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Sri Chinmoy certainly deserves a party after all he has done. Only it seems the party is more in honour of us than him. It’s been so wonderful. We are just overwhelmed.

You can’t dispute that Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting is extraordinary. After seeing the videos of his lift so many times, I still can’t figure out how he’s supporting that much weight. He just doesn’t have much mass!

I noticed that Sri Chinmoy doesn’t seem to be ageing at all. Look at his skin. It’s so shiny and smooth. Compared to other people his age, he doesn’t seem to be ageing.

It’s really amazing the way that the spiritual and the physical go together on this path. Terry and I are both really impressed that Sri Chinmoy has emphasised the aspect of physical fitness along with the spiritual. When Terry first came home from meeting with Sri Chinmoy, he said to me, “You won’t believe these people. They are all so happy and athletic.”

Do you realise what an impressive group of people you all are? It is quite unusual to have such a talented group of people all together like this.

There is no way we could ever thank you all for everything you’ve done. I’ve never been given such a nice trophy, even in all the years I did powerlifting. I had no idea what we were coming to! I’m just overwhelmed.

Jan Todd American and world record-holder for squat and deadlift Men’s and women’s coach of the U.S. powerlifting teams for international competition