On this day 78 years ago, Sri Chinmoy was born (he died in 2007). The Indian philosopher and spiritual instructor emigrated to the United States in 1964 and taught the wisdom and value of following a path of "Love, Devotion and Surrender". His teachings (and an obvious desire to pay homage to John Coltrane) inspired guitarists John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana to record and release this LP in 1973. Though both McLaughlin and Santana would eventually cease to follow Chinmoy's teachings, the album still holds up fine.
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