Unlike many of the other Hindu transplant movements that have spread to the West, such as the Vedanta Society or Transcendental Meditation, the Hare Krishna movement adamantly rejects the ...

There is a saying, "Think globally, act locally." And that's what Srila Prabhupada did when he began his mission in 1966 on NYC’s Lower East Side.  In those days, the counterculture—young people ...

MISCONCEPTION: "One of the major misconceptions about Hare Krishna is that it’s a cult and it’s totally controlled by certain gurus," says local author Rishi Waterman. "That’s not the fact." Photo ...