Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

To mark the 30th anniversary of the United Nations
Friday, OCTOBER 24, 1975

OPENING MEDITATION
Sri Chinmoy, Leader,  Meditation Group at the United Nations

WELCOME BY
His Excellency Mr. Kurt Waldheim, Secretary·General, the United Nations

INTRODUCTION
Charles J. Mills, President, The Temple of Understanding

STATEMENT BY
RELIGIOUS NON·GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AT
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

INTRODUCTION OF SPIRITUAL LEADERS
Dr. Ewert H. Cousins, Conference Coordinator

ADDRESSES
Srimata Gayatri Devi: HINDUISM
Lord Abbott Kosho Ohtani: BUDDHISM
Rabbi Robert Gordis: JUDAISM
Mother Teresa: CHRISTIANITY
Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr: ISLAM:

JOINT·STATEMENT OF SPIRITUAL LEADERS ATTENDING SPIRITUAL SUMMIT
CONFERENCE V
read by ‘”Dr. Jean Huston, Conference Chairman

CLOSING PRAYER

Brother David Steindl·Rast, O.S.B., Monk of Mount Savior Monastery

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Sri Chinmoy conducted the opening meditation at the Oct. 24 session of the Fifth World Spiritual Summit Meeting held here in honour of U.N. Day.

The session, which culminated a weeklong series of events marking the United Nations’ 30th anniversary, featured U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and Mother Theresa, the Catholic nun who gained worldwide recognition as founder of the Christian Missionaries of Charity in India.

There were also addresses by representatives of the Hindu, Buddhist, Judaic and Islamic faiths.

The Spiritual Summit Meeting, built around the theme “One is the Human Spirit,” was sponsored by the Temple of Understanding.

– Excerpt from Anahata Nada “the Soundless sound” Vol 2, No.11, 01 Nov 1975

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