Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

On 8 August 1978 United Nations delegates and staff joined the members of the Meditation Group in a memorial service for his Holiness Pope Paul VI, held in the Chapel of the Church Center for the United Nations. Sri Chinmoy … Read more →

On  12  January  1979  Sri  Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation  at  the  United  Nations  honoured  former  United  States  President  and  founder  of  the  League  of  Nations,  Woodrow  Wilson,  in  a  commemorative  programme  in  the  Dag  Hammarskjold  auditorium .  The  programme included: … Read more →

Old Mill Farm, Harrison, N. Y.; May 25.1973 On the evening of May 25, 1973,  former Secretary-General U Thant attended the first performance of Siddhartha Becomes the Buddha, a seies of one-act plays based on incidents in the life of … Read more →

U Thant Peace Award presented to Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1979     (Rome, 1 October 1994) Sri Chinmoy meets with Mother Teresa on October 1 st, 1994 in Rome at her Missionaries of Charity House adjoining the San Gregorio Church. … Read more →

Pope Francis blesses the Peace Torch held by the Executive Director of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, Salil Wilson, as part of the audience in St. Peter’s Square on 12 October 2016. Pope Francis blessed and held aloft the … Read more →

Periodic Bulletin  of Meditation Group at UN, Nov 1974 Issue Dedicated to U Thant This is Part (F) Interview Between U Thant and Sri Chinmoy U Thant receives flowers from Sri Chinmoy during their first meeting, which took place on … Read more →

U Thant Peace Award was presented to The Very Reverend James Parks Morton, President, The Interfaith Center of New York, and Dean Emeritus, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine – 31 July Also “Lifting Up the World with a … Read more →

On 5 April 1991, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Head of the Sufi Order in the West, received the U Thant Peace Award in recognition of his efforts to bring about peace, harmony and religious understanding among all peoples. Following are … Read more →

On 18 June 1980, while in Europe on a lecture and concert tour, Sri Chinmoy visited the Vatican for a private meeting with Pope John Paul 11. He was warmly received by the Holy Father, who noted his work at … Read more →

The leader of the Peace Meditation at the United Nations , Sri Chinmoy, has been involved with many events supportive of  Peace and world harmony, including interfaith initiatives.. He has received encouragement from representatives of many faiths for his leadership … Read more →

Members of the Peace Meditation Group at the United Nations were pleased to be involved with organizing and inviting their friends to be part of  a number of  Sri Chinmoy Interfaith “Tennis Classic for Religious and Spiritual Teachers” This delightfully … Read more →

Sivaya Subramuniyaswami was presented the U Thant Peace Award by Sri Chinmoy on August 25, 2000, in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium at the United Nations in New York. Subramuniyaswami was in New York as a Hindu delegate to the Millennium … Read more →

IN HONOUR of America’s Bicentennial in 1976, Sri Chinmoy wrote this play in 1975 as a tribute to the spirit of the nation. The play presents an inner view of the founding of the country and of the lives of … Read more →

Tuesday, 3 October 1972 In tribute to the blessed birthday of His Holiness, Pope Paul VI. Pope Paul VI receiving Sri Chinmoy in a private audience at the Vatican, 15 March 1972. “A leader of humanity is a ladder of … Read more →

On the 13th of October 1987, Sri Chinmoy opened and closed the 5 p.m. mass at St. Peter’s Basilica with a performance on the Vatican organ. On the 14th he met with Pope John Paul II, presenting the Pontiff with … Read more →

Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy dedicated to the memory of Mother Teresa, hosted by H.E. Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN  –  23 September Peace Concert dedicated to Mother Teresa at the United Nations 1 … Read more →

The 80th birthday of Pope Paul VI was marked by a ceremony of the United Nations Community on 23 September. Sponsored by the Meditation Group at the UN, the ceremony included remarks by: Msgr. Giovanni Cheli, Permanent Observer for the … Read more →

On 8 August 1978 United Nations delegates and staff joined the members of the Meditation Group in a memorial service for his Holiness Pope Paul VI, held in the Chapel of the Church Center for the United Nations. Sri Chinmoy … Read more →