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An inside look at Hare Krishna movement
I enjoy looking at other religions, including the Hare Krishnas as I take a class of students every year to the local temple to find out more about their beliefs and philosophy. Nori Muster was involved in the public relations part of the ISKCON and details a number of stories of corruption that took place in the leadership after the founder died. There were a number of moving places where the reader was able to experience the frustration that Nori must have felt. She was dedicated to her faith, regardless of how her leaders let her down. The book moves well and was a story that was well worth telling. The only frustration I had is that Nori did not let the reader into her personal life, especially her marriage with her husband (whom she is no longer married to). What was it like being married in this group? Did she abide by the teachings when it came to marriage (sex only for procreation)? What was it that caused the two of them to eventually split? And what does she hold today as truth? These were just a few issues that really could have used more explanation. Otherwise, this is an excellent book (I have the paperback edition, and I don't see that available for purchase) that ought to be considered by religion watchers everywhere. ... Read more

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Chapters: New Zealand Hare Krishnas, Dipak Patel, Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Kris Chetan Ramlu, Rebecca Singh, Wayan Yudane. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dipak Narshibhai Patel (born 25 October 1958 in Nairobi, Kenya) played 37 Tests and 75 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand cricket team. A stylish middle order batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, Patel started playing for Worcestershire in 1976, having moved to England in 1968. He continued to play for them until 1986, playing 236 first-class matches, scoring 9734 runs at 29.23, and taking 357 wickets at 36.66. Patel emigrated to New Zealand in 1986, although he had spent the last six winters in New Zealand, and this enabled him to qualify to play international cricket for New Zealand straight away. In the 1985/86 season, his first playing for Auckland, he scored 174 on debut, the highest ever debut score for the province. In his first two seasons in New Zealand, he scored 1234 runs at 38.56 and took 42 wickets at 26.69, so it was no surprise that he was called up to the Test team. Patel made his Test debut against the West Indies in 1987; he scored 18 and 20, both times being dismissed by Courtney Walsh, and bowled 3 overs. He made his ODI debut in the series that followed. His highest score in Tests came when he was run out for 99 against England in 1992. His best bowling figures of 6 for 50 also came in 1992 against Zimbabwe. In the 1992 World Cup, he was used as an opening bowler, initially against Australia, in an attempt to counteract the tactic of hitting over the in-field during the first 15 overs. This strategy paid off, and he was often used in the same role in other matches. Since retiring in 1997, he has coached at a provincial (first-class) level in New Zealand, notab...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3083608 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ranchor Prime, Poly Styrene, Lora Logic. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ranchor Prime, also known as Ranchor Dasa (born 1950, Leeds) is a British author, researcher on Hindu environmental issues, and a Hindu religious scholar. Ranchor Prime is best known for his books on Hinduism and ecology. He's a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Ranchor Prime has translated the Bhagavad Gita into English. It was published with illustrations by B. G. Sharma as The Illustrated Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation With Commentary. Ranchor Prime is an advisor on religion and conservation to the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, and he is co-founder and director of Friends of Vrindavan, an environmental charity active in Britain and India. He is also a member of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture (ICOREC). Ranchor was born as Richard Prime in 1950 in Leeds. He was brought up within the Roman-Catholic tradition. From a very early age he was "saturated with Catholic devotion". He lived in a cathedral, lived with Benedictine monks and was a choirboy. In the end of the 1960s, while studying at Chelsea College of Art and Design, he "very quickly lost faith in the materialistic sort of life". He started to look for something deep and spiritual and along with his friends experiment with LSD and other drugs. At the same time, he became interested in the "mystic East", which provided "a tremendous spiritual tradition but one that was different to the West". In 1970 he joined ISKCON, popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement. Richard came in contact with Hare Krishna mantra through the musical Hair, that had just arrived in London at...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3287501 ... Read more

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The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra ("Great Mantra"), is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra which first appears in the Kali-Santarana Upanishad, and which from the 16th century rises to importance in the Bhakti movement following the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, this higher consciousness takes the form of pure love of God (Krishna). Since the 1960s, the mantra has been made well known outside of India by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as "the Hare Krishnas"). ... Read more

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Extremely Complex but Informative
I agree with Subal Das--this book is extremely complex.It is not accessible to someone who is new to Hindu thinking in general.For someone with an intermediate to advanced level of understanding of Hindu and Vaishnavist thinking, however, this book is a treasure.It has a number of type-o's, but they are not so extensive as to impede understanding.Its extensive use of Sanskrit terminology can be trying.Consider this book to be a kind of "graduate studies" in Vaishnavism.

A Philosophical Classic
Dr. Kapoor presents an excellent summary of traditional Chaitanyaism. It is dense and full of technical Sanskrit terms. Best for those with some preliminary understanding of Chaitanya's philosophy. Great for the philosophically inclined. ... Read more

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Chapters: Hindu Mantras, Hindu Worship, Vishnu Sahasranama, Snake Worship, Soham, Gayatri Mantra, Parikrama, Hare Krishna, Pranava Yoga, Shanti Mantra, Yajna, Śrauta, Banalinga, Vedic Chant, Sri Sukta, Tirtha and Kshetra, Lalita Sahasranama, Aarti, Homa, Aum Namah Shivaya, Pradakshina, Murti, Darśana, Prayer in Hinduism, Shiva Mahimna Stotram, Shuddhi, Yatra, Neti Neti, Ganesha Sahasranama, Shiva Tandava Stotra, Circumambulation, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, Saraswati Vandana Mantra, Om Tat Sat, Panchayatana Puja, Dwadashaakshar, Dhuni, Richa, Shanmata, Shri Mata, Panchaloha, Pujari, Tikka, Shrimat Simhasaneshwari, Chidagnikunda Sambhuta, Udayatbhanu Sahasrabha, Ragasvarupa Pashadhya, Jagran, Saraswathi Shloka, Devakarya Samudyata, Aupasana, Shri Maharajni, Chaturbahu Samanvita, Pandal, Raghavendra Stotra, Havanam, Putrakameshti, Charu, Yagnopaveetham, Agnikaryam, Kaamya Karma, Mantra Shastra, Mangal Ashtaka, Nitya Karma, Archana, Goshala, Rama Sahasranama. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 282. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Part of a series onHinduism Vishnu sahasranama manuscript, ca1690.The Vishnu sahasranama (Sanskrit , a tatpurusha compound translating literally to "the thousand names of Vishnu") is a list of 1,000 names (sahasranama) of Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism and the personal supreme God for Vaishnavas (followers of Vishnu). It is also one of the most sacred and commonly chanted stotras in Hinduism. The Vishnu sahasranama as found in the Mahabharata is the most popular version of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Another version exists in the Padma Purana and matsya purana. Each name eulogizes one of His countless great attributes. According to the 149th chapter of Anushsanaparva in the epic Mahabharata, the names were handed down to Yudhisthira by the famous w...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=863556 ... Read more

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Chapters: Belgian Hare Krishnas, S. N. Balagangadhara, Hridaya Caitanya Dasa, Ajit Shetty, Georges Van Vrekhem. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: S.N. Balagangadhara (aka Balu) is professor at the Ghent University in Belgium and directs the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cutuurwetenschap (Comparative Science of Cultures). He was a student of National College, Bangalore and moved to Belgium in 1977 to study philosophy at Ghent University, where he obtained his doctorate under the supervision of Prof. Etienne Vermeersch. His doctoral thesis (1991) was entitled Comparative Science of Cultures and the Universality of Religion: An Essay on Worlds without Views and Views without the World. Prof. Balu has been researching the nature of religion. His central area of inquiry has been the study of Western culture against the background of Indian culture. His research programme is called in Dutch "Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap," which translates into "Comparative Science of Cultures." Prof. Balagangadhara has held the co-chair of the Hinduism Unit at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and gives lectures to a wide audience, from the European, American and Indian classrooms, through the scholarly conference halls, to the Hindu temples. From the 1980s onwards, S.N. Balagangadhara has been developing the research programme Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap (Comparative Science of Cultures) to study the cultural differences between Asia and Europe. He analyses western culture and intellectual thought through its representations of other cultures, with a particular focus on the representations of India. He studies how and to what extent the Christian religion shaped the West and the conceptual framework through which it understands India. Given the conceptual...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7489105 ... Read more

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Chapters: Hare Krishna in Popular Culture. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 56. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Contributions to popular culture involving direct reference to the Hare Krishna mantra, or the Hare Krishna movement include the following: After coming in contact with the Hare Krishnas in 1969, several of the Beatles took interest in the movement. This interest is reflected in songs later recorded by the band. In the 1980s, several bands and individuals from the punk-related straight edge subculture took interest in the Hare Krishna doctrines, leading to a number of prominent straight edgers becoming official members of the movement. Due to the influence of a Hare Krsna named Larry Pugliese, Krishna Consciousness found its way into the New York hardcore scene in the mid 1980s and became known as Krishnacore. Pugliese established a house in nearby northern New Jersey for fellow devotees to live in, and sponsored free food distribution (in Tompkins Square Park) and clothing drives as well as concerts for the punks and skinheads hanging out in what was then a rough and tough Lower East Side. Early devotees included John Joseph and Harley Flanagan of the band Cro-Mags, Ray Cappo of Youth of Today, and Vic DiCara, former guitarist for Los Angeles band Inside Out, who established quite possibly the most famous of all of the newly dubbed bands, namely 108. Krishnacore bands sing about Krishna and Krishna Consciousness the same way that a Christian band would sing about Jesus. Other notable Hare Krishna punk and hardcore musicians include: Shelter, Cro-Mags, Run Devil Run, Request Denied, Poly Styrene and Lora Logic of X-Ray Spex. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4585432 ... Read more

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Chapters: Sacinandana Swami, Smita Krishna Swami, Hansadutta Swami. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sachinandana Swami (born 1954, Hamburg) is a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, sannyasi, and one of the religious leaders of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas or ISKCON). Of German origin, he joined ISKCON in 1970 and was initiated by the movement's founder, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, in 1971. Sacinandana Swami is well known throughout ISKCON for his kirtana and public speaking. He teaches and writes prolifically on Vaishnavism and the Hare Krishna movement and has translated the Bhagavad Gita into German. His publications include The Nectarean Ocean of the Holy Name, The Gayatri Book, The Way of the Great Departure, The Art of Transformation, and Spiritual Tonic. Sacinandana Swami first came in contact with Gaudiya Vaishnavism after seeing Hare Krishna devotees on German TV in the late 1960s. "One day, I remember it was in television. I was a fan of the Rolling Stones. One of the members, the guitarist, had died from an overdose of drugs. I cried tears - my model had died. After this, an exciting new group, the Radha Krishna Temple, came on and sang the Hare Krishna mantra. I immediately felt deep solace." In 1970, a 16-year-old boy at the time, Sacinandana Swami "set off to introduce himself to the Hare Krishna community in Germany and began the life of learning, teaching and traveling that he continues to this day". In 1987 he became an initiating guru in ISKCON, and in 1989 took sannyasa. Sacinandana Swami has made a number pilgrimages to holy places in India, often traveling to Vrindavan for intensive 'japa' retreats. He also visited Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Mount Kailash, Ahobi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5314090 ... Read more

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This book, How to do Hare Krishna Meditation, is a very short to the point book on how to quickly and easily do Hare Krishna Meditation anytime and anywhere. Hare Krishna Meditation allows you to quiet the loud thinking conscious mind and access the subconscious mind to bring amazing peace into your life, to solve your life’s problems and to get answers about ways to improve your life from the spiritual world. Anyone from beginner to advance can easily do Hare Krishna Meditation by following these very simple and effective meditations in this book. You will be able to get answers about your past, present or future situation in your life concerning money, relationships, health, spirituality and many more things as well. Over 20 years of experience has been accessed in this book to give you the most quick and effective method to Hare Krishna meditation and to see immediate results in your life. ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary.Chapters: Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Prem Pujari, Heera Panna, Lootmaar, Des Pardes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hare Rama Hare Krishna is a 1971 Indian film directed by Dev Anand starring himself and Zeenat Aman. The film was a hit and a star-making vehicle for Zeenat Aman, who played a westernized hippie, and won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award,, as well as the BFJA Award for Best Actress.. The movie dealt with the decadence of the Hippie culture. It aimed to have an anti-drug message and also depicts some problems associated with Westernization such as divorce. Asha Bhosle won Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for the song "Dum Maro Dum", which was a huge hit. The music of the film was composed by Rahul Dev Burman and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. The story for Hare Rama Hare Krishna actually came to Dev Anand's mind when he saw hippies and their fallen values in Kathmandu where he was on a visit after protests against his previous film Prem Pujari in Calcutta. He was low in spirits because his film had been opposed and some had burnt Prem Pujari's posters. The film is about a Montréal-based Indian family, the Jaiswals. The brother Prashant (Dev Anand) and sister Jasbir (Zeenat) have a good relationship as children. However, the parents quarrel and separate leaving Prashant with the mother and Jasbir with the father. Jasbir is repeatedly told that her mother and brother are dead and she eventually believes that she will never see Prashant again. She is ill-treated by her step mother and she runs away from home. Prashant grows up to be a pilot and he learns that Jasbir is in Kathmandu, Nepal with a group of hippies. To reunite with his sister, Prashant travels to Kathmandu and meets Shanti (M...http://booksllc.net/?id=4567681 ... Read more

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The True Story of a Hare Krishna Guru who displays and teaches the ancient secrets of Vedic wisdom to unsuspecting Israeli Army soldiers. Set in the West Bank during the Intifada of 1988, this hilarious tale will have you cheering on Private Holtzman, aka Danavir Goswami, as he swiftly outmaneuvers every attempt to sideline his mission of serving Krishna.(4.25 x 7 inches, 138pp, softbound)

His Holiness Danavir Goswami (Dr. Dane Holtzman) was born in Los Angeles in 1949. He studied sociology and economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While there he excelled in athletics and was selected the Most Valuable Player of 1970 (indoor volleyball) by the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and won the international 2-man beach volleyball tournament at Santa Cruz. On June 11, 1970, he met His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and received initiation from him in February of 1971. Later that year, he was appointed temple president of the Portland, Oregon branch of ISKCON. Then he became the national sales manager for ISKCONs Spiritual Sky Scented Products Company, until he was asked to institute the world s first Bhakta Program in October of 1974 at the Los Angeles temple. Under the direction of Srila Prabhupada, Danavir Goswami proceeded to inaugurate Bhakta Programs elsewhere in America, Europe, Africa, India, etc. Presently this comprehensive educational system for new devotees is standard throughout ISKCON. In 1980, Danavir Goswami inaugurated Friends of Lord Krishna (FOLK), a lay congregational network in the UK, likely the Society s first. Thereafter, he became director of ISKCON Scotland, Israel, Greece, Cyprus, Holland and Belgium. In 1987 he was elected to ISKCONs thirty-man world Governing Body Commission and authorized as an initiating spiritual master. In 1989 he returned to America to co-direct KrishnaFest, a national traveling Vedic cultural festival which included music, lectures and multimedia theater. In the 1990s he commissioned the establishment of a permanent center in Osafia, Israel to teach Israeli Druze about Krishna consciousness. He has earned the Bhakti-sastri and Bhakti-vaibhava degrees from ISKCON and his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Vaisnava Philosophy and Vaisnava Administration in 1996 from the Florida Vedic College. Danavir Goswami has taught courses in five major universities, lectured at over 100 colleges and many diverse religious institutions, and appeared on numerous TV and radio talk shows. He is the author of Fortunate Souls, His Divine Grace, Change of Heart, Vedic Cosmology, RVC Prospectus and co-author/editor of Vedic Paradigm, Diksa Diksa, Poison Antidote, Uttama Sloka, If Attacked Ill Chant Hare Krishna, Pocket Temple Song Book, and six volumes of Vaisnava Society Journal. He currently serves as ISKCONs Global Director of Monastic Recruitment and Education as well as inaugural president of Rupanuga Vedic College (RVC) in Kansas City, Missouri. ... Read more

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Truth.... Nothing else
Awesome book... how someone can cross all hurdle by grace of Krishna and determination... A must read biography of a great saint .. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami, Jayapataka Swami, Gopala Krishna Goswami, Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Gour Govinda Swami. Excerpt:"Bhaktivedanta" redirects here. For the college under same name, see Bhaktivedanta College . A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada : This article contains Indic text . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks or boxes , misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Sanskrit : , abhaya-cara ravinda bhakti-ved nta sv m prabhup da , Bangla : ) (September 1, 1896 November 14, 1977) was a Gaudiya Vaishnava teacher and the founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness , commonly known as the "Hare Krishna Movement " . His mission was to propagate the Gaudiya Vaishnavism , a form of Hinduism that had been taught to him by his guru, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati , throughout the world. Born Abhay Charan De in Calcutta , he was educated at the prestigious local Scottish Church College . Before adopting the life of a pious renunciant (vanaprastha ) in 1950, he was married with children and owned a small pharmaceutical business. In 1959 he took a vow of renunciation (sannyasa ) and started writing commentaries on Vaishnava scriptures . In his later years, as a traveling Vaishnava monk, he became an influential communicator of Gaudiya Vaishnava theology to India and specifically to the West through his leadership of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), founded in 1966. As the founder of ISKCON, he "emerged as a major figure of the Western counterculture , initiating thousands of young Americans." Despite attacks from anti-cult groups , he received a favorabl... ... Read more