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As much as I – Hector Diego <\/a> admire the wit of John Lennon, it seems that George Harrison was the one with wisdom. So when someone asks me, “Who is your favorite Beatle?” I invariably say George. Lennon is on record for admiring George’s spirituality, something for which Lennon longed but was always a bit too cynical to grasp. Not that George was a naive lackey! Rather, in George we see the classic spiritual biography reflected in the world’s great religions: a very accomplished person enjoys the world to the hilt, but is deeply unsatisfied; “surely there must be more to life.” <\/p>\n Both John and George believed in reincarnation, but John, with his basic orientation towards socially active Buddhism, could not commit to any spiritual path that emphasized liberation from this cycle of reincarnation. George, on the other hand, saw the world as a place that is not our home; a place meant to educate us so that we could return to our original nature and position in a spiritual world. In other words, George was very comfortable with traditional Hinduism, as those Hindus who knew him have observed. So many different Hindu organizations of varying flavors claim George Harrison as one of them that surely, here was a man who loved much and who was loved much. Sriman Bhakta George Harrison is the Beatle I love the most. <\/p>\n Did you know that Harrison’s Something was actually written about Lord Krishna? George changed he to she in that song so that people would not misunderstand what he was trying to say. Unfortunately I believe it is just taken as a beautiful piece of music. And Here Comes the Sun was George’s way of singing about how his meditation on Krishna had cleared up some very dark periods in his life. Here Comes the Sun, says George Martin, was one of George’s best, and it is probably my favorite Beatles song. It certainly ages well. <\/p>\n Check out the bead necklace George is wearing in the photo above. All devotees of Krishna wear these beads, made from the sacred tulasi tree (sacred basil, ocimum sanctum). <\/p>\n For more about George’s spirituality, see http:\/\/herecomesthesunbook.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Here’s a live version of George performing Here Comes the Sun. <\/p>\n