Search for liberation

featuring a conversation between John Lennon and Swami Bhaktivedanta

No cover

John Lennon: Search for liberation (1987, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust)

66 pages

English language

Published June 24, 1987 by Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

ISBN:
978-0-89213-109-9
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
12341793

View on OpenLibrary

4 stars (1 review)

1 edition

Review of 'Search for liberation' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I really liked it, but only because it showed that I'm not the only one frustrated with Prabhupada's circularity and inability to really address the concerns that a Western audience are actually raising. Many times in this book, candid interviews with John Lennon and especially with Yoko Ono show him unable to really understand their questions and this book gets 4 stars only because at last I felt that my frustration wasn't my fault. George Harrison is clearly along to try to cover for Prabhupada when he says something absurd, jumping in to his defense to make something unpalatable that he says more palatable.

It is worth reading, especially if ISKCON material you've found before this one confuse you and frustrate you in obfuscatory lecturing that fails to elucidate the material in any regimented way.

Much, if not all, of the interview material is reprinted in Chant and Be Happy.