... somebody comes in from the Orient with a new religion which hasn't got any of these [horrible associations in our minds, all the words are new, all the rites are new, and yet, somehow it has feeling in it, and we can get with that, you see, and we can dig that!</ref> Ginsberg agreed to take part in the Mantra-Rock Dance concert and to introduce the swami to the Haight-Ashbury hippie community.
… somebody comes in from the Orient with a new religion which hasn’t got any of these [horrible associations in our minds, all the words are new, all the rites are new, and yet, somehow it has feeling in it, and we can get with that, you see, and we can dig that!</ref>Выбирая подходящее помещение для проведения концерта, организаторы рассмотрели два возможных варианта: аудиторию «Филлмор» и танцевальный зал «Авалон».