WHAT IS THE HARE KRISHNA BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [3 of 4] Becoming a member of Buddhism’s Hare Krishna movement involves choosing a guru (teacher) and becoming his disciple. In fact, they believe that is mandatory, because not having a proper Hare Krishna guru supposedly makes it impossible to cultivate “Krishna consciousness.” Contrary to that practice, the Bible does not have us Christians go through a teacher, pastor, priest, or guru to access God. Those attending Sunrise Bible Church here in Las Vegas do not have to go through to me, the pastor, to get to God. Because of what Jesus did for us, we can approach God directly on His throne, whether we are the greatest of Bible scholars, or even a new Christian who just heard and accepted the gospel. And the doctrine for Krishna followers gets even worse: Besides believing that adherents must go through a guru to reach their millions of gods, they also teach that the guru is a god.