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How the 'structures and organisations' prevalent in ISKCON) contrast from those of traditional Hinduism Hinduism * 4000 year old tradition * Over 900 million followers * Difficult to trace * Indian sages founded the religion (Bhaskarananda 2002) * Hindu identity as recognised today developed during the 19th century (Flood 2001: 3) Variations of Hinduism? * Flood's tree theory - central trunk of philosophy * Bernard Faure's river theory - different streams of Hinduism combine to form a core * The essential goal for Hindus is escape or moksha from the cycle of reincarnation, samsara. What differs from one Hindu to another is the means or ways to get to moksha ISKCON in the West * Transfer of foreign religious ideology * Devotional religion * Existing western monotheistic religions * Popular with the counter culture during the 1960s New Religious Movement? * ISKCON is classed as a new religious movement although its roots lie in sixteenth century Vaishnava Hinduism (Barker 1989:...

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