Editor's note to cover photo

Sri Chinmoy welcomes Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, to the Meditation Group’s observance of Pope Paul VI’s 80th birthday on 23 September 1977. During the ceremony, Archbishop Cheli declared, “Your intentions and your work in this beautiful meditation group under the leadership of this highly respected master of spirituality, Sri Chinmoy, are in harmony with those of the Pope.” Sri Chinmoy, who had met with Pope Paul on several occasions, had opened the programme with a special meditation.