George Harrison

Deafened by the noise of unprecedented celebrity culture and materialistic success, Beatles guitarist George Harrison was desperate for a different voice to guide his life—a voice he found in the Bhagavad Gita. During the 1960s, despite attaining the highest levels of global fame, Harrison became exhausted by the pressure of external affluence, which created an endless internal void and distracted him from true human essence.

Having undergone a crucial experience with Indian classical music, Harrison awakened to the spiritual and philosophical voice of Krishna. He made a lifelong commitment to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Through the Gita, Harrison discovered a literal means of survival: detachment from the external world, devotion (Bhakti), and victory over the ego. His subsequent music and personal life became an instrument for that very voice, translating Eastern spirituality into Western pop culture for a whole new generation.