beatles india february beatles travelled northern india attend advanced training session amid widespread media attention visit band productive periods led george_harrison commitment beatles interest changed western attitudes indian spirituality encouraged study beatles met london august attended wales planned attend entire day session stay cut short death manager wanting learn kept contact arrangements spend time teaching centre located near valley saints foothills wives assistants numerous reporters beatles arrived india february joined group people training teachers including musicians john_lennon paul_mccartney harrison wrote songs finished writing eighteen songs recorded beatles white album songs appeared abbey road album solo projects wife left march day stay left month commitments harrison stayed weeks left abruptly following financial disagreements rumours inappropriate behaviour harrison later apologised way treated gave benefit concert associated performed benefit concert raises funds teaching meditation risk students background mid-1960s beatles interested indian culture drugs effort expand consciousness harrison visited india weeks took lessons magic alex friend beatles head heard lecture athens greece harrison wife attended lecture london encouraged beatles hear speak suggestion beatles attended lecture london park lane august announced intention retire expected public lecture west band members seen program years earlier beatles given row seats invited meet hotel suite lecture ninety minute meeting invited guests training retreat wales days later august beatles travelled train college campus wales time band travelled tour managers thought bring money station bank holiday mistaken fan held ran train missed arrived later car group harrison sister law learned basics given group slightly asked donate customary week wages large sum learn announced press conference giving drugs apparently referring marijuana choice keeping teachings prior meeting advise privately avoid involvement ban bomb movement support elected government day intention attend entire day stay cut short death manager london august saying spirit good thoughts help easy passage journey evolution according great brian died wrote brian gone needed new direction right place right time curious learn beatles plans spend time training center india late october trip postponed commitments related magical mystery tour film soundtrack album harrison appeared twice programme autumn talk involvement according wife john evangelical enthusiasm publicised beatles guru went eighth world tour giving lectures britain scandinavia germany italy canada california time said thanks meditation better person wasn bad spoke people madison square garden new_york_city january beatles sent large flower arrangement suite plaza hotel harrison flew bombay january work soundtrack expecting rest group follow shortly delayed flew london group spent week studio leaving india band recorded instrumental tracks universe refrain standard january brother flew london india arrival wife arrived delhi february met advance man arranged mile hour taxi drive girlfriend wife arrived days later group arrived weeks session end april begun accompanied small reporters photographers kept compound entourage members evans brown time arrived weeks later soon arrived delhi asked evans doctor reaction arrived local hospital tried immediate treatment told indian doctor special case wait turn pay private doctor privilege hearing right time sister brother john jazz journalist film maker actors dozens europeans americans despite speculation attend thought bringing decided facility located holy valley saints called acre compound stood capital world home foothills feet river surrounded jungle facility built gift american land leased training centre designed suit western habits described variously luxurious later compared kind spiritual low cost british holiday camp built accommodate dozen people stone contained rooms equipped electric running water toilets english style furniture according obtained special items nearby village beatles rooms mirrors wall wall wall foam wrote standard beatles cottages looked like palace beatles negotiating indian government use nearby plane given deal thousand peasants objected denied use land farming surrounded barbed wire gates kept locked guarded kept media away famous students gave interviews press experience arranged simple lifestyle guests included stone cottages vegetarian meals taken outdoors communal setting days devoted attending lectures spoke flower platform auditorium gave private lessons individual beatles nominally late arrival environment provided complete meditation away media helped band relax harrison told like beatles aren money dream fame wish isn love isn health isn peace inside respectful awe meeting remembers non awkward silence walked room head saying good little guru room erupted laughter cancelled formal lectures time told students long possible student straight hours seven hours sister long periods suffered said felt suffering jet lengthy meditation sessions left students moody like students beatles adopted native dress tailor premises clothes students beatles women bought shirts jackets men affected western fashion beatles wore going home vegetarian meals eaten communal dining area food vulnerable aggressive accounts food vary calling said bland described food says delicious menu items included mixed seeds wheat baked fire potatoes picked locally breakfast coffee problems diet past illnesses food impossible different things took clothes beans eggs dinner musicians gathered roof harrison talk listen river listened records played guitar wives gathered rooms discussed life partner taught guitar finger picking technique passed harrison technique subsequently implemented beatles songs julia dear composed lure intense meditation later said locked weeks trying reach god quicker inspiration hearing time bob_dylan newly released album stay turned group creative periods according wrote miserable best songs spent time composing wrote song don pass solo composition plans concert delhi feature beatles harrison complained time spent saying talk music commented harrison commitment meditation saying way george harrison going flying magic carpet time evangelical enthusiasm according wife little later wrote loved india hoped lost disappointment increasingly cold room contained poster bed dressing table couple chairs electric fire played guitar wife drew pictures wrote poetry long meditation sessions weeks asked sleep separate room saying walked local post office morning check daily read look sky cloud think special events world press arrived gate asked come beatles little time course according author course participant beatles happy way wrote memoir gave special attention celebrities despite warnings feed wrote felt overwhelmed attention including private sessions gifts birthday party gave paper crown early following morning arranged group photo told sit birthday day asked sit centre student adorned sat podium large picture guru photo took half hour described iconic photographs history rock roll photographers included canadian filmmaker visiting completing film work india time later assembled book beatles india celebrated harrison 25th birthday harrison played gave harrison upside plastic globe world said george globe giving world today hope help task putting right harrison immediately turned globe correct position shouting harrison referred april gave indian prince outfit son england birthday uncomfortable including calling band blessed leaders world youth aviation company owner patron flew helicopters guests rides publicity value flights required transportation fuel truck asked eager helicopter ride replied thought slip answer occasion italian company filmed students including beatles musicians going river musicians sang standards saints marching sunshine evening moon arranged cruise barges trip started chanting soon musicians brought instruments beatles sang songs love sang beatles songs horn played flute early departures wife strong insects recalled trapped room fly door spiders flies present complained told people travelling realm pure consciousness flies longer matter found food impossible different things wife left india march saying wouldn want think didn like returned home missed children departure schedule account premature departed mid late march needed london supervise theatrical commitment left told student new man arrived left invitation initiative come gone left drifted india returning united_states revolver secret history beatles says leaving told beatles pass childhood friends wrote memoir told early 1970s definitely sexual passes autobiography wrote arrival beatles pass private ceremony hair wrote told actions memoirs ambiguous describing encounter private meditation cave tried arms reports sister told honour tradition holy man touch meditation tensions business negotiations allegations sexual alcohol non drug use sources tension beatles surprised realised sophisticated knowing average person financial evans told wanted band deposit album profits swiss bank account replied dead body pointed luxury facility business asked said offered money build high powered radio station later told wife felt words interest public recognition celebrities money spiritual man according sister wasn authors blamed turning denies weather cool february growing hot planning group higher cooler altitude week business negotiations concerned arrangements film according given beatles rights movie movement teacher people equipment way head arrived signed contract star films contract negotiated horn scheduled direct film horn expected beatles appear film crew star films arrived april harrison stayed sight felt contract star films presence film crew reason sudden departure harrison horn said catalyst discontent convinced said pass having relations young female students later called according american teacher named told sexual advances said thought young girl brown recalls told young blonde nurse california said sexual relationship addition arranged spy said saw position time people including harrison horn believe pass woman according allegations lady gained momentum single evidence justification likewise said magic alex original accusation think completely present later disciple friend harrison said beatles entourage drugs taking article washington_post reported said beatles resumed drug use beatles group violated alcohol rule consumed thought active smuggled nearby village later departures night april harrison sat late discussing views decided leave morning packed went find chosen speak asked leaving replied cosmic know biographer later interpreted statement challenge claim cosmic consciousness said mind gave look response according john_lennon went happened asked explain answered accusation saying human said bit rough responded saying don know tell waiting return wrote song later renamed sexy harrison advised potentially according harrison wanted leave gave good reason according group walked past way looked biblical isolated faith reportedly said wait talk leaving kept breaking leading beatles wonder placed curse car suffered flat tyre driver left apparently find replacement tyre return hours grew dark ride delhi took available flight london john recounted numerous ready home travelled indian cities spent time harrison said got thought spell cast recovered gave harrison later said intended stay second half course thought wanted relationship departure split publicised delhi harrison told reporters urgent business london want appear film band members said disillusioned desire financial gain said good experience enjoyed said tonight starring johnny believe meditation scene mistake human like rest went don know level nice holiday india came rested according statement beatles entourage drugs taking lost temper asked leave article washington_post reported said beatles resumed drug use stayed month programme teacher students teacher travelled later year trip india time beatles travelled abroad legacy book american beatles meditation indian spirituality changed west wrote beatles trip spiritual retreat jesus spent days wilderness despite temporary rejection generated wider interest encouraged study eastern spirituality western popular culture credits harrison spreading eastern spiritual practices america single fell public spotlight period described passing arranged tour summer tour cancelled appearances called bizarre era interest grew mid-1970s scientific studies began showing concrete results moved europe early years decade appeared twice american television mid 1970s leading surge popularity called wave followed introduction flying technique offered promise interview harrison said beatles association meditation retrospect probably greatest experiences basically spiritual thing propagated damaging life glad good people like wrote considered meditation source creative inspiration book america author comments public falling beatles widely reported little mention continued positive relationship maintained harrison 1990s harrison convinced innocence offered harrison gave benefit concert associated later apologised way treated saying young probably history books tried attack total wrote hated leaving note enjoyed kindness asked beatles replied upset angels took daughter visit netherlands renewed friendship time death million people learned world wide movement valued dollars built land belonging national park reclaimed government mid-1990s lease expired fell disrepair died said memories joyful ones great man worked people world cause unity said feel blessed met gave away use horn reunited concert held new_york benefit funds teaching meditation schools article rolling_stone_magazine reported saying john recognize acknowledge world appreciate author wrote benefited experience rest life turned meditation restore improve creativity letter surfaced wrote fan saying beatles lucky met article telegraph reported harrison saying good physically left canadian actress announced plans convert property home street children plan announced state government build site produced series bbc titled included interviews visit photographs subsequently displayed galleries worldwide published books permanent exhibition retail units departure lounge liverpool began work documentary film beatles visit india date film release announced songs beatles wrote songs visit count songs seven weeks said wrote thirty new songs paul dozen george says got wrote songs album beatles aka white album appeared abbey road solo records songs contained eastern musical influences recorded beatles cry baby cry dear named come play don pass written everybody got hide monkey tired julia long long long mother nature son inspired lecture given revolution rocky written inspired bob_dylan new album heard time sexy originally named changed avoid libel continuing story bill inspired son american student went tiger hunting don road inspired mating road wild honey pie blues recorded abbey road mean pam recorded solo records child nature reworked imagine circles gone conscious ground harrison song released look john_lennon plastic band guilty george_harrison song called happy song released sour milk sea performed released single spiritual regeneration happy birthday mike love recorded tape boy new mary jane officially released compilation anthology happiness runs man harrison wrote chorus recorded lord later recorded filming talk making film operation discovered independently negotiating create special featuring band visits business manager sweden harrison failed stop proclaiming deliver band film crew led producer linked eventually arrive film proceedings day arrival remaining beatles left returning england dismissed idea presence film crew contributed timing exit video footage 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