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1969 / #30
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Rathayatra Parade San Franciscoby Purushottam Das Brahmachary and Sudama Das Adhikary (ISKCON Los Angeles) On July 27th, 1969, at the corner of Haight and Ashbury, a massive three ton car stood above a huge crowd of people; they had gathered from all Rathayatra Lectureby His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupāda (Delivered at The Family Dog Auditorium, San Francisco) My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for joining us on this Rathayatra Ceremony. I am going to sing an InHoly RathayatraLord Jagannath's Triumphal Ride To The Sea —by Nara-Narayan Viswakarma Suddenly, at noon on the 27th of July, a frenzied storm of 10,000 young and old chanters startled the heart of San Francisco. A sea of people poured Journey to the Sea—by Sukadeva Das Brahmachary (ISKCON—Los Angeles) There was great excitement in the San Francisco temple. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, affectionately known as Prabhupāda, had given a lecture the night before, and the chantsEyes Smeared with the Ointment of LoveAnother Version of the Rathayatra Festival —by Lalita Devi Dasi (ISKCON—Los Angeles) On July 27th, 1969 in San Francisco the most powerful spiritual celebration the bay area has ever known, the Rathayatra Festival, took Rathayatra, LondonLondon Impressions, July 27, 1969 —by Ramatanu Das Brahmachary (ISKCON—London) A tree waiting patiently for so many years in a quiet English forest, a green spark of Krishna consciousness wishing somehow to serve the PriLord Jagannath is Krishna Himself—by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary The nature of God is that He has unlimited qualities. It is not that He is without qualities. In the Bhagavad Gita, the Supreme Person describes Himself: "Of all that is material and all that