Earlier this month, on Sarva Pitru Amavasya, a Pitru Shanti Yajna was held in Gaya, India, giving thousands of people the opportunity to honor their departed ancestors by sponsoring Srimad-Bhagavatam ...

George’s religious beliefs were a fundamental part of him as a person and as an artist. After all, two of his No. 1 singles — “My Sweet Lord” and “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” — were pleas ...

Howard Resnick lives in a second-floor apartment on a quiet Santa Monica side street. Images of Krishna, the supreme god of the Hare Krishna movement, adorn the walls, and an electric keyboard waits ...

This article originally appeared on MUNCHIES in June 2015. Driven by a mix of high hopes, boredom, and curiosity, I visited a Hare Krishna temple in Laguna Beach, California during high school. Every ...

The Hare Krishna movement — formally known as ISKCON, the International Society of Krishna Consciousness — is a semi-monastic religious movement based on Vaishnava Hinduism. In part modeled on the ...

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Brother, can you spare a cow? The financial crisis is affecting everyone, including the Hare Krishnas: their US cow sanctuary, once home to 434 holy bovine refugees, now houses less than 80 sacred ...

John Griesser's documentary, 'Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All,' recounts the story of the popular spiritual movement and its charismatic founder. By Frank ...

Tradition: The Hare Krishna movement considers itself a monotheistic tradition, part of the broad Hindu culture. Beliefs: Hare Krishna devotees believe in Krishna as the Supreme Being or God. They ...