Part 1: Leaving The Hare Krishna Cult

Cultish

Jeff Durbin

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Cult, Jesus, God, Spirituality, Spiritual, Apologia Studios, Cults, Apologia, Theology

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🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this first part of this two-part series on the Hare Krishnas, Cultish Co-Host Jeremiah Roberts and Cultish Researcher (Super Sleuth) Andrew Soncrant are joined by Alexander Larson. Alexander was part of the Hare Krishna Cult for ten years before leaving and his story is one that needs to be heard, this testimony of grace is extremely relevent to the postmodern climate of today. Alexander begins his story by elaborating on the Vedic roots of the Hare Krishna movement and how by Swami Prabhupada brought this sect of Hinduism into the United States. After the foundation for the Hare Krishnas is laid, Alexander then explains how his colorful cultural upbringing in Utah led him to the Hare Krishnas.

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0:00.0	My name is Eddie and I was in a call.
0:09.2	Planet Earth about to be recycled.
0:12.5	Your only chance to survive or evacuate is to leave with us.
0:19.4	Started as an effort by a charismatic creature to build a new society, but it ended, of course,
0:24.2	with the tragic deaths of more than 900 people.
0:27.1	Please, our God, say, let's get on with it.
0:29.5	We've lived, there's no other people, lived and loved.
0:33.2	We've had as much of this world as you're going to get.
0:35.6	Let's just be done with it.
0:36.8	Let's be done with the agony of it.
0:38.8	It's the revolutionary suicide.
0:40.8	It is not a self-destructive suicide.
0:43.3	The little pain for this, they brought this upon us.
0:50.2	You're an occult.
0:51.3	I love you, and I want you out of it and with Christ.
0:54.9	But you're...
1:02.5	Krishna, the Supreme God, Lord of the Universe.
1:07.1	Many names praising.
1:09.2	Paula, Jehovah, Buddha, Rama, Bhagavan.
1:14.9	Infinite are his forms and pastimes.
1:18.8	Fifty centuries ago, he spoke to his disciple Arjuna in midst of battle.
1:24.8	His immortal words, Bhagavad-gita, the song of God.
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