Proclamations honouring Sri Chinmoy

City of Bristol

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS,
SRI CHINMOY of India, Director of the Meditation Group of the United Nations, is visiting Bristol, Connecticut on the 8th day of May, 1974; and

WHEREAS,
SRI CHINMOY has travelled to many parts of the globe, presenting his most beautiful and exceptional meditations on God, love and peace (both interior and exterior) to the leaders and people he has met throughout the world; and

WHEREAS,
A beautiful example of SRI CHINMOY'S thinking is the following quote written by him:

”We believe and we hold that each man has the potentiality of reaching the Ultimate Truth. We also believe that man cannot and will not remain imperfect forever. Each man is an instrument of God. When the hour strikes, each individual soul listens to the inner dictates of God. When man listens to God, his imperfections are turned into perfections, his ignorance into knowledge, his searching mind into revealing light and his uncertain reality into all-fulfilling Divinity."

WHEREAS,
India has long been a close and good friend of America; and

WHEREAS,
The Indian people have had such renowned leaders as the saintly MOHANDAS GANDHI a_k_a "Great Soul", who lead his people throughout his life through deep meditation, self denial, and a total resistance to war through peaceful protests of injustice; followed by JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, and now the gracious and lovely INDIRA GANDHI; not to forget her renowned aunt, MADAME PANDIT, who once served as Chairman of the Indian Delegation to the United Nations; and

WHEREAS,
The subject of World Peace is one in which we all believe and are working to achieve; knowing full well the blessings of brotherhood and the extreme folly, cruelty and senselessness of war; and

WHEREAS,
The Peace-loving people of India have bounded together and
over the years formulated a country strongly resistant to
aggression and war and dedicated to the principles of peace
and love.

NOW THEREFORE, I, FRANK J. LONGO, SR., Mayor of the City of Bristol,
feel it is indeed an honor to have as the honored guest of our City this
day the famous devotee to peace and meditation, SRI CHINMOY, and do
hereby proclaim Wednesday, May 8, 1974 as

BRISTOL — INDIA DAY

and encourage our citizens, our lawmakers, and our government to look to India, to help them in their needs, especially in the area of much needed food for that Country, and to welcome SRI CHINMOY this day to our City as a representative of a very strong and good country.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the City of Bristol, this 8th day of May, 1974.

Mayor Frank J. Longo, Sr.