hare Kristinas experience

hi , am thinking about going to a isckon group in Glasgow av never been before but i wanted to ask has anyone here join or have went to isckon before and what where they like i have heard from christians that its a cult but i dont view what the christian websites as they can biased and tell lies

am going to the place in Glasgow in one week from now thanks

May one ask as to the purpose of your decision to go? Curiosity? Trying to educate yourself outside of the Abrahamic box? Comparison? Writing a PhD thesis?

Any or all of those are laudable goals - but one or the other might color your experience

If the intent is to explore Hinduism, I'd suggest going to a couple of other temples as well, to give you a broader perspective.

I am curious in Hinduism and hare Krishna i have a chance to go one of there get together in one weeks time and i wish to go on from there and get involved with them and may join them

Lily76 said:

I am curious in Hinduism and hare Krishna i have a chance to go one of there get together in one weeks time and i wish to go on from there and get involved with them and may join them

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Best then to just go and see what's up. ISKCON, as I understand it today, has changed significantly, and varies quite widely from temple to temple. Here in my city in Canada 40-50 years ago it was 100% white westerners dancing on streets, evangelizing, preaching. 50 years later it's a temple with 95% Indian immigrants, and 5% western converts. So it's much less 'enthusiastic' and far quieter, with many non-members going because it's the only Gaudiya Vaishnva temple around. So I'm not sure about Scotland. But in Russia, and much of eastern Europe it's much more similar to what it was like here 50 years ago, almost entirely white converts. So far there is just far less Indian immigration to those places.

A Hare Krishna service takes about 3 hours. The first hour is chanting Hare Krishna, the second hour is a lecture on a verse from a book, mostly from the "Bhagavad Gita as it is". The third hour is an arati ceremony and a vegetarian feast.

If you want to become involved more deeply with them, they expect you to become a vegetarian and to obey many other strict rules.

Criticism from ex-members can be found at http://harekrishnathing.com/

Choose wisely.

i have decide to go to the group

Lily76 said:

i have decide to go to the group

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Don't hesitate to tell us how you liked it!

Visit them. Krishna and Mother Radha are not just for Hare-Krishnas. All hindus worship/rever them. I am not a Hare-Krishna follower (and a non-vegetarian as 70% of the Hindus are), but still delight in visiting the beautiful Hare-Krishna temples and joining their feasts. It is not necessary for all who visit them to follow their philosophy or strict regime.