Editor's note to cover photo

Sri Chinmoy poses with New York’s Mayor Edward I. Koch on the steps of City Hall, where the Mayor presented Sri Chinmoy with a special “Certificate of Appreciation” on 16 August 1978. Citing from the Certificate, the Mayor said, “To Sri Chinmoy, whose contributions as spiritual leader, meditation teacher, musician, artist and poet have been an inspiration to thousands of New Yorkers ... I commend this fine humanitarian on behalf of all our citizens.”

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 85, Agni Press, 1983
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