Music of Sri Lanka 03 Feb 1978

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On 3 February 1978 Sri Chinmoy Meditation at the United Nations held a programme on the musical heritage of Sri Lanka as part of a cultural series highlighting the music of individual countries or region.

Mr. Nihal Radrigo of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations spoke, and members of the Meditation Group performed some of the country’s national music.

An excerpt from Mr. Rodrigo ‘s talk follows.

Mr. Nihal Radrigo, Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations:

The United Nations is meant to bring countries together, to make them understand each other better and to work out some practical means of avoiding a lot of strife and conflict in the world, and at these conferences we are trying to bring about some sort of peace or security.

But this is not so easy.

When you are in the very genteel and highly diplomatic world of the conference room, very often tempers do tend to get frayed. And even though people may be polite, they may be sitting with feelings or anger or suspicion and so on.

So, for me personally, it has been a most wonderful surprise to find that within the very same building, there could be found an atmosphere like this.

I thank the Meditation Group for a most pleasant programme.