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After dumping my Adidas on one of the many shelves, I hopped through the icy foyer into the warm, incensed air of the Krishna center. I was late, and an enthusiastic vocal mishmash of "Hare Hare'' was already pouring from the ceremony room. Parquet floors and velvet-tinsel wallpaper surrounded a gleaming swirl of wooden staircases and crystal chandeliers --it seemed more like a British bed'n'breakfast than an eastern temple, and my brain-washing scenario faded in the face of architectural banality...
...actually a god himself, Prabhupada introduced the god Krishna to America. In 1965, at age 69, Prabhupada left India to spread his spiritual message in the West. He arrived in America with about $8 in his pocket, one devotee says, but with complete faith that he would succeed in his mission. Twelve years later, Prabhupada had 10,000 western disciples. Today, there are 1000-2000 Hare Krishnas--or Vaishnavas, as they call themselves--in the Boston area...
...When I felt His presence, I thought, this is the essence of life, I want more." Coggins began devouring every religious material he could find, leading himself away from Christianity and eventually to the Bhagavad Gita and to the Krishna temple...
...collection box--a glass panel exposing a substantial sprawl of bills. Behind the box, yellow marble steps tiered upwards towards a row of white lattice huts, all backed by silver lame curtains. Inside the huts, decked with purple and red leis, sat various wide eyed Kewpie doll recreations of Krishna. The whole thing was strongly reminiscent of a Wheel of Fortune Fun in Hawaii showcase...
...ceremonial music and dancing, and the meal following it, are all spiritual offerings to Krishna. Because Krishna respects the sanctity of all life, the devotees are vegetarian. They live according to four basic restrictions, which prohibit intoxication, gambling and illicit sex as well as eating meat. Another requirement is chanting the Hare Krishna mantra sixteen times a day. A mantra, a Sanskrit word combining mind and feeling, is a combination of transcendental sounds which are intended to free the chanter's mind from anxiety...