UN Charter Day – Celebrated in London June 26 1989

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On June 26 Sri Chinmoy  held a non-denominational Peace meditation at London’s Westminster Methodist Central Hall

to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the signing of the U.N. Charter.

 

Members of various  Faith traditions attended the meditation

 

 

 

Some members of the Peace Meditation Group at the UN were able to attend Several peace concerts and lifting ceremonies highlighted Sri Chinmoy’s June visit to France and England.

 

The trip began in France with a talk and peace concert June 22, followed by two more the next day-at UNESCO headquarters and le Zenith.

On June 25 Sri Chinmoy offered a peace concert/talk at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

On June 26th after the event for charter Day, he offered an organ concert at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford University, and lifted Nobel prize-winning chemist Dame Dorothy C. Hodgkin at a garden party hosted by a local Oxford dignitary. The day ended with a talk/concert at the town’s Sheldonian Theatre.

The Master gave an organ concert at Ely Cathedral and a peace concert/ talk at Cambridge University on June 27. Before the talk, he lifted several notables, including Nobel prize-winning physicist Brian D. Josephson. Before returning to New York June 28, Sri Chinmoy held a private meeting -with Patricia Mountbatten at her London home. She is the eldest daughter of Lord Mountbatten, who governed India during the transition to Independence.

 

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