by Sharani | Oct 22, 2010 | Ashrita Furman, Guinness World Record, world's largest seesaw
On August 27, 2010 (what would have been the 79th birthday of the late spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy) Ashrita Furman set a Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Seesaw in the Jamaica Queens, New York neighborhood where his students from around the world...
by Sharani | Aug 31, 2009 | Ashrita Furman, Guinness World Record, lollipop
An afternoon of suspense and delight unfolded – or should I say ascended – on the afternoon of August 27, 2009 at Aspiration-Ground in Queens, NY as Ashrita Furman set another Guinness World’s Record – this time for the world’s largest...
by Sharani | Apr 17, 2009 | Ashrita Furman, Guinness World Record, Jamaica Queens NY, poems, Sri Chinmoy
Ashrita Furman is synonymous with Guinness World Records. Trace back over the last thirty years of his life and realize that he has achieved over 200 Guinness World Records. His latest record set earlier this week on April 14, 2009 is like a home run with bases...
by Sharani | Dec 7, 2007 | Ashrita Furman, Guinness World Record, Orange Nose Push, Sri Chinmoy
Ever since a couple of days ago when I read Ashrita Furman’s blog post about his recent Guinness record for pushing an orange with his nose, I have been pondering the spiritual life lessons it offers me. In this post Ashrita describes that he decided to try to...