My experience of the Hare Krishna, the vision of ISKCON
During my BSc days at DU, for about 14-15 months, I was part of something called Vedic Club, later Shreshtha Club, a Delhi-based group of the Bhagwad Gita scholars and boys interested in the same. The motive, roughly, was to revive the practical wisdom of ancient Indian scriptures among the youth. Later, I learned this was just a small branch of a larger vision called the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Positives : The Hare Krishna chanting and dance I danced many times on Sounds, such as Baarat, farewell, etc. Although I, for practical purposes, wasn't a devotee, these chants brought out the most insane dances in me — the free-flowing dance - dancing with almost strangers with no calculations in my head. Our trip to Harsil Valley and Gangotri was deeply fulfilling and psychologically enriching. Needless to say, it was relatively cheap, too. Negatives: “Sri Krishna is the supreme personality of Godhead." This is where everything theoretica...