WHAT IS THE HARE KRISHNA BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [1 of 4] Hare Krishna is the extreme-charismatic subsect of Hinduism’s Buddhist branch, so it is all about the experience, which often includes physical actions like dancing and chanting. Followers do these things to get themselves into an altered state of consciousness, which helps them (and those of many world faiths) to connect with spirits—the same old lying demons. A similar sort of charismatic element exists within Islam, through the relatively small branch of Sufi Muslims. Sufi’s are also called “whirling dervishes,” because they spin around in skirts that rise up to form a circle around a person who can turn fast enough. That spinning is their form of charismatic worship that they incorporate into their Islamic beliefs. And it’s all part of the same sorts of practices from Buddhism and Hinduism that are meant to get followers into an altered state of consciousness, an emptying of the mind that more easily allows visions and the ability to connect with what the Bible calls “familiar spirits.” Again, those spirits are deceiving, murderous demons—like their father, the devil. There are only a couple variations from Buddhist Hinduism for those involved with the Hare Krishna religion. Like Hinduism, Hare Krishna obviously allows most any type of worship and deity, because they too have over 330 million gods. However, Hare Krishna’s differ in the practice of their religion, publicly displaying their emotional devotion, while Hindus are more prone to dispassionate expressions, just solitarily sitting in some specific position while they meditate to alter their consciousness and connect with demonic spirits.