Word: haring
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...Hare Krishnas emphasize that they are, in fact...
...Hare Rama's" went on. A tiny Indian girl...
...Hare Krishnas say they are aware that
Closest to the altar room a group of male Hare Krishnas, singing this mantra, were bobbing about in a mild form of skinhead slamdancing, the crowd echoing them with a subdued backup. Cymbals clanged rhythmically, accompanied by the slurping bass boom of the zeppelin-shaped drums which hung from the devotees necks. Hanging on the walls were brightly colored oil paintings of similar goings-on the same drums, haircuts and robes, with the addition of the blue-skinned figure of Krishna...
Women as well as men can become devotees of Krishna, and Vaishnavas come from a wide variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds. In fact, emphasizing such external distinctions contradicts one of the central tenets of Krishna--the idea that the body is illusory. The Hare Krishnas, although they do not consider themselves ascetics, believe that bodily gratification stifles the soul and prevents man from finding the path to true happiness, which is god, or Krishna. The idea that we can become happy through our bodies is an illusion. People think that they are their