Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

Staff· Committee BULLETIN                 –               UN/ST/SCB/281 28 December 1971           –         Staff pays farewell tribute to U Thant On Friday, 17 December 1971, members of the staff at Headquarters ‘attended a ceremony in the General Assembly Hall to pay tribute to Secretary-General U Thant, whose term of office ends ·this year. The Chairman of the Staff Committee, … Read more →

NY Times Excerpts from 8 November  1971: About 100 men and women, some dressed In costumes of distant homelands, file Into the quiet chapel of the interdenominational Church Center, just across the street from the United Nations … There they meditate with and listen to Sri Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, a spiritual leader from India. who … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy conducts a Peace Meditation for delegates and staff Chapel of the Church Centre for the United Nations. September 1971. Click on image for bigger photo or different resolution.  

It is not only practical, but also practicable. …it is inevitable. the spiritual Goal for the United Nations is….to become ultimately the saviour of the world’s imperfection, the liberator of the world’s destruction and the fulfiller of the world’s aspiration.
My heart tells me that the United Nations has a divine Ideal. My soul tells me that this ideal is going to be transformed into the supreme Reality. … Read more →

Spirituality is aspiration. Spirituality is Yoga. When we have learned what we can expect from aspiration and what we can expect from Yoga, world peace will no longer remain a far cry. Aspiration is an aspirant’s conscious longing for the deeper Reality. Yoga is a seeker’s conscious oneness with God. Aspiration leads man to God-Consciousness. … Read more →

Peace is our birthright. how can we have it?1 [Sri Chinmoy sang:] O Lord, where is the Truth? “Where your Beloved is.” Who is my Beloved, Who? “In Whom your life is peace.” Peace. Peace. Peace. The outer peace and the inner peace. The outer peace is man’s compromise. The inner peace is man’s fulfilment. … Read more →

from Sri Chinmoy’s 1971 talk:
” Dag Hammarskjold, offers us a sublime message: ‘No peace which is not peace for all’ . . ” “In peace, what looms large is eternal, fulfilling rest. He says,’. . .’ no rest until all has been fulfilled.’… “The truth-seeker in Dag Hammarskjöld, on the strength of his own inner conviction said, ‘Somebody placed the shuttle in your hand: somebody who had already arranged the threads.’ “The profound seeker in Dag Hammarskjöld offers an unparalleled prayer for mankind: ‘Before Thee in humility; With Thee in faith; In Thee in Peace.’ Read more →

What is the first and foremost thing we expect from meditation? Peace. Peace and nothing else. Meditation is the embodiment of peace. The present-day world needs only one thing: peace. Read more →

Is the Spiritual Life an Escape from Reality?.    .Dag Hammarskjold Aud., on March 4, 1971 first in AUM — Vol. 6, No. 9, Apr. 27, 1971, 1971-03-04 087 /gns-11;  /aum-693 Is the Spiritual Life an Escape from Reality?.    An unaspiring man thinks that undying pleasure is the only reality. An aspiring man feels that a … Read more →

Meditation is self-transcendence. Self-transcendence is the message of the Beyond. The message of the Beyond is God, the eternally evolving Soul, and God, the eternally fulfilling Goal. * * * * * * * *  * * * * * * * * * * * * The animal in man is proud of his … Read more →

The New Yorker Magazine of 16 January 1971 included a cartoon depicting the United Nations Delegates Lounge. Below Quote of one delegate saying to a frowning, pensive or discouraged looking fellow: “Dame it all, man, we have a Meditation Room for that sort of thing!” It was favorite of some members of the Meditation Group … Read more →

Partial List of programmes, events, countries, individuals participating in activities of Sri Chinmoy: the Peace Meditation at the United Nations. This list is indicative of the types of activities but not exhaustive of all participation or events. Some times a consolidated or partial list sorted by subject-category, date, person or country. To be reviewed and … Read more →

“I can think of no worthier task for a man or a woman to be engaged in. . ..” “Our work at the United Nations gives us the privilege of contributing actively from day to day in the ardent process of building peace.” – Secretary General U Thant Read more →

Each nation has five members in its family: Inspiration, aspiration, realisation, revelation and manifestation. The body needs inspiration. The vital needs aspiration. The mind needs realisation. The heart needs revelation. The soul needs manifestation. …Man invents war. Man discovers peace. Man invents war from without. Man discovers peace from within. – Talk at time of The World Youth Assembly. Read more →

Meditations and talks given by Sri Chinmoy –  – to the members of the Meditation at the United Nations Group. April – June 1970. This is early copy before the regular Publication “Meditation at the United Nations ” began in 1973. Most of the Talks and themes for Meditation were also published in “The Garland … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy gave the following talk in the Peace Room of the Church Center for the United Nations on May 26, 1970. All of you kindly try to meditate twice a day for at least ten minutes in the morning and evening. If you meditate twice a day, you will feel abundant peace, light, and … Read more →

April 14, 1970 Today’s United Nations was yesterday’s perfecting Vision. Tomorrow’s United Nations is today’s fulfilling Realisation. Unity is not oneness. A bud is not a flower. Unity is the temple. Oneness is the shrine. The absence of unity is imminent confusion. The absence of oneness is the ultimate destruction. The presence of unity is … Read more →

The Song Universal is freedom. …from limitations, imperfections and ignorance…Inner realisation and outer action must run abreast….Love, harmony, peace and oneness…are …divine ideals. …Inner mounting flame, aspiration, ..can easily, … manifest these ideals. … Only one religion,..inmost cry for God-Realisation.. …Each religion …a flower…make a garland of these divine flowers … Read more →

This is a small sample of Photos of U  Thant available from the UN website . Some also have the caption Page with full title, date, photographer Some of these may appear in books about the Secretary-General or others mentioned

UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE FROM JORGE ILLUECA. Chairman of the delegation of Panama to the UN General Assembly. Press Release UND/592, 27 Oct 1958. (Dag Hammarskjold was then Secretary General) ( Discovered by the Peace Meditation Group at the UN when researching a programme on Pablo Casals) ”This new anniversary of the United. Nations is … Read more →

Since the earliest days, the United Nations General Assembly (1949 – new Rule)  has opened and closed with an invitation to all delegates  to observe one minute of silence dedicated to prayer or meditation Minute of silent prayer or meditation Rule 62 of the rules of procedure provides that, immediately after the opening of the … Read more →

25 April – 26 June 1945: The San Francisco Conference,  results in signing of UN Charter by representatives from 49 countries.   Gallery: note: Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (October 3, 1877 – July 7, 1965)  Dean of Barnard College, co-founder International Federation of University Women, (a signer of UN Charter) and sole female USA delegate to  … Read more →

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links: Highlight Art Exhibits or related Programmes England to France Channel Swim for 40th Anniversary of UN 1985    

Fred Lebow – A celebration of his life (b) Programme and Statements Fred Lebow – A celebration of his life (a) Contents and Introduction 1994 Participation in the New York City Marathon – 1978 gallery:       Gallery:  

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early years to present samples especially pf the moment of silence. some just not necessarily of moment of silence.

1946-1953 -SG-T-Lie-AG-013 1953-1961- SG-D-Hammarskjold-AG-001 1961-1971-SG-U-Thant-AG-05 1972-1981-SG-K-Waldheim-AG-06 1982-1991-SG-J-Perez-de-Cuellar-AG-019 1992-1996-SG-B-Ghali-AG-28 1997-2006- SG-K-Annan-AG-029 2007-2016–SG-Ban-Ki-moon-AG-069 Short summary: The records are organized by Archive record Group, and Secretary General dates in office.  1946-1953 -SG-T-Lie-AG-013 – some background on GA minute of silence and Meditation Room  1953-1961- SG-D-Hammarskjold-AG-001 – nothing came up initially 1961-1971-SG-U-Thant-AG-05 – a few things of potential interest … Read more →

Date: July 28, 2021, 6:25 p.m. In response to questions, below is info / links about publications which have, or may have information about the peace meditation at the UN: . Note: Other people may have more complete sets of physical or digital versions. If you notice something missing. Send a scan and we will … Read more →

Sri Chinmoy poetically referred to the United Nations as the Heart-Home of the World-Body. how to illustrate?            

test photos of Promoda on site and Inspiration Sun article form 2011? page 5 – 11 below   see first Pramoda France Vacher, Serve UN 40 yrs 1987 May 12 or 13th? 13 May -Classical recital by Meditation Group member Pramoda France Vacher, as a farewell to the U.N. after 40 years of service to … Read more →

UNITED NATIONS RECEPTION FOR INTERNATIONAL MARATHON RUNNERS Thirty-five members of the U.N. Meditation Group, including eight women, ran with nearly 5,000 other runners in the New York City Marathon on 23 October. On the evening preceding the race, the U. N . Association of the United States and the New York Road Runners Club hosted … Read more →

Below are some photos from May 13 1977. they show: leading meditations, More information or Photos to be added as available… Click on image below for photo images in larger sizes or different resolution.