FW: [srilaprabhupadanectar] Remembering Srila Prabhupada - KIRTAN AT GEORGE'S HOUSE
Rammohan G
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Subject: [srilaprabhupadanectar] Remembering Srila Prabhupada - KIRTAN AT GEORGE'S HOUSE
KIRTAN AT GEORGE'S HOUSE
On the agreed date, we rode down to George's house in Surrey in the back of Shyamasundar's truck. It was a sprawling, Wester-style, ranch house in a stately suburb. Though the
rooms were quite spacious, it seemed all in all to be an ordinary house - until we came into the living room: A large altar hugged one wall graced by pictures of Krishna, Srila Prabhupada, Lord Shiva, Sri Yukteshwar, and Sri Yogananda. On another wall hung
a picture of assorted dogs playing and cheating at poker. The contrast made me laugh.
Bill Preston sat at the piano-organ, smiling, his hair swept up in a huge Afro. Our friend Frankie from San Francisco sat next to him on the piano bench.
Patty, George's pretty, blond wife, came in and was very gracious. George invited us to sit. We sat in a circle on the floor. "Shall we chant?" George asked.
With special excitement we got out our karat als and medina drum, while George picked up an electric guitar, doodled with it for a minute, then laid down an introductory riff. We played the drum and cymbals, George led the singing, and Billy Preston chanted
and filled any musical gaps with a rhythmic, gospel like organ pulse. Our voices rang out, and I felt that the roof might fly off this suburban house satsang (spiritual gathering) at any moment! The trees outside seemed to be dancing and raising their arm-like
branches to heaven. Yamuna's "hari hari bol!" pierced the sedate Surrey countryside.
In our first meeting with George Harrison, we did not mention the demo tape that we had submitted to Apple Records. Mukunda, Shyamasundar, and I had discussed it, and we had decided to play it by ear whether to bring the subject up or not. Instinctively, we
moved very carefully and slowly when dealing with George, as nobody likes to be preached at; and due to our patience, the relationship between us flourished. Just before we left his house, out of the blue, George said, "I love this chanting. You all sound
so great! 'The Radha Krishna temple!' I want Apple to record you guys chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, if it's all right with you."
We all said, "Yes, that's all right."
George Harrison displayed great respect for Srila Prabhupada. He bowed before Prabhupada at each of their meetings, even though he was never formally initiated. I witnessed in at least six of their meetings how George demonstrated so much love towards Prabhupada
and how he was treated like a son in exchange. George also backed up his convictions by rendering services such as financing Krishna book and giving us Bhaktivedanta Manor.
- From "By His Example" By Gurudas
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