September 28
Sri Chinmoy holds a reception for Abraham Beame, Mayor of New York City, at the Sri Chinmoy Gallery, Grand Central Station, in New York, NY, USA. A song, entitled ‘O Great Pilot Mayor Beame’, composed by Sri Chinmoy in honour of the mayor, is also performed.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, entitled ‘The Past Has Fast Faded Behind Us’, at the University of California in Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy delivers a talk, entitled ‘Superiority’, after a morning sports practice at Jamaica High School track, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy presents Yiannis Kouros, with the winner’s trophy for his victory in the Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Road Race held on a one-mile loop course in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY, USA. Yiannis had run through the battering storms of Hurricane Gloria to record a new world record of 178 miles.
Sri Chinmoy offers an organ recital (10) at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Osaka, Japan. Listen on Radio Sri Chinmoy...
Sri Chinmoy lifts several Olympians, including Roger Kingdom, 1984 and 1988 Olympic gold medallist in 110 metres hurdles, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (201) at the University of California in Irvine CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Henry Kissinger, 1973 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, at the United Nations Church Centre in New York.
Sri Chinmoy lifts H.E. Mary Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica, at the Bosendorfer Centre in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Guido De Marco, President of the UN General Assembly and Deputy Prime Minister of Malta, at Annam-Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts and plays tennis with Jason McManus, Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. — the publishers of over 100 magazine brands, including Time magazine and Sports Illustrated — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Mircea Snegur, President of Moldova, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy performs 22 songs on the cello for his 22nd cello anniversary, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers the U Thant Peace Award to Pir Zia Inayat Khan, President of the Sufi Order International North America, son of Pir Vilayat Khan, at the Abode of the Message in New Lebanon, NY, USA.
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