Why do Hare Krishna followers shave their heads and dress in orange. Do you think the only people who follow H

Question

Do you think that the only people who follow HK are those with no fashion sense and bad hair?

Answer 1

Because the futures bright, the futures Orange. Also cos they've all been tango'd.

Answer 2

The following is an extract from a morning class on S.B. 5/6/3, delivered on 25/11/76. Srila Prabhupada has requested that it be sent to all temples and G.B.C.
"If you pat your subordinates it will increase their faulty habits and if you chastise them, they will improve. Therefore it is advised that either your son or disciple, you should always chastise them, never give them leniency. So a little leniency, immediately so many faults will grow. Now for our practical life we are known all over the world as shaven headed, is it not? Now we are becoming hair-headed, we are forgetting shaving. Because there is a little leniency, immediately faulty things are creeping in. So we should be known as shaven-headed, not hair-headed. This is discrepancy. At least once in a month you must be clearly shaven-headed. On the bright fortnight, on the day of purnima, four days after ekadasi. Once in a month, in the bright fortnight we must be shaven-headed. It is not desirable that in grown up age also, you be chastised. that is not desirable-that is also difficult because when the disciple or son is grown up, if he is chastised, then he breaks. So before being chastised we should be conscious that this is our rules and regulations, we must observe. Therefore it is advised by Canakya Pandit (Sanskrit) After the 16th year of the disciple or son, he should be treated as friend because if you chastise when he is grown up then he will break up- that is also another risk. So our request is that instead of chastising, with folded hands I request you, don't you become hippies again by growing hair. Keep your head cleansed at least once in a month. That is my request. Neither I can chastise you, I am an old man and you are young men."
And in the room after the lecture:
S.P.: "At least once in a month you must be shaven-headed."
Dev.: "Actually we usually shave more than once a month-every two weeks because even after two weeks it looks a little dirty.
Dev.: "You can get good wigs."
S.P.: "No. There is no need. That is also mental concoction. Nowadays you can go with coat, pant and shaven head, no one will criticize. It has become fashion. Russians, they use, Krushchev, I have seen, shaven head.
Dev.: "They don't have a sikha. That's all."
S.P.: "It is practice only"
Kåñëa consciousness is not superficial. Cäëakya seeks to warn his audience not to be mere showbottle renunciants. If a man is going to shave his head (generally a sign of renunciation), he should do it for the right reasons. In addition, Cäëakya was not deprecating the shaving of one’s head; he himself sported the shaved head and çikhä, the tuft of hair in the back. A shaven head, while external, can be a reflection of one’s internal Kåñëa consciousness.

Answer 3

I know very little about Hare Krishna except that they are from the Hindu religion. In Hindu orange is a sacred colour and to shave ones head is to show devotion.

Its like a vicar or priest wearing black and a collar and nuns wearing the habit.

Answer 4

Shaving the head is a sign of renunciation. Dressing orange is the traditional color that celibate monks wear. When we are in the bodily concept of life (which most of us are), we are in a state of confusion thinking ourselves to be the body. In order to progress spiritually we must give up this bodily concept of life and start inquiring about our real identity as spirit souls. Shaving one's head is a way of beginning this misidentifying process.

Answer 5

They shave their heads and dress simply in order to break free from the material chains which bind people. Ultimately they might have more sense than the rest of us who find meaning in meaningless things.

Answer 6

Funny, but people do strange things to pull away from the world and be at peace

Answer 7

They don't want to be hit by a car on the airport parking lot.

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