Hare Krishna
Chanting robed movement
Hare Krishna refers to a Hindu mantra and the religious movement centered on it.
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, founded in 1966, brought the practice to Western attention through public chanting and proselytizing.
Members are called Hare Krishnas: The Hare Krishnas at the airport offered me a flower.
The mantra itself invokes the names of Hindu deities: They chanted Hare Krishna for hours.
Hindu devotional organization
- templeSacred worship structure
- dhotiWrapped lower-body garment
- sariWrapped South Asian dress
- guruRevered authority figure
disciple · ashram · book distribution · initiation · community · outreach · vegetarianism
Hindu worship ritual
- altarSacred ritual table
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
offering · darshan · temple · faith · pilgrimage · ritual · sacred · holiness
Spiritual cause and effect
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
Vedas · Upanishads · Bhagavad Gita · Brahman · Atman · transcendence · enlightenment · liberation
Prayer bead necklace
- harmoniumFoot-pumped keyboard instrument
- call-and-responseAlternating musical exchange
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- recitationOral delivery from memory
melody · rhythm · singing · vocalization · chorus · verse · repetition · beads
ISKCON
Hindu devotional organization
guru · disciple · ashram · book distribution · initiation · community · outreach · vegetarianism
puja
Hindu worship ritual
prayer · offering · darshan · temple · faith · pilgrimage · ritual · sacred · holiness · devotee
karma
Spiritual cause and effect
reincarnation · Vedas · Upanishads · Bhagavad Gita · Brahman · Atman · transcendence · enlightenment · liberation · vedanta
mala
Prayer bead necklace
- harmoniumFoot-pumped keyboard instrument
- call-and-responseAlternating musical exchange
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
recitation · melody · rhythm · singing · vocalization · chorus · verse · repetition · beads · counting
- Chantsplainsong, Gregorian chant, tribal chant, ritual chant, sacred chant
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- HinduismVishnu, Shiva, Ganesh, Ganesha, Brahma
- Communescommunes, communal living, kibbutz, hippie commune, utopian communities
Hare Krishnaestablished church
Officially recognized national religion
state religion · Roman Catholicism · Anglican Church · Orthodox Judaism · Southern Baptist Convention
Hare KrishnaQuakerism
Religious Society of Friends
silent meditation · Zen Buddhism · monastic silence · Theravada Buddhism · private devotion
Hare KrishnaEpiscopalianism
Bishop-governed Protestant faith