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WHAT IS ISKCON |
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| The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), otherwise known as the Hare Krishna movement, includes five hundred major centres, temples and rural communitees, nearly one hundred affiliated vegetarian restaurants, thousands of namahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects, and millions of congregational members, worldwide. Although less than fifty years on the global stage, ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in New York City in 1966. ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya, a monotheistic tradition within the Vedic or Hindu culture. Philosophically, it is based on the Sanskrit texts, Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavat Purana, or Srimad Bhagavadgitam. |
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| God is known across the world by many names, including Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, Rama etc. ISKCON devotees chant God's names in the form of the maha-mantra, or the great prayer for deliverance: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Hare Hare. Many leading academics have highlighted ISKCON's authenticity. Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, describes the movement as "a tradition that commands a respected place in the religious life of humankind." In the 1980s, Dr. A. L. Basham, one of the world's authorities on Indian history and culture, wrote of ISKCON that "It arose out of next to nothing in less than twenty years and has become known all over the West. This, I feel, is a sign of the times and an important fact in the history of the Western world." ISKCON's founder, Srila Prabhupada, has drawn appreciation from scholars and religious leaders alike, for his remarkable achievement in presenting India's Vaishnava spiritual culture in a relevant manner to contemporary Western and worldwide audiences. Members of ISKCON practice bhakti-yoga in their homes and also worship in temples. They also promote bhakti-yoga, or Krishna Consciousness through festivals, the performing arts, yoga seminars, public chanting, and the distribution of the society's literature. ISKCON members have also opened hospitals, schools, colleges, eco villages, free food distribution projects, and other institutions as a practical application of the path of devotional yoga. |
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