The Garden Ashram

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Hare Krishnas are often seen as joyous, harmless people, dancing their way through the streets, chanting to bells in their colourful robes. But in one particular Australian offshoot, a young woman named Lina spoke to Let's Talk About Sects about her not-so-harmless experiences.

Small correction: Lina mentioned Narayana Maharaja using the barge to cross the river when he visited the ashram. He was actually rowed across in a canoe.

EPISODE LINKS

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• What You Need to Know About Hare Krishnas — by Barbara Bradley Hagerty, NPR, 22 May 2008
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• Wollumbin (Mount Warning) summit track — NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service listing, accessed November 2019
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• Krishna Expels Leader of Group Under U.S. Probe — UPI, Los Angeles Times, 18 March 1987
• Krishnas to file for bankruptcy — BBC News 8 February 2002
• Woman dies at NSW Hare Krishna retreat — AAP, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 February 2006
• Hare Krishna Movement Details Past Abuse at Its Boarding Schools — by Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times, 9 October 1998
• ISKCON finds itself in a holy mess after students file $400-million sexual abuse suit — by Arthur J. Pais, India Today, 26 June 2000
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• Murder, Sex and Free Food
• How the Portland Sect of Hare Krishna's are Struggling to Overcome a Very Shady Past — by Frank Bures, Portland Mercury, 21 June 2001
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