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Dec 18, 2002

"My whole purpose in life is to be of service to mankind. This I can do only by offering inspiration on the strength of my oneness." --Sri Chinmoy

Whether it is 100,000 pogo jumps in 13 hours at Central Park, balancing a milk bottle on his head for 81 miles, jumping 130,000 ropes in 24 hours or balancing 75 glasses on his chin, Ashrita Furman has set 72 unexplainable world records! For him, though, it is a practice of "joy and fulfilment of self-transcendence" to challenge his limits and transform his weaknesses.