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Entrance of Hare Krishna Mantra at Hippy Hill

Gour Hari das: So this area is known as Hippy Hill in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Almost every day everyone would gather at Hippy Hill, and sometimes the devotees would come and chant. 

This particular day was like any other day there, but I remember entering the park and what attracted me was the beauty in the sound of the…I didn't even know at that time was the Hare Krishna mantra. People had been chanting all around the Haight-Ashbury area for months and months prior to this. The idea that Srila Prabhupada was there that particular day just captured me through his sound vibration. He just reached into me, reached into my heart and somehow or other said, "This one is mine." It wasn't maybe a year or so later that I had actually started to join the temple.


Reference: Gour Hari das: So this area is known as Hippy Hill in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Almost every day everyone would