«Hare Krishna-bevegelsen» er det uformelle navnet på det internasjonale selskapet for Krishnabevissthet: International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), og har sine røtter i den gamle læren i Vedaene.

In ISKCON, popularly known as Hare Krishna, bhakti-yoga, or the yoga of love, is practiced, in which concentration is centered on hearing and telling about Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, especially by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

ISKCON has more than five hundred major centers, temples and rural farm communities worldwide, several hundred affiliated vegetarian restaurants, thousands of local meeting groups, a wide range of community projects, and millions of members worldwide. The movement was founded in New York City in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, known as “Srila Prabhupada.” Although ISKCON has only existed on the global stage for about sixty years, it has grown considerably since its founding.

Bhakti yoga is practiced both at home and in temples. Practitioners organize public festivals with drama and musical mantra performances, yoga seminars, free distribution of vegetarian food, and the establishment of hospitals, schools, colleges, eco-villages, and other institutions as a practical application of the path of devotional yoga.

ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradāya, a monotheistic tradition within the Vedic or Hindu culture. Philosophically, it is based on Vedic, Sanskrit-based texts, particularly the Bhagavad-gītā and the Bhagavat Purana (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam). These are the historical texts of the devotional bhakti yoga tradition, which teach that the ultimate goal of all living beings is to reawaken their love for God—Lord Krishna, the “all-attractive one.”

ISKCON's founder, Srila Prabhupada, has received recognition from both academics and religious leaders for his remarkable achievement in presenting India's Vaishnava spiritual culture in a relevant way to a modern Western and global audience. Many leading academics have emphasized ISKCON's authenticity: Diana Eck, professor of comparative religion and Indian studies at Harvard University, describes the movement as "a tradition that deserves a respected place in the religious life of humanity." In the 1980s, Dr. A. L. Basham, one of the world's foremost experts on Indian history and culture, wrote that "it arose almost out of thin air, and in less than twenty years it has become known throughout the West. This, I believe, is a sign of the times and a significant phenomenon in Western history."