Meditation at UN – Vo 02, No 10; 27 Oct 1974, Bulletin - Historical Repository for Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

Meditation at UN – Vo 02, No 10; 27 Oct 1974, Bulletin

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Content Highlights:

October 1974 report on events

The United Nations and World Union ..(Dag Hammarskjold Lecture)…. . . . …… 8

Tuesday Meditations . .. .. .. . . …. .. … .. … . . . .. . . . .. … 13

Tribute to Maestro Casals (by F. Vacher) .. .. . . … 15

Questions and Answers .. .. . . . . ….. . … … . . … . . . . …. 20

Birthday Poem ( by Pramoda) …….. . …… .. . . .. .. .40

Selection of Poems ……… . … . ….. . . . . . . . . . .. … ….. 42

About the Bulletin, Motto, Meditation Group at UN and Sri Chinmoy.

REGULAR WEEKLY SCHEDULE

TUESDAY(weekly) – HOUR OF SILENT MEDITATION ,
THURSDAY (monthly) – DAG HAMMARSKJOLD LECTURE SERIES ,
FRIDAY (weekly)- SHORT MEDITATION, TALK, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

______ 1974 – Upcoming Events Dates and locations

Schedule for November .. .. .. .. ……. ……. … …….. . 6

Television – November Schedule of Morning and Evening Prayers by Sri Chinmoy on Channel 5 ( WNEW -TV) … .. … 7

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At the United Nations Day concert on 24 October 1971 Maestro Pablo Casals performed with the Orchestra of the Festival Casals and conducted the U. N. Singers in their performance in fourpart chorus of his ”Hymn to the United Nations”- the music to which was written by Maestro Casals and the words by W. H . Auden.

The following poem was written by Miss France Vacher three years after this memorable occasion. She offered the poem in dedication to Mrs. Casals whose letter of gratitude is reproduced on the
following page.

REMEMBRANCE
[Dedicated to Mrs. Pablo Casals]

As United Nations Day October 24th comes nearer
The memory of the great Casals to me feels closer,
So vividly do I recall
Those historical moments
Born of time eternal
When, in the Assembly Hall,
On that unique UN Day
In nineteen seventy-one
Our spirits rose,
Sensing the call,
And we sang
For the world to hear
Auden’s words of Peace
Crowned with Pablo’s Hymn,
Panacea of sunbeams,
Thunder and lightnings,
A thrill to our souls,
The touch of Life Real,
Whilst breathing of One Breath
Under the One Beat,
To the pulsating Heart
Of the One
And of the many,
Sharing waves of Oneness
Spreading into the Universe.

– France Vacher, New York, 14 October 1974

Dear Miss Vacher:
October 30, 1974

Thank you for your kind letter of October 14th and your words of remembrance for Maestro Casals. Your beautiful poem is meaningful
and inspired.

I appreciate sincerely the books that you sent of Sri Chinmoy. I will read them with utmost interest especially since we had such a lovely visit with him in Puerto Rico.

With warmest wishes and affectionate thoughts.
Sincerely, Marta Casals

Sri Chinmoy photographed with Maestro Casals during their meeting in Puerto Rico in 1972.