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:
  President of the Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry"
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.