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🙏🙏🙏🙏 Hare Krishna! What a beautiful life of devotional; service this seems

​@KrishnaTube This film, 'The Followers' (1981), is a beautiful documentary about the lives of three new devotees of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) at Krishna temple in Montreal, Canada. The film makes me interested in becoming a Krishna monk myself.

The most profound moments for me were watching the young devotee, Michael, having his head shaved and then walking into the temple alone and immediately bowing and lying stretched out prostrate in obeisance, and then walking seemingly back and forth with the other devotees in ritual as they chant and pray in reverence before Krishna..

In a way, the early Krishna experience for a new male devotee is similar to becoming a United States Marine, surrendering one's previous identity in the outside world, symbolically, by being shorn of one's hair and being issued robes instead of a uniform to wear, all in relatively common appearance to avoid individual focusing on the self, so one may not be distracted from devotion to the practices of purity and an ultimate purpose, the surrender of self and worship before the one true deity of Krishna.

And instead of marching in cadence with combat boots like a Marine, the devotees walk barefoot and passively in ritual while chanting and praying, almost as if having one's mind wiped of the confusing distractions of external forces to concentrate solely on inner bliss, spirituality and tranquility.

If the Hare Krishna recruitment, training and initiation be a brainwashing, it's a beautiful brainwashing,, preparing a devotee for the greater purposes of cleansing one's body and spirit for one's roles of service to humanity and commitment to love. peace and purity for the eternity.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏



Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rāma Rāma Hare Hare 🙏🙏🙏🙏

HARE KRISHNA!, Krishna Tube

16 rounds of mantra above.