There is a big difference between pre-world war 2 1930s and the mid 60s flower power cultural revolution in the United States of America
Prabhupada arrived at the right time and place in 1965.
American youth at that time was fueled by Indian mysticism like the The Tibetan Book of the Dead, LSD, Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, the Merry pranksters, Bob Dylan, Alan Ginsberg, Pete Seeger, the Hippie Movement, the Civil rights Movement, Martin Luther King, the Beatles and the growing vegetarian movement
A search for something higher was going on that historians called ''the greening of America''.
Barry McGuire's famous anthem ''Eve of Destruction'' was released a few weeks before Prabhupada arrived in America in 1965 and constantly played on radio.
American youth were searching for answers and Prabhupada came at the right time with those answers. When you think about it his arrival was truly amazing and God sent
Barry McGuire's famous anthem ''Eve of Destruction'' was released a few weeks before Prabhupada arrived in America in 1965
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