April 13th, 2008, marked the 44th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's arrival in the West. Sri Chinmoy arrived in New York, USA on April 13th 1964.

2008, was also the first celebration since Sri Chinmoy's mahasamadhi in October 2007.

Arpan Deangelo shares some reminiscences of Sri Chinmoy's running career at his new running blog

Ashrita Furman of Queens, New York set a new Guinness world record for pushing a car. The previous record was 12 miles, but Ashrita managed to increase the distance to 17 miles.

Ashrita pushing a Ford Festiva along Old Bridge Township Raceway Park on March 6th.

All across the world, plans are at an advanced stage to make the 2008 incarnation of the World Harmony Run an absolutely gigantic event. Already the run has made its way through South East Asia and the Middle East, and is currently in north Africa.

This August a team of builders, under the direction of Ashrita Furman, built the world's largest pencil. Measuring 76 feet, the pencil was built to maintain the exact proportions of a standard pencil. You can read about the pencil's building here

The Guiness Record Breaking pencil was built to honour Sri Chinmoy's 76th birthday

The World Harmony Run visited the Dominican Republic for its last event of 2007.

The Run, visited two schools including the Ann Y Ted Kheel Polytechnical School and Punta Cana international school, home to more than 26 different nationalities

View: World Harmony Run in the Dominican Republic 

News of a Sri Chinmoy Harmony Bridge between Austria and Slovenia

On 3rd November, the World Harmony Run held a local event in Jamaica, New York. The short run began at Aspiration Ground, Jamaica, NY and visited a local school, New Dawn elementary. The school had helped organise a community event around the run.

For more details and photos visit - World Harmony Run.

1931-2007

30 October 2007, United Nations, New York

(United Nations, New York) Leaders from six different religions offer the opening silence at the Celebration of the Life of Sri Chinmoy.

(For more details: see photo caption at bottom)

Photo By: Ranjit Swanson,

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What a sad thing to happen to such a great man. I hope one day he will be awarded the Nobel Price. I believe that the best way to remember him is to maintain the Harmony Torch Run all over the world.

Frank Macha, Sports Development Officer

Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports, Tanzania

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I am very sorry to know of the passing on of Sri Chinmoy. He has done so much to awaken mankind to the higher paths of life that can bring harmony and peace. You are all dedicated to the cause which has to continue for the good of mankind.

Swami Nirliptanda

Bharat Sevashram Sangha, London, UK.

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