7. Presentation of Pegasus Award to Sri Chinmoy

Dr G Mend-Ooyo: (President of the Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry, as translated): Highly esteemed Sri Chinmoy, you took us into Saraswati's and the Gita's high Heaven. Thank you for this golden opportunity. Your talk was a powerful bird which took us to the highest height. On behalf of the whole audience, we wish you the best, and we wish you further success in your endeavours.

I am delighted to offer a very special award to highly esteemed Sri Chinmoy. The name of the award is "Pegasus" (Ecstasy-Horse). This decision was taken unanimously by the board of the Academy of Culture and Poetry today. Let me read out the proclamation:

"Mongolia's highest award for culture and poetry, Pegasus, is presented to Sri Chinmoy for his extraordinary contribution to world peace and to mankind's spiritual enlightenment."

"May your brilliant words and your genius soar like the legendary winged horse in the eternal sky of the four corners of the globe."

"And may they be glorified for centuries to come."

"Dr. Mend-Ooyo
  President of the Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry"

[Dr. Mend-Ooyo presented the framed proclamation, and a small child smilingly offered a bouquet of flowers to Sri Chinmoy.]

Sri Chinmoy: [following sustained applause]: My esteemed brother-friend Dr. Mend-Ooyo, President of the Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry, I shall treasure this signal award in the inmost recesses of my heart, and I wish to thank you from my heart's very depths. Please accept my heart's deepest and deepest gratitude, gratitude and gratitude.

Dr Mend-Ooyo: Dear Sri Chinmoy, we would like to wish you success in all your upcoming events within the cultural days of the "World-Oneness-Heart-Song in Mongolian Life." And we would like to wish that you become acquainted with Mongolian cultural tradition and the life of the Mongolian people.

Sri Chinmoy: Thank you.