can any one tell me what is hare krishna movement and who is this krishna???
2006-07-20 18:31:17 · 13 answers · asked by sexy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Krishna is the principal character in the Hindu epic "Mahabharata" written by Veda Vyas. Hindus accept multiple forms of God which is similar to Greek Gods. Hinduism regards Krishna to be the 8th incarnation of Vishnu (the Preserver and one of the Hindu trinity of deities). The Hindu trinity consists of Brahma(the creator of the universe), Vishnu(the preserver) and Shiva(the destroyer or the Lord of death). You can read about the Life of Krishna in the Srimad Bhagavatam.
The Hare Krishna movement:
The roots of the faith can be traced back to the advent of Krishna, 5000 years ago in a village in India called Vrindavana. The faith has been revived in recent history by the 16th Century Guru Caitanya Mahaprabu who is regarded by the Hare Krishnas as an incarnation of Krishna in the form of His own devotee. He taught that Lord Krishna was the principle deity, God Himself, and that everyone can regain a personal relationship with Krishna through sankirtana (congregational chanting of God's names, specifically the Hare Krishna Mantra). This tradition was continued by a line of Gurus including (early in this century) Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Gosvami Maharaj.
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is the religious organization for devotees of Krishna (also spelled Krsna). Their religion is commonly known as Hare Krishna, because of the first two words of their principle mantra.
Abhay Charan De, a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta, adopted the name Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, left India at the age of 69 and came to the United States to proselytize. Prabhupada (The Master) organized ISKCON in 1965. During its early years, it was largely financed through the sale of incense and Prabhupada's books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. One of the "Beatles", George Harrison, donated a mansion near London and produced an album featuring the Hare Krishna Mantra. After 12 years of prolific writing and successful promotion of Krishna Consciousness, the Master died in 1977. His main writings were word-for-word translations and commentaries on the Bhagavad-gita ("The Song of God"), the Bhagavata Purana ("The History of God and His Devotees"), and the Caitanya Caritamrita ("The Life and Teachings of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.") Before his death, he appointed eleven commissioners (some sources incorrectly say 20) who were assigned to accept disciples and extend the organization into different countries of the world.
Their head office is in Los Angeles. They currently have a stable membership of over one million members worldwide. Their publish a magazine called Back to Godhead.
2006-07-20 18:54:05 · answer #1 · answered by StraightDrive 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hare Krishna movement is a modified/ westernized form of Hinduism (though some Hindus do not view it as an authentic form of Hinduism).
The Hare Krishnas worship a Hindu god called Krishna (who was believed to be an avatar of a Hindu god called Vishnu, IIRC).
In the Mahabaratha (one of the two major epic poems of Hinduism), Krishna is a charioteer who drives the chariot of a prince named Arjuna (who is one of 5 good brothers, who are fighting their cousins, who are 100 evil brothers -- all royalty). Krishna teaches Arjuna about duty and how sometimes it is necessary to kill our family members (Arjuna had been reluctant to fight against his cousins).
Based on Krishna's advice, Prince Arjuna turns back to join the armed forces which then fight and kill his 100 cousins.
The Hare Krishna movement tries to make Hinduism more acceptable to the Christianized west... and to do this, they take elements of Christianity (Christian concepts) and weave them into Hinduism -- ultimately to come up with a modified form of Hinduism.
Cordially,
John
2006-07-21 01:34:34 · answer #2 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Krisha is a mythological hero who doesn't have any historical, archaeological , scientific evidences for his life on the earth. hare Krishna movement is just a one of the other way of making oneself to be nothing!
2006-07-21 01:42:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they walk around in orange robes and chant hare krishna to some god. they originated in india. keep out!
2006-07-21 01:45:16 · answer #4 · answered by kat-dog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hare is a rabbit. and krishna, I think that's the soup.
Eat up!
2006-07-21 01:36:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its lord Krishna the Devine god he is the reincarnation of lord Vishnu according to me it is a movement to celebrate his birthday
2006-07-21 01:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by kartik i 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hindus who worship Krishna.
Vegetarians - superficially peacnicks.
Count fingers if they shake your hand.
They give a few vegies and take big dollars.
2006-07-21 01:46:31 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another false prophet, another false religion just as the Bible warns us about.
2006-07-21 01:36:01 · answer #8 · answered by Red neck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a path away from God to eternal punishment.
2006-07-21 01:34:51 · answer #9 · answered by Geoff C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Krishna
This site on the web has your answer.
2006-07-21 01:36:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋