Gaudiya Vaishnavism

INTRODUCTION The 1960s saw the rise of a disproportionately large number of new religious movements (NRMs) in America. Many of these movements were rooted in existing faiths, from Judaism to evangelical Christianity to Buddhism, and were often populated by members of the emergent American counterculture. Concurrently, the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 was being passed into law, which lifted many restrictions on immigration to the United States and prompted a new influx of skilled laborers

In the book Bhagavad Gita, Krishna teaches Arjuna how to reach the highest stage of spirituality, and ultimately the divine God. Krishna gives Arjuna a clear road map to follow so he can reach this goal. Yoga is the main tool to obtain spirituality and it takes a lot of hard work and true determination to do so. The main part of reaching spirituality is to depart this world and sense objects, and build strong morals. Upon giving up worldly desire, one cannot but seek the Devine and by seeking God

While Phaedrus, the Bhagavad Gita, Epicurus’ Letters to Menoeceus, and the story of “The Priest Walchelin and the Hellequin’s Hunt” all offer slightly different theories on what happens after death, they all agree that the death of the body is inevitable. However, the texts fail to give explicit instruction on how mortals should best live their life so as to be best situated for existence after death. Identifying how the texts instruct people to live life in a way that’s meaningful despite its temporary

visits the temple to get blessings from Monk 6. ISKCON Temple: There are many Iskcon temples located in and around India. Iskcon temple is located in the Jahangir pura area of Surat. The temple is solely dedicated to Lord Krishna. ISKCON is part of Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya and the principle of unbroken disciplic succession is the main Hall mark of ISKCON temple. Here the devotees chants “Krishna Bhajans and slogas” on daily basis. 7. Parsi Agiari: Parsin Agiari is a sacred temple for Parsis as

Many of these challenges stemmed from Prabhupada’s death in 1977, which “left a young ISKCON shaken”. Although the movement was growing rapidly, it still relied heavily on the charismatic authority of Prabhupada, and his death created deep uncertainties within the organization’s leadership. As the organization scrambled to fill the void in institutional power left by its founder, there was a significant “movement of Indians into local positions of power, which had a [stabilizing influence on] many

Driving up to the snow dusted gravel road that lead to what would be my first temple experience, I couldnʼt help but feel overcome by nerves. For the most part, I consider myself to be a well versed and culturally competent person. Anything related to the Indian culture such as food, fashion or religious deities has long stirred fascination within me. I couldnʼt tell you exactly what I wouldʼve expected from such an experience, I myself was raised without any such religion, so when approaching someone

     Many people believe Hinduism to be a polytheistic religion. This is due to the fact that there is so many gods that they can worship in. But in all actuality it is really a monotheistic religion that spawns off of one god to form many different gods or ideas to worship. The entire religion of Hinduism is based off of Brahman. Brahman is the idea that all reality is a unity. I will explain the concept of Brahman and four others and hopefully make Hinduism easier to comprehend

Cole Cramer Professor Schadler RELS 105 07/16/16 Why Hinduism Should Be Considered a World Religion Introduction Religion in the world today mostly depend on the number of adherents and the rate of at which they increase in the world. While considering the statistics, studies indicate that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and with a projection that by the year 2050, its popularity shall have increased more than any other religion in the world. Alongside Islam is the Hinduism, religion

In the world of billions of people how many of us are going to be the same? People will perceive the world in their own way. One person may see the world perfect, while others see nothing but the end. Is everyone going to be different? Not necessarily, many others will share the same beliefs but that could mean more varieties will be created. Once one person believes a certain path they may choose to believe in that belief or even believe living is the path to happiness. However, one chooses to perceive

For one of my cultural visits I went to a Mexican restaurant, El Molcajete, in Geneva, IL. In this restaurant I observed elements of folk and popular culture which included the music that was playing there, which was mariachi band music which made the place feel more authentic to Mexico. The music from the mariachi band was a piece of their folk culture they had, because they used violins, trumpets, guitarron a spanish guitar used in most Spanish music, and a vihuela a five stringed guitar with a