The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organisation. ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, its core beliefs are based on the Hindu scriptures the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavata Purana, the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, which has had adherents in India since the late 15th century and American and European devotees since the early 1900s. The organization was formed to spread the practice of the practice of love of God, its most rapid expansion in membership as of 2007 have been within India and in Russia and other ex-Soviet aligned states of Eastern Europe. The movement has been the subject of controversies, it has been labelled a cult by anti-cult organizations. In the 1990s ISKCON faced accusations of child abuse, its leaders acknowledged physical and sexual abuse of children who were sent to live in the movement's boarding schools in the United States and India in the 1970s and 1980s.

ISKCON devotees follow a disciplic line of Gaudiya Bhagavata Vaishnavas and are the largest branch of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Vaishnavism means'worship of Vishnu', Gauḍa refers to the area where this particular branch of Vaishnavism originated, in the Gauda region of West Bengal. Gaudiya Vaishnavism has had a following in India West Bengal and Odisha, for the past five hundred years. Gaudiya Vaishnavism was founded by the saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who spread his form of ecstatic bhakti throughout Bengal, he established Sankirtan, the practice of publicly expressing devotion to Lord Krishna, the Supreme God, through dance and song. This form of communal worship responded to rigid caste structures by engaging all people in worship regardless of caste and creed. Chaitanya emphasized chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra, he is considered by Gaudiya Vaishnavas to be an incarnation of Krishna himself. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada brought Chaitanya's Gaudiya Vaishnavism to the West in 1965. At 69 years old, he landed in New York without any money.

Instead of preaching to New York's elite, he tapped into the 1960s countercultural spirit by preaching and chanting in public parks and attracting hippies and the youth. His movement known as the "Hare Krishna Movement", grew larger when he relocated to San Francisco a year later; when it spread to England, it gained publicity and financial backing from the Beatle George Harrison. He recorded several tracks with the Hare Krishnas and included the Mahamantra in his hit track "My Sweet Lord"; the first Hare Krishna commune, New Vrindavan, was established by Prabhupada in 1968. Since ISKCON has established more than 600 centers all over the world and has millions of followers. Key to the spread of Gaudiya Vaishnava theology in the Western world was Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's extensive writings and translations, including the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Srimad Bhagavatam, Chaitanya Charitamrita, other scriptures; these works are now available in more than seventy languages and serve as the scriptures of ISKCON.

ISKCON describes Krishna as the source of all the avatars of God. Thus ISKCON devotees worship Krishna as the highest form of God, svayam bhagavan, refer to him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead in writing, a phrase coined by Prabhupada in his books on the subject. To devotees, Radha represents Krishna's divine female counterpart, the original spiritual potency, the embodiment of divine love; the individual soul is an eternal personal identity which does not merge into a non-dual consciousness as believed by the monistic schools of Hinduism. Prabhupada most offers Sanatana-dharma and Varnashrama dharma as more accurate names for the religious system which accepts Vedic authority, it is a monotheistic tradition. The most famous and publicly recognizable ISKCON practice is kirtan, or sankirtan, a congregational chanting or singing of the Hare Krishna mantra. It's both a way to express devotion to a way to attract newcomers to the movement. Devotees gather in public, in streets and parks, to sing the mantra accompanied by instruments like the mridanga, hand cymbals, the harmonium.

During the 1970s ISKCON entered the public eye because of this practice. Devotees would sing, distribute books, proselytize in airports and other public areas obtrusively. Sankirtan continues in a less confrontational manner. Other important religious practice within ISKCON and Gaudiya Vaishnavism is japa, or the meditative practice of chanting the names of Krishna on a rosary. It's considered the only way for salvation for people in the current age. Prabhupada established a standard for initiated devotees to chant sixteen rounds of the Hare Krishna a day; each round requires chanting the mahamantra 108 times on prayer beads, with sixteen rounds being 1728 repetitions and taking around two hours. Another important practice in ISKCON is arati. In arati, devotees offer water, incense, a fire lamp, flowers to a murti, a sacred statue or image of Krishna; this is accompanied by prayers and devotional songs called bhajans. Practitioners may perform aarti at their own congregate at a temple to join in the ceremony.

Along with this worship, devotees will bathe the murti, dress it, offer it food, put it to sleep. By doing arati and serving the murti, devotees aim to deepen their relationship with Krishna. During initiation ISKCON devotees vow to follow four basic rules and regulations, They vow to follow lacto-vegetarian diet.

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