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What Is ISKCON » Home - ISKCON - The Hare Krishna Movement
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), otherwise known as the Hare Krishna movement, includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affilated vegetarian restaurants, thousands of namahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects, and millions of congregational ...
What is Vaishnavism? - ISKCON - The Hare Krishna Movement
The key Vaishnava sastras, or scriptures, are Krishna’s teachings in the Bhagavad-gita, included in the longer work, the Mahabharata), the Srimad Bhagavatam (one of the eighteen Puranas), the Ramayana, and the more recent 16th Century Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita.
Meditation - ISKCON - The Hare Krishna Movement
Hare refers to God’s energy. Krishna and Rama refer to God as the all-attractive and all-powerful one who is the source of all pleasure. Repetition of this mantra awakens the soul and brings strength, peace and happiness. It ultimately connects us with Lord Krishna and reveals our original spiritual life of eternal bliss and knowledge.
Mission - ISKCON - The Hare Krishna Movement
Srila Prabhupada founded ISKCON in July of 1966. The incorporation document states Seven Purposes of ISKCON: (1) To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all peoples in the techniques of spiritual life in order to...
Education - ISKCON - The Hare Krishna Movement
ISKCON also has a wide spectrum of online and classroom courses ranging from the fundamentals of spirituality to the advanced concepts of Gaudiya Vaishnavism; from communications to developing spiritually focused family life.
Founder-Acharya » Home - ISKCON - The Hare Krishna Movement
In July of 1966, Bhaktivedanta Swami established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for the purpose he stated of “checking the imbalance of values in the world and working for real unity and peace”.
Festivals - ISKCON - The Hare Krishna Movement
Festivals are an integral part of ISKCON. With myriad of colourful decorations, multi-course feasts, elaborate rituals, kirtans, dance and dramas, the festivals makes spiritual progress a fun-filled experience.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness - ISKCON Centres
ISKCON Centres is the official global centres directory of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and includes temples, farms, restaurants, schools, sangas and other groups. Sign up now to add a new listing or claim and edit an existing one.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness – Website of the ...
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), established the Governing Body Commission (GBC) to be the ultimate managing authority for the society.