Word: krishnas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Krishna devotees, the Hare Krishna mantra is the holiest of all. "It's a purifying sound, non-different from the name of God," says Pandita Dasa. The Hare Krishna magazine, Back to Godhead, says this mantra is "especially meant for counteracting the ill effects of the present age of quarrel and anxiety...
...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...
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