Word: krishnas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What looks like a sidewalk Santa, sounds like a sidewalk Santa, panhandles like a sidewalk Santa, but isn't, according to some, a legitimate sidewalk Santa? Why, a Hare Krishna Santa, of course. This year, Hare Krishna Santa, have stepped up their campaign, perhaps bolstered by the demise of Volunteers of America Santas in Boston. But they are not always well-received by people on the street who think the Krishna Clauses misrepresent themselves and take money away from more established charities like the Salvation Army. Last Saturday, the Krishna Claus working Park Square seemed to be doing fairly well...
...Hard Krishna Santas arrived last on the scene. Conspicuous in their too-new costumes and barely concealed nubby heads, they compensate for their late arrival with aggressiveness--a Krishna-Claus in Rockefeller Center forced candy on me till I pleaded diabetes. Legally sanctioned now in Boston, the Krishnas no longer fear the police. Now they have to face the Salvation Army, which they claim has mobilized against them. "The Salvation Army is very envious," one Krishna-Claus told me. "They heckle us continually, and the other day they ran me out of here. They took off my beard.... They beat...
Syama-Kunda's parents decided to have him in order to celebrate and show dedication to Krishna. They have had no physical contact since. Indulgence in such a selfish act not related to the Lord is regarded as dishonorable...
Syama-Kunda receives plenty of attention from the approximately 30 devotees currently living at the temple. He spends most of the day playing and getting into trouble, just like other kids. But his life is also structured around a strict Krishna regime which requires that he chant and pray with the other devotees as often as five times...
Although the Hare Krishna child lives in an environment sharply contrasting with most of our own, the emotions and experiences he and his parents go through as he grows up seem uncannily similar. No matter what the time or place, the family unit emerges as a force everywhere...