國際奎師那知覺協會(ISKCON),亦被稱為哈尼訣殊那運動 (Hare Krishna movement),擁有五百個主要中心、廟宇及農場社區,還有約一百家附屬的素食餐廳、一千多個地方聚會小組、一系列不同的社團計畫、以及全球數百萬位會眾。雖然ISKCON在全球成立只有少於五十年,但自1966年聖恩A. C. 巴帝維丹達∙史華米∙帕布帕德在紐約創會以來,ISKCON一直廣泛擴展。
ISKCON屬於韋達或印度傳統內一神論的高迪亞外士納瓦派系 (Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradāya)。其哲學是建基於梵文文獻《博伽梵歌》及《聖典博伽瓦譚》(又稱《博伽梵往世書》)。這些都是奉愛瑜伽 (bhakti yoga) 傳統中的歷史文獻,旨在教導人類最終的目標是復蘇對神,即「最具吸引力」的主訣殊那 (Krishna)的愛。
香港國際奎師那知覺協會(ISKCON HONG KONG)
聖恩Bhurijana Dasa於1972年首次將哈瑞奎師那運動 (The Hare Krishna Movement)傳至香港;其後,聖恩Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaja於1981年正式將此運動於香港註冊成立。上述兩位都是聖帕布帕德的誠懇門徒,而聖帕布帕德正是國際奎師那知覺協會,即全球哈瑞奎師那運動的創辦人靈性導師。我們一直教育大眾古老的韋達經典、素食的益處、自然生活,以及人類學習靈性知識和理解物質存在的重要性。我們有一句口號「簡單生活,崇高思想」。我們亦推廣綠色概念、有機耕作及自然療法。
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), otherwise known as the Hare Krishna movement, includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affiliated vegetarian restaurants, thousands of local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects, and millions of congregational members worldwide. Although less than fifty years on the global stage, ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A. ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradāya, a monotheistic tradition within the Vedic or Hindu culture. Philosophically it is based on the Sanskrit texts Bhagavad-gītā and the Bhagavat Purana, or Srimad Bhagavatam. These are the historic texts of the devotional bhakti yoga tradition, which teaches that the ultimate goal for all living beings is to reawaken their love for God, or Lord Krishna, the “all-attractive one”. ISKCON Hong Kong
The Hare Krishna Movement was first introduced to Hong Kong people in 1972 by His Grace Bhurijana Dasa. Later on, in 1981, the movement was officially founded in Hong Kong by His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaja. Both of them are the sincere disciples of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, the founder acarya(spiritual teacher) of ISKCON, or more simply as the worldwide Hare Krishna movement. We have been teaching the general public about the ancient Vedic scripture, the benefit of being vegetarian, the natural way of living, and the necessity of human beings to acquire spiritual knowledge and the understanding of our material existence. We have a slogan " Simple Living and High Thinking." We also help to promote green concepts, organic farming and natural cure.