • NYC Marathon – 1979
        • Herculean Publishing Venture
        • Meeting with Nelson Mandela
        • Meeting with Giani Zail Singh
      • AUM magazine
      • The Expanding Light
        • Singapore Newsclipping
        • First News Article
    • Comparative Dates
      • 1931
      • 1964
      • 1970
      • 1973
      • 1974
      • 1975
      • 1976
      • 1977
    • Year by year
      • 1976
    • Special Dates
      • April 13th
      • August 27th
      • Father’s Day
      • Jharna-Kala Celebrations
      • Weightlifting Anniversary
      • America’s Independence Day
  • Travels abroad
    • Australia
      • Sri Chinmoy’s First Visit to Australia — 1976
        • Sri Chinmoy’s 1976 Tour
      • Sri Chinmoy in Australia – 1984
    • Itineraries
      • 1976
    • A Journey to the South Seas
      • News Clippings from Samoa-Fiji 1993-94
    • Bali, Bali, Bali
    • Sri Chinmoy in Japan
    • Travelling the Inner Road
  • United Nations
    • Sri Chinmoy’s Work at the United Nations:
    • Light in the United Nations
  • Videos
  • Writings
    • Poem: 1946
    • Autobiographical
      • Poetry
        • An Orphan Boy
        • An Orphan Boy – Commentary
        • A New Epic
      • Prose
        • “My Mother, No More!”
      • Life Experiences
        • A Dream
        • My First-Time Experiences
      • Stories
        • Chittagong Stories
        • Collected Stories
      • Informal talks
        • Man Proposes, God Disposes
    • Stories
      • Spiritual Masters
        • Sri Aurobindo
        • Sri Chaitanya
        • Swami Vivekananda
          • Swami Vivekananda
          • Vivekananda Tribute Book
        • Swami Brahmananda
        • Anandamayee Ma
      • Cosmic Gods
      • Enlightening
    • Ashram Notebooks
      • Early writings 1945–1949
      • Notebook: 1948
      • Enter We Must
    • Lectures
      • Ignorance-Night and Aspiration-Light
    • Miscellaneous
      • My Letters
      • Proverbs from Around the World
    • New Year’s Messages
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    • Nirvana
    • Other Notebooks
      • Undated 1
        • Confidence
        • Is spirituality an art?
        • Conscience
        • Death
        • Hope
        • No mind
    • Quotations
    • Translations
      • Lotus-Petals from Nolini