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16 unusual facts about International Society for Krishna Consciousness


Atlanta mayoral election, 1973

Other candidates were former Atlanta Police Officer John Chambers, Socialist Workers Party activist Debby Bustin, Hare Krishna community leader William Ogle, attorney John Genins, Betty Morrison, Ernest Moschella and write-in candidate Howard Tucker.

Boise Hare Krishna Temple

Before then there was no Hare Krishna temple in town.

David Leisure

Among his smaller roles, Leisure appeared as the "First Krishna" in the 1980 film Airplane!.

Essential Logic

Soon afterwards she gave up recording and performing when she turned to the Hare Krishna religion, though she did record and perform under the X-Ray Spex name again when they reformed in 1995.

F.C. De Kampioenen

Later on, it seems Oscar converted to Hare Krishna and now lives in Kathmandu.

Hare Krishna

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, commonly known as "Hare Krishnas" or the "Hare Krishna movement"

Hietalahti, Helsinki

The Helsinki International Bible Center and a Hare Krishna organisation are also located in the Hietalahti-Ruoholahti area.

James Clement Cook

It was there that he met Nandarani Devi, a Hare Krishna devotee who ran an orphanage raising children from both sides of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict between Singhalese and Tamil Hindu communities.

John Porcelly

Prior to his joining of Shelter John Porcelly took interest in the spiritual movement 'International Society for Krishna Consciousness' and has maintained interest in it since; he is an active member of ISKCON.

Karatalas

They are commonly used by Hare Krishna devotees when performing Harinam.

Letchmore Heath

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, commonly known as the Hare Krishnas, stayed in Letchmore Heath for a few months every year after establishing Bhaktivedanta Manor, a temple, in the beautiful village.

Marshall County, West Virginia

It is home to the New Vrindaban community of Hare Krishnas, and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold.

Miami Blues

Before leaving the airport, he steals luggage and kills a Hare Krishna after breaking his finger.

Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1977–1978

Their best-known skit consisted of Davis appearing in normal dress, while Franken appeared in a flowing garment, with a shaved head and a pony tail and announced he was becoming a Hare Krishna.

Richard L. Thompson

He was a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement or ISKCON) and a founding member of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, the branch of ISKCON dedicated to examining the relationship of modern scientific theories to Vaishnava worldview.

Ted Patrick

According to Ted Patrick himself in a TV debate with members of the Hare Krishna group (May, 1979), "How I got into deprogramming was through my own son. All outdoor boy, couldn't nothing keep him in the house. Then one day, he was psychologic... psychological kidnap by a cult".


Demigod

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) translated the Sanskrit word "deva" as "demigod" in his literature when the term referred to a God other than the Supreme Lord.

Hinduism in England

Some of the larger and more famous temples include the Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, the Bhaktivedanta Manor (Hare Krishna) Temple in Letchmore Heath near Watford, the Balaji Temple in Birmingham, the Sanatan Mandir in Leicester, the Vishwa Hindu Mandir in Southall, the Murugan Temple in Manor Park and the Gujarat Hindu Society Krishna Temple in Preston.

Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality

Groups, movements and individuals discussed in the book include UFO religions, Scientology, the New Age movement, Aum Shinrikyo, Meher Baba, Sufism, Children of God, Divine Light Mission, Deepak Chopra, Aleister Crowley, Werner Erhard, Erhard Seminars Training, and Landmark Forum, Falun Gong, Hare Krishna, Heaven's Gate, Peoples Temple, and many other groups.

Peace Mala

It consists of 16 beads, forming a double rainbow, which represent Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, Judaism, Bahá'í, ISKCON, Zoroastrianism, Tribal and Native Religions, Jainism, Earth Religions, Taoism, Hinduism and Yungdrung Bön.

Ronald Enroth

In the late 1970s he wrote Youth, Brainwashing and the Extremist Cults, where he explored the dynamics of conversion and member participation through some case studies of various controversial minority religious groups such as: Hare Krishna (ISKCON), Children of God, Alamo Christian Foundation, the Love Family, the Unification Church, the Way International, and the Divine Light Mission.

Stephen A. Kent

He stated that Kent analyzed groups that have been referred to as both cults and new religious movements, including the Children of God, the Divine Light Mission, the Unification Church, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation, and others.