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Sri Chinmoy visited Iceland on a number of occasions.

In this photo, Sri Chinmoy participates in Iceland being declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom nation.

12 male singers from different Sri Chinmoy Centres sang at several concerts around Iceland.

80,000 carnations were flown in from Columbia to Miami airport and then transported in a refrigerated lorry to New York. The 170 volunteers worked from 6.30am to 13.00 to complete the record garland.

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Record temperatures made life difficult for the runners in the race. (photo Prabhakar)

(Surasa finishes - Photo Arpan)

Surasa becomes the 2nd woman to finish the race. She finished on the last scheduled day.

The race was founded by Sri Chinmoy, who used to regularly visit the race. Photo Utpal

This is from a previous edition of the race, where Sri Chinmoy is giving a birthday cake to one of the participants, Atmavir.

Final Results

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Race results

• 3100 Mile Race at Sri Chinmoy Races
• Final race report by Utpal at Perfection Journey
• Many Faces of the 3100 Mile Race

See more videos at: Sri Chinmoy TV

Members of the World Harmony run team in Edinburgh

The World Harmony Run was founded by Sri Chinmoy to promote the ideal of peace, harmony and friendship.

Harmony shall echo
And re-echo
Throughout the length
And breadth of the world
When each human being
Values the beauty
And divinity
Of self-offering.

- Sri Chinmoy [1. Sri Chinmoy, My God-Commitments, Agni Press, 1992.]

On route, the World Harmony Run team visited the largest Tibetan monastery in Europe.

• Recent World Harmony Run posts
• View: World Harmony Run GB

...Montefiore was an aficionado, someone who could wax lyrical on many aspects of the world: not just the beauty that he strived to portray in his artwork but also the sweet sounds of music, the aroma of a flower, even the joy of a terrible pun. Montefiore's altarpiece in Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.

When people say ''Words can't express it'', they obviously never accompanied their words with the enthusiasm of Montefiore. His marathon artworks were best accompanied by his own commentary, as he guided you through the story he was telling with his work. Every dot of paint, its position and shape, had profound significance...

Read more at  Sydney Morning Herald

Ten runners will attempt, what the NY Times describes as the "The Mount Everest of ultramarathons" Runners will need to complete  5649 laps of a .5488 of a mile course (883 meters) in the timespan of 52 days. The course also includes a small hill. Runners will need to average 60 miles a day to complete in time. The current record for the 3100 mile race is Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk of Germany who finished the course in 2006 in a time of 41 days 8 hours, averaging 75 miles per day.

The race was founded by Sri Chinmoy, a Spiritual Teacher keen to promote the benefits of sport and individual self-transcendence.

“Self-transcendence gives us joy in boundless measure. When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves.”

3100 Mile Race Links

• 3100 Mile Race Home page
• Meet the Runners
• Race Results
• Gallery of photos

Blog

• A Dream Come True - first blog post by Utpal
• 3100 Race Blog

photo top: Utpal

The event was covered by Hungarian TV and the school children were joined by the Hungarian president, Pal Schmitt and Vice-President Balczo Zoltan. During the day, there were many cultural activities based on the theme of harmony.

Peace we achieve
When we do not expect anything
From the world,
But only give, give, and give
Unconditionally
What we have and what we are.

- Sri Chinmoy [1. Sri Chinmoy, Quotes on Peace]

You can read more at Hungary World Harmony Run

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Through his various prolific activities in fields such as sport, weightlifting, music and writing, Sri Chinmoy is an exampel of how a life of prayer and meditation can increase our inner and outer capacities.

If we believe in our own
Self-transcendence-task
Then there can be
No unreachable goal.

Sri Chinmoy, [2. No Unreachable Goal, Agni Press, 1994. ]

Self-transcendence-joy
Unmistakably knows
No equal.

- Sri Chinmoy, [3. My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, Part 30, Agni Press, 2004.]

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In 2004, Sri Chinmoy offered Archbishop Desmond Tutu the 'Lifting up the World with a Oneness-Heart Award' During a private in meeting in Capetown, 1995, Sri Chinmoy said of Desmond Tutu.

Father Tutu, you perfectly embody both contemplation and action, and thus you serve as a radiant example for God-lovers and peace-seekers everywhere in today's world. In your compelling words: "The most important, the most cardinal fact about our life is the spiritual-that encounter with God in prayer, in worship, in meditation." Far from providing an escape, religion for you sounds a clarion call to the service of truth. [1. Sri Chinmoy, link]

After receiving the Sri Chinmoy Peace Award, Desmond Tutu expressed his gratitude saying:

“Thank you so much for this very special award which I shall treasure. Please pray for us. I wish to say that world has got very many ugly things—war and poverty and disease. But it also has beautiful things…. Sri Chinmoy was one of God’s very best fellow workers, working for harmony and peace, and we thank God for his tireless service.We pray for God’s Blessings on all who follow his teachings to plant the seeds of peace and harmony throughout the world."

Desmond Tutu also held aloft the World Harmony Run torch which is committed to the ideals of spreading peace and harmony throughout the world.

Read More at World Harmony Run

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My mind,
Keep your thoughts silent.
Keep your words silent.
Keep everything that you have
And you are silent
To make me and my heart
Extremely happy.

- Sri Chinmoy [3. Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 6, Agni Press, 1998.]

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The film is  playing at the Tribeca film festival and has gained significant interest for its inspirational message. In a A Monument to Strength as a Path to Enlightenment, the New York Times reflects on how body builders and weightlifters were drawn to the unusual combination of a Spiritual Teacher and person who lifted heavy weights.

"...Those three — and other bodybuilders like Bill Pearl and Mike Katz — would attend the guru’s lifting exhibitions and were intrigued and inspired by a man of normal size and physique lifting such heavy weight later in life..."

- A Monument to Strength, New York Times

The film is directed by Sanjay Rawal and Natabara Rollosson, you can view a short interview at Cinema Blend on the inspiration behind the film.

Sri Chinmoy saw a strong connection between outer strength and the inner peace gained from prayer and meditation.

The Feats of Strength, Pop up Museum, on 18 Jay Street is displaying a small selection of Sri Chinmoy's weightlifting apparatus. See: Pop Up Gallery at Challenging Impossibility.

Photo top: Calf lift - 2,300lbs from 2004 Weightlifting Anniversary.

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" When somebody is singing or playing music, it is very easy for us to identify with it because we are on the same level. But music can be found everywhere. Music is oneness with God's Infinity, Eternity and Immortality. Music is a universal language. We do not need any other language." [1. Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy Answers, Part 27, Agni Press, 2000.]

- Sri Chinmoy

To Sri Chinmoy, music has the capacity to awaken the soul and elevate the aspiring consciousness.

"Music is psychic enlightenment. Music is the supreme fulfilment of the aspiring human soul." [2. Music and Religion ]

- Sri Chinmoy

A small selection of some of Sri Chinmoy's recordings can be found at:

• Sri Chinmoy Music

Sri Chinmoy Calf Lift

Sri Chinmoy during a weightlifting event. Bill Pearl acts as MC for the evening.

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The statue included a plaque mentioning Sri Chinmoy dedicated his life to world peace.

"...This work of art stands as a universal symbol of humanity's hope that one day the dream of world peace shall inundate the entire world...."

Poem on Peace by Sri Chinmoy

O dreamers of peace, come.
Let us walk together.
O lovers of peace, come,
Let us run together.
O servers of peace, come.
Let us grow together.

I note with admiration the many inspirational events supported by the World Harmony Run in over 100 countries during recent years. The Harmony Run Torch, passed from hand to hand, has encouraged millions of individuals to aspire for a world of oneness and peace.

Harmony and peace are not mere "buzzwords". As we look toward the future, I am reminded of the message of my dear friend Sri Chinmoy, founder of the Run, which can strengthen us on our way forward. He said that world harmony and world peace are "the realities, divine realities and supreme realities."

Read More of Speech and Video of Message from David Hepburn at World Harmony Run

Kaivalya is actually a trained scientist who worked as a physics teacher in London. However, encouraged by his Guru, Sri Chinmoy, he become more involved in sculpting several years ago. In this interview he explains how he feels Sri Chinmoy's inspiration as he works on his art.

• Life-Voices 33 Statues of Sri Chinmoy, produced by Kedar Misani.

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photo and artwork - Pavirata Taylor

Speaking on the spiritual significance of marathons, Sri Chinmoy writes:

"The marathon is a long journey. Of course, there is also the ultramarathon, but the marathon is unique and it will always remain unparalleled among long-distance runs. Just as the marathon is a long journey on the outer plane, so is spirituality a long, longer, longest journey on the inner plane. Your own spiritual run is birthless and deathless; it is endless."

- Sri Chinmoy [2. Sri Chinmoy, The Outer Running And The Inner Running, Agni Press, 1974.]

A prolonged knee injury later forced Sri Chinmoy to give up running; instead he took up weightlifting.

The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team continue to promote marathons and other running races world-wide.

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