What is Hare Krishna?
The religious mantra known as the Hare Krishna has its roots in Hinduism, popularized around 1500 by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
The mantra is either spoken or meditated to bring a higher level of consciousness. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, an Indian monk, would begin learning the philosophy in the early-mid 20th century. He would arrive in America in the 1960s to spread the word of his teachings, which inadvertently led to the Hare Krishna movement.