Hare Krishna (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)

Author(s):  
Steven Barrie-Anthony
2006 ◽  
pp. 127-135
Author(s):  
Nataliya V. Tamamyan

Interest in the Eastern religions has arisen for a long time and has not subsided so far. A common picture of many Ukrainian cities is the people in orange clothing who chant the Hare Krishna mantra and actively promote religious literature. These are members of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, an Indian religious movement that has become more popular outside India than in India itself.


Al-Albab ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanny Suitela

This paper aims to know how inter-religious dialogue was grasped by Hare Krishna Mandir community in Jogjakarta. Hare Krishna Mandir is one of Hindus community boarding schools (Asram) which being in Indonesia beneath of the umbrella of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Results show that core of tenet of Hare Krishna Mandir community emphasizes on the development of individual knowledge and spirituality of student as a Hindus. Somehow, the community is being aware on pluralism context of Indonesia, therefore it also gives special attention on its community relationship to the others who live surround them. The community claims the necessity to develop interreligious dialogue as basic daily approach of communication with the others. Sunday Face comprises of the embodiment of that understanding. It is a program heading on Sunday, every week, involving many participants from different backgrounds. They gather together, they talk and share some relevant issues, and they learn from one and another point of views on solution as well as contribution to those. The program obviously contributes to sustaining religious harmony in Jogjakarta, and of course it gives better understanding for Indonesian people on the importance of inter-religious dialogue in a plural society of Indonesia. In addition to, it also contributes to shape open minded, necessity to hear, to learn, and to respect one and others among not only religious people, also society at all. Key words: Hare Krishna Mandir, interreligious dialogue, Sunday Face


Author(s):  
Ferdinando Sardella

The Hindu and Bengali renaissance of the nineteenth century revolved in many respects around a recovery of early texts of Hinduism such as the Upanishads and a revival of Advaita Vedānta. It also entailed a general rejection of iconic bhakti and the Puranic literature, regarded as expressions of primitive religion. The religious current represented by Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī (1874–1936) and the institution that he founded in 1918, which later became known as the Gaudiya Math and Mission, generated a renewed interest for bhakti religiosity and went beyond the mainstream tenets of the renaissance. The chapter provides an overview of the life of Bhaktisiddhānta and a brief history of his movement, which includes one of its most prominent international offshoots—that is, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement.


2020 ◽  
pp. 22-61
Author(s):  
John Stratton Hawley

This chapter chronicles recent struggles between two groups—Futurists and Protectors—for the development and preservation of Vrindavan as a major pilgrimage and tourist destination. I focus especially on the Yamuna and its waterfront—prominent symbols of Vrindavan as a whole. Here we begin to see the major impact that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), earlier known as the Hare Krishna movement, has had on the town. ISKCON’s globalizing presence, India’s liberalized economy, and the politics of governance in an age of Hindu nationalism are major vectors in the story.


2003 ◽  
Vol 368 ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM BAIN

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