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George Harrison - "More Than My Disciple!"

BY KULASEKHARA DAS

EDITORIAL, Jul 27 (VNN) — Regarding the comments about George Harrison by Tripurari Maharaj that "Srila Prabhupada did not think George was ready, and history demonstrates that he was correct." I beg to differ, and would like to quote Srila Prabhupada on this subject:

"I think George does not require to become my formal disciple because he is already more than my disciple. He has sympathy for my movement and I have all blessings for him." [S.P. Letter to: Syamasundara, Los Angeles, 12 April, 1970]

Nanda Kumar relates that as Srila Prabhupad's servant he got to witness this direct exchange between Srila Prabhupad and George at Bhaktivedanta Manor:

"He went into the room and closed the door. I could not stay outside, I had to go in and see the exchange. I opened the door, and George was doing full dandavats and offering both prayers to Prabhupad, with perfect pronunciation. Prabhupad had an ear-to-ear smile. George got up and sat back by the door.

Prabhupad said "Come in, come in" and George edged forward towards Prabhupad's desk, very shy and respectful. Prabhupad said "No, here, here" and patted the asana he was sitting on. George came around his desk to the edge of his asana, and Prabhupad reached out and pulled him into his chest, hugging him, laughing, messing up his hair, and saying, "It is so good to see you. How is Patty?"

They had a wonderful conversation, where at one point George asked him if he should move into the temple and shave his head. I believe he would have if Prabhupad had said yes. But Prabhupad said emphatically "No! You have a great gift for the world in your music. Just continue your music and Krishna will be greatly pleased and He will bless you." Then he said "I will give you some ideas for your songs" and he got out Srila Bhaktivinode's Songbook and went over a number of the songs, reciting the translations for George.

It was soon after this that he wrote "My Sweet Lord." George came daily for a week, along with Ravi Shankar, to have Prabhupad's darsan in the afternoon. Ravi Shankar is a Bengali, so he and Prabhupad talked and laughed together as Bengalis."

The fact is that we are all such fallen souls with no qualification, that it is only by the mercy of the Guru that we can have any hope of going back to Godhead. "Gurudeva! Krpa-Bindu Diya," "Your mercy is all that I am made of." So we can understand that our only qualification for ever becoming actual servants of 'Our Sweet Lord', is to please the pure devotee. If one can achieve that then - initiated or not - one's future is blessed.

I talked to Shyamsundar recently, he and Mukunda Goswami were at George's bedside when he passed away. Shyamasundar said that George was very happy and looked like a young prince as he left his body.

To see a web site I have created to honor George Harrison, go to: http://strategemedia.com/GeorgeH

Kulasekhara das (ACBS '69, SNGM '02)

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George Harrison Is My Arch Angel

BY KRISHNA MOHAN DAS

EDITORIAL, Jul 25 (VNN) — His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupa felt such a strong connection to George Harrison that he designated him his "Arch Angel" and gave him the name Sri Hari Georgeson. Such was His Divine Grace's deep affection for this extremely important and wonderful soul,George Harrison. It is also known amongst inner circles that before Srila Prabhupada passed away he took off his hand made blue sapphire ring and told the Sanyasis there to "give this to George Harrison". This was some time after Srila Prabhupada had recieved little or no contact from Sri Hari Georgeson, yet His Divine Grace still retained a powerful recongition of him and humble gratefulness for his transcendental service as his Arch Angel.

Certainly no other Sanyasi or other devotee has recieved this designation or extraordinarily special gift from Srila Prabhupada.

Indeed it may be considered by ALL devotees that perhaps, just perhaps, we may have never even heard about Krishna or seen the movement spread to reach our town or village if it had not been for George Harrison's incredible sacrafice. Maybe certain Sanyasis, so proud of their knowledge of the sastras, may have never had such an opportunity or interest to persue spiritial life if George Harrison had not made this sacrafice. This is something very important to consider.

Certainly the proper end result of studying any religious scripture would be the presence of extreme gratefulness to those who were the pioneers and brave soldiers who fought to propagate our religious conception within the mundane plane.

Considering especially the huge scale that George Harrison propagated the Lords name and which continues to this day anytime someone mentions George's name we must recognize Krishna's special mercy and kindness in this manfestation. In the public eye you cannot separate the name George Harrison from Krishna or Hare Krishna. This is his profound legacy and sacrafice that he left.

George Harrison had a lot to sacrafice in dedicating his image, name and ideas in his songs towards Krishna. Not only his extreme fame as an ex-beatle was sacraficed, but even more importantly than that, his entire future career as a solo artist was risked by associating his name very profoundly with the name of Krishna or Hare Krishna. He risked millions and millions of dollars of personal wealth to associate himself with Krishna in numerous records, interviews, live concerts etc.

He constantly promoted the causes of self realization, yoga, Bhagavad Gita, Indian culture, political harmony and gave millions in chartity.

I personally sat in the front row of one of his concerts in Los Angeles at the Forum in the mid 1970's. At the conclusion of the concert he did "My Sweet Lord" and got the audience of over 25,000 people chanting an amazing form of Japa saying, "Krishna, Krishna, Krishna" all together. He encouraged everyone saying " If we all chant together we can blow the roof of this place". Such was the great enthusiasm and power of this Arch Angel of Srila Prabhupada. After the concert he was recieving prasadam from the hands of His Holiness Mukunda Goswami and outside thousands of devotional literatures were being distributed which he announced during the concert that everyone should read.

Fairly recently at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awards George Harrison was inauguated permanently. Tom Petty was the master of ceremony for that inaguration and in talking out into the audience as if he were talking to George personally he said, "So with a big Hare Krishna we now inaguate you George, into the Rock and Roll hall of fame". There was a loud response from the audience who repeated "Hare Krishna" after Tom Petty's lead.

In the fairly recent concert in London honoring George Harrison' passing away, Ravi Shankar composed a hauntingly beautiful Raga about George Harrison which translated meant..."He who loved Lord Hari" while an audience packed with famous and well known people held back the tears . This tribue concert is available at most music stores.

As devotees of Lord Krishna and specifically anyone associated with Srila Prabhupada by his books, vani, personal association or through a Sanyasi connected with Srila Prabhupada we need to remember to be very careful in mentioning the name of this great, great soul. To refer to George Harrison as a "dabbler" in anything he did in life is a very tacky and offensive thing to say.

To write or say anything about Sri Hari Georgeson other than with total gratefulness, honor, respect and deep devotion is a sign that the writer, inspite of their scriptual knowledge, may need to review the fact that they might not even be thinking about Krishna today if it wasn't for this great Arch Angel of Srila Prabhupada.

Krishna Mohan Das 30 year practitioner of Krishna Bhakti

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http://strategemedia.com/GeorgeH/

Very nice site for remembering George and Krishna!

Go there or be square!

[angrezi]

While in Russia (last week) I bought a pirated mp3 with everything George Harrison did on it, most of which I was unfamiliar with, or forgot about.

He certainly composed the most straight-forward and heartfelt songs about Krsna possibly ever realeased by a famous musician on major labels.

Personally, I think it shows George's intellectual and spiritual maturity that he could appreciate Krsna (and ACBS) without becoming caught up in the weirdness of the movement.

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My friend Carolyn and I had such a crush on George Harrison, and that's why we looked into Hinduism and then the Hare Krsna Movement.

Being a teenager, I had to write some sappy love poetry.

I'm sure you will all have a hearty laugh over this gem (I was 15)

I'm a Dreamer

I may never meet you
And then again I might
But I surely will keep trying
Never giving up the fight.

I drool over your picture
I die when I hear you sing
I'd fall down on my knees if you
Condescended to give me your ring.

I know that I"m a dreamer,
Aren't you a dreamer too?
Then let us dream together
All alone, only me and you. 

(yeah, let's leave the wife behind, shall we?)

Obvious John Lennon influence and believe me, ring and dream are not euphemisms. This poem was of course top secret at the time, I shared it only with my best friend. In fact, it's been a carefully guarded secret until now. Shhhh...don't tell anyone.

I guess if I'm still determined to meet him I'll do so on the other side.

[Tapati]

Oh my, I found two more. One is so sappy I can't even bear to share it, about how I was going to console him after his wife dumped him for Eric Clapton. (Layla, anyone?)

But this one was written several months after the first, and you can see all that unrequited love is really wearing on me.

So Far Apart

Although we're so very far apart
In age and miles but not in heart
I know no other man will do
My love belongs to only you

You know not of my love so great
Or that it's been such a long, long wait
That makes it much harder for me to bear
For I know that you will never care

You'll never see me, this I know
You'd never chance to look so low
Your eyes are focused on a distant scene
That's the way it's always been

That's why I love you so very much
Although I'll never feel your gentle touch
I'll love you always, just the same
I'm yours in heart, though not in name

Terilyn McPherson

Sigh...

I have to say, I still have a soft spot for George and I cried when he passed away.

[Dhyana]

You know not of my love so great
Or that it's been such a long, long wait
That makes it much harder for me to bear
For I know that you will never care

Sigh I like it! If we could get it translated into Sanskrit, with some nice simple meter for chanting, I don't think anyone would think it's sappy Rather it would be pure unconditional love in separation...

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You know not of my love so great
Or that it's been such a long, long wait
That makes it much harder for me to bear
For I know that you will never care

Sigh I like it! If we could get it translated into Sanskrit, with some nice simple meter for chanting, I don't think anyone would think it's sappy Rather it would be pure unconditional love in separation...

I'm sure he's gone to a good place, so if I can't go back to Godhead I'd settle for going back to George Harrison.

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George was the one to deliver the Maha Mantra to me directly.

Paul McCartney Helped By George Harrison’s Spirit

Paul McCartney confessed he was helped by George Harrison’s spirit to write the song and lyrics for 'Waiting For Your Friends To Go', over three years after the Beatles guitarist's death.

McCartney, 63, said he felt Harrison’s spirit when he wrote the song, arguing he’s unsure about the meaning of the lyrics.

"The funny thing about it was I felt as if I was almost George Harrison during the writing of that song," said McCartney.

"I just got this feeling, this is George. So it was like I was writing - I was like George - writing one of his songs. So I just wrote it, it just wrote itself very easily 'cause it wasn't even me writing it."

image link: http://www.krishnatemple.com/images/georgedevotees.jpg

He went on to say he still wasn't sure what the song was about:

"I thought, OK, the 'waiting on the other side' is also a little bit loaded, it can be crossing the river Jordan or whatever, y'know, that sort of thing. There's a little bit of double meaning there.

It was funny particularly the second verse: 'I've been sliding down a slippy slope, I've been climbing up a slowly burning rope.' I just thought - it's a George song", Paul added.

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The Concert for Bangladesh, an all-star 1971 benefit spearheaded by George Harrison, will be released for the first time on DVD as a two-disc set on October 25th.

george ALWAYS wore his tulsi neck beads!

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I definitely have to get the dvd.

I did go to one of his concerts, in November of 1974, I had a seat way up but it was exciting to be even that close. I went to St. Louis for the concert and stayed in the temple for the first time. My father gave me the money for the ticket--it was the only time I ever asked him for anything.

Great picture.

[Tapati]

As wonderful as love-in-separation is, it's far better to have the real thing.



As the saying goes, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

[Sonja]

I remember when George was in the Manor he looked and smiled at me when passing on the staircase. I flashed my best smile and fell instantly in love. Whistling for days, even talking to a bunch of canadian geeze about how wonderful life is.

[jonny rama]

I'm sure he's gone to a good place, so if I can't go back to Godhead I'd settle for going back to George Harrison.

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I would like to be a string on George's guitar.

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I'm sure he's gone to a good place, so if I can't go back to Godhead I'd settle for going back to George Harrison.

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I would like to be a string on George's guitar.

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Good answer!

Now I wonder which song I'd want him to play first...

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HARRISON'S WIDOW LEANS ON BOYD
GEORGE HARRISON'S widow OLIVIA is still struggling to get over his death, but she is receiving staunch support from PATTI BOYD - the late BEATLE's first wife.
Boyd and Harrison divorced in 1977 before the ex-model married ERIC CLAPTON.
But the former couple remained close, and Harrison's second wife Olivia is grateful to Boyd for helping her come to terms with her grief.
The pals were spotted socialising together earlier this week (begs05JUN06) at a charity extravaganza organised by British aristocrat the EARL OF MARCH at his home in Sussex, England.
Olivia said, "It's great to see her, We're good friends. I'm getting out and about again but it's hard, really hard." Harrison died in 2001 following a long battle with cancer. He was 58.here

[Homer]

About an hour ago I ordered Living in the Material World on ebay.

George made a lot of devotees - I don't know if I will ever forgive him!

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A local hit these days.............
Brainwashed Lyrics
Artist(Band):George Harrison

Brainwashed in our childhood
Brainwashed by the school
Brainwashed by our teachers
and brainwashed by their rules

Brainwashed by our leaders
By our Kings and Queens
Brainwashed in the open and brainwashed
behind the scenes

God God God
A voice cried in the wilderness
God God God
it was on the longest night
God God God
An eternity of darkness
God God God
Someone turned out the spiritual light

Brainwashed by the Nikkei
Brainwashed by Dow Jones
Brainwashed by the FTSE
Nasdaq and secure loans
Brainwashed us from Brussels
Brainwashing us in Bonn
Brainwashing us in Washington
Westminster in London

God God God
You are the wisdom that we seek
God God God
The lover that we miss
God God God
Your nature is eternity
God God God
You are Existence, Knowledge, Bliss

The soul does not love, it is love itself
It does not exist, It is existence itself
It does not know, It is knowledge itself
"How to Know God" Page 130

They brainwashed my great uncle
Brainwashed my cousin Bob
They even got my grandma when she was
working for the mob
Brainwash you while you're sleeping
While you're in a traffic jam
Brainwash you while you're weeping
While still a baby in your pram
Brainwashed by the Military
Brainwashed under duress
Brainwashed by the media
You're brainwashed by the press
Brainwashed by computer
Brainwashed by mobile phones
Brainwashed by the satellite
Brainwashed to the bone

God God God
Won't you lead us through this mess
God God God
From the places of concrete
God God God
Nothing's worse than ignorance
God God God
I just won't accept defeat

God God God
Must be something I forgot
God God God
Down on Bullshit Avenue
God God God
If we can only stop the rot
God God God
Wish that you'd brainwash us too

Namah Parvati Pataye Hare Hare Mahadev
Namah Parvati Pataye Hare Hare
Namah Parvati Pataye Hare Hare

Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Hare Hare Hare Hare Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva

Namah Parvati Pataye Hare Hare
Namah Parvati Pataye Hare Hare
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva

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In George's Own Words, giving value in music spirtual conection

Concert for Bangladesh My Sweet Lord, Hare Krsna! How Sweet it is!

[Kalisurfer]

Just read about a new book on George’s spiritual and musical life, here is a description from Paul McCartneys website that has a section called George Harrison News.
http://www.photos.mccartney.net/george.htm


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"Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison" by Joshua M. Greene

Author and film producer Greene focuses on the metaphysical in his examination of George Harrison, choosing to document the Beatle's relationship with Hindu philosophy and Krishna devotees over his more complex-though admittedly well-covered-relationship with his bandmates. The resulting portrait is at times flat, as Harrison gets along with just about everyone on his spiritual path, and Greene is reluctant to cast his subject in a negative light. That's a shame, as the highlights of the book feature a conflicted and embattled Harrison dealing with disappointment, frustration and loss, of which there is plenty in the Beatles' shared history.

A friend of George Harrison offers informed reflections on the late musician's spiritual quest.

Out of the insanity, claustrophobia and estrangement that came with being a member of the Beatles, Harrison emerged an affected man, in search of God and peace. Filmmaker/biographer Greene (Justice at Dachau, 2003, etc.) portrays his friend as introspective and modest, inspired by an experience with LSD ("From that moment on, I wanted to have that depth and clarity of perception," Harrison told Rolling Stone.) Harrison reached beyond intoxicants into the bliss of yoga and cosmic chants, a buzz that took him "into the astral plane." He wanted others to share his contact with the mystical and spoke of his spirituality during concerts, where his comments were met with, at best, indifference. Though he spent considerable time exploring the Hindu religion, writes Greene, the musician was a restless quester, always looking for ways to put his spiritual house in order. Greene writes of a newfound "levelheaded dispassion" as Harrison moved into his sixth decade, a sense of liberation from the material world coupled with an affirmation of nature and a personal recognition of his place in the scheme of things. Greene presents a man deeply engaged in the world he longed to transcend.