astic in nature or can be a means of setting rules. The Hare Krishna faith has many of these myths. From its inception Hare Krishna has had stories of its founder and great stories of wonderful feats. Most of these stories serve as lessons to those who believe. On such story is that of the Bhagavad-Gita. In this story Krishna tells his friend and master Arjuna about the role of man. Arjuna is struggling with the idea of fighting his brother in battle. He is driven to the battlefield at Kuruksetra by an incarnation of Krishna. Arjuna was under an illusion, thinking that all life was material and he didn’t want to end the life of his brothers. But Krishna explained that our body as well as everything else on this earth is just an illusion, a reflection of our spirit. This spirit goes with us even after our body has perished. Arjuna then went on to defeat his brothers and helped to save the land from his brothers. There are also social dimensions of religion. The Hare Krishna faith has a wide string of social networks that they put into practice in their everyday belief structure. Part of their central belief structure even says that they need to make places of worship, not only for them but also for the public to use. They also must distribute books, pamphlets, and other literature to people in the hope that they too will receive the true message of god. They also believe in bringing members closer together in hopes of teaching a simpler more purposeful way of life. The religion is based on the premise that love has no boundaries. That everyone deserves to be loved and that everyone can receive the right of the one true god, Krishna. In the works for the Hare Krishna faith is a large city built for worshipers of the faith in India. This will bring even more brotherhood and social interaction.The last dimension and perhaps the least well defined is the ritual dimension. The Hare Krishna Movement doesn’t explain the ritualistic ...
