With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centres and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling western chant artist of all time. He has released 14 well received albums, Grammy nominated Live Ananda (2012). In February 2013, Krishna Das performed at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles
On August 27 Krishna Das offered a special concert in New York at the Aspiration-Ground. He performed with two members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre: Sadanand Magee (Ireland) and Nelson Myers (New Zeland).
Boris Grebenshikov (Purushottama) offered a special concert in New York dedicated to Sri Chinmoy. Purushottama performed with a selection of international guests, including several members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay dedicated to the simple idea that world peace begins within the heart of each individual. Founded in 1987 by Sri Chinmoy, the Peace Run has covered over 395,000 miles (632,000 km) in over 150 nations and has touched the lives of millions.
This year European Peace Run 2018 was launched on Tuesday 27th February in Sofia, Bulgaria with a prestigious opening ceremony bringing together children from several schools to celebrate Peace through Sports, Art, Poetry, Dance and Environmental Awareness. Runners were carrying the torch through Europe on a 7-month journey to a grand finish in Lisbon, Portugal on October 8th.
Join our team celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace in Kyoto, Japan. Enjoy a weeklong series of events visiting schools, temples, community and sporting events to share the torch and give expression to our universal aspiration for a more peaceful world.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay that seeks to promote international friendship and understanding. On the 1st March, Bulgaria played host to the opening ceremony for the European leg of the 2018 Peace Run.
The Irish leg of 2018 began in Londonderry on the 4th of September when the team traveled over from Scotland. The run passed through Derry, Donegal, Enniskillen, Cavan, Kells to a reception at Mansion-house, hosted by Dublin’s Lord Mayor followed by a meeting with TD’s at Dail Eireann before departing for Wales.
In Dublin National children’s television has come to cover the Peace Run visit to the school. Devashishu gives a very inspiring interview.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay that seeks to promote international friendship and understanding. On the 1st March, Bulgaria played host to the opening ceremony for the European leg of the 2018 Peace Run.
The Irish leg of 2018 began in Londonderry on the 4th of September when the team traveled over from Scotland. The run passed through Derry, Donegal, Enniskillen, Cavan, Kells to a reception at Mansion-house, hosted by Dublin’s Lord Mayor followed by a meeting with TD’s at Dail Eireann before departing for Wales.
The simple aim of this non-profit event is to foster goodwill among people of all nations. It is organised and financed entirely by local volunteers. The torch has been held by many prominent people such as Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev and sports personalities such as Muhammad Ali and Carl Lewis.
In Ireland, Sonia O’Sullivan, Catriona McKiernan and Bernard Dunne have held the Peace Torch. Presidents Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson have also welcomed previous Peace Run teams. Sullivan, Catriona McKiernan and Bernard Dunne have held the Peace Torch. Presidents Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson have also welcomed previous Peace Run teams.
Ashrita Furman holder of the most Guinness Records at the same time (currently over 200) and a team of friends created the world’s largest tennis ball logo within 7 days. The ball composition shows the logo of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, the world’s longest and largest relay run for peace and has a width of 10.08 meter and a height of 5.30 meter. The sixty-three-year-old health food store manager of New York set this Guinness World Record to honour the 87th birth anniversary of Sri Chinmoy an Indian spiritual master, founder of the Peace Run and an avid tennis player. The 53.42 square meter ball logo consists of 12,393 tennis balls in the colours white, blue, green, orange and red.
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The tennis balls were fixed on boards and the other day carried from a backyard down the hill to the birthday anniversary function, where over 900 guests from all over the world celebrated.
Ashrita Furman states: “This tennis ball logo expresses our sincere wish for world peace and is our modest offering of joy to the world. With thousands of tennis balls, we want to honour the memory of Sri Chinmoy, who was the founder of the Peace Run and an avid tennis player. After the record, we will give the tennis balls to people in the neighborhood.”
Ashrita Furman has been breaking Guinness World Records since 1979. His first entry in the Guinness Book he achieved by completing 27,000 jumping jacks. Since then he has broken more than 700 records on all seven continents, including building the world’s largest tennis racket, balancing a pool cue on finger for the longest continuous distance (7 miles 220 feet) in front of the pyramids in Egypt, racing against a Yak in Mongolia to set the one-mile sack-racing record and underwater Aqua Pogo for 3 hours 40 minutes in the Amazon River in Peru.As a teenager, Furman became inspired by Sri Chinmoy’s philosophy of self-transcendence. Indian born Sri Chinmoy also set many records, such as writing 1,301 poems in 24 hours and composing 22,000 songs during his lifetime. Furman attributes his success at breaking records to meditation, which he has practiced daily for over 40 years. Meditation helps him to keep his childlike spirit and the mental and physical power which is needed to continuously set new world records. Ashrita Furman started setting Guinness World Records 39 years ago and hasn’t stopped yet. “Going beyond your everyday capacity is such a fulfilling feeling. The day I break a record I’m just happy the whole day,” he says. “I’m trying to show others that our human capacity is unlimited if we can truly believe in ourselves.” After every record Furman wants to express his gratitude to Sri Chinmoy.
