Granted, it had its whole Beatlemania pop kind of appeal.

Sure.

But it wasn't only that.

They were incredibly gifted songwriters, incredibly gifted musicians,

and they took rock and roll, which was something.

It's kind of like a fun kind of music.

And they turned it into art, like for real.

And they were really the ones they kept pushing it and pushing it and pushing it further.

And then there was like everybody followed in the wake of that.

All the different musicians followed in the wake of that.

And all the entire youth, you know, of the world, practically, was following in the wake of that.

And not just, you know, certainly how they dressed and so on, but more importantly, how they would think.

And the fact that George Harrison was bringing in, at first subtlyly and then eventually when he

especially when he broke out solo really explicitly

his his involvement and his fascination

with Eastern spirituality and with Krishna consciousness in particular

was a world-changing thing it would have never had nearly the impact if it wasn't for the Beatles.

It was truly a historical thing. And it was kind of brave of him, you know, to just kind of put that out there to the world.

Oh, now, Bhagavati, Vasudevae. put that out there to the world. Bhagavati, Vasudeva, Baháya.

Come on. Live from Mumbai, India, and beautiful Maharashtra.

This is Wisdom of the Sages, a Bhakti Yoga podcast with your host Raghanaat, and live from Rishi Kesh,

co-host and senior educator at the Bokte Center in New York City,

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