What's the distinction between hinduism and Hare Krishna

I always hear people talk about these two religions as if they were separate. I thought Krishna is a hindu god, if so why does he have his own stem religion/sub religion? Why don't the other Hindu gods have their own? I don't know much about hinduism but I would like to get a better understanding.

There are numerous sub-schools of thought within Hinduism, just like in Buddhism.
They're basically just different paths/teachings/views inspired by different interpretations of the old scriptures, such as the Vedas/Upanishads.
Of course each sub-school is not only an intellectual interpretation of scriptures but also based on direct experience.
In regards to Krishna (Hare Krishna) there are in fact other sub-schools that are also based on deities (Hindu Gods), such as Shaivism (Shiva) & Vaishnavism (Vishnu).

Hare krishna explains the difference between God and demigods. Basically krishna (vishnu) is god logically so are avatars of vishnu (Krishna). Any deity that do not fall among avatars are demigods. Demigods are positions held by qualified self realized souls who follow vishnu's instructions. Anyone one us can achieve the position of demigod, this easier said than done.

Krishna appears in his 4 armed vishnu form and begins material creation, this does mean his vishnu form is a localized material aspect, it is a everlasting spiritual form administrating creation.
In his vishnu form He does not display is full 16 Rays of godhead, this why the Krishna form is very dear to devotees of the hare krishna movement.

Languages of any country is a science that delivers knowledge, the word krishna means: He who is all-attractive. Bill gates is attracts due to his money, hercules because of strength like sampson from the bible, jesus because of saintly character, Brahma for his power to create, Krishna has all such opulences in full and more. The message of iskcon is that krishna is god because only He can claim this name.

Originally Posted by Francesco

I always hear people talk about these two religions as if they were separate. I thought Krishna is a hindu god, if so why does he have his own stem religion/sub religion? Why don't the other Hindu gods have their own? I don't know much about hinduism but I would like to get a better understanding.

As Elijah said, there's various schools and sects of Hinduism. Which is why it pays to keep in mind that Hinduism is a blanket term for very different religions that are based around certain writings and cultural traditions. For example you have polytheist, monotheistic, monist and even atheist Hindus. It's an amazing amount of diversity.

hare krishan follows one of the 6 philosophies of hinduism which is achintya bheda abheda which means unthinkably one and different. for eg, the wabes in the ocean, it is also same wid the ocean as its source is ocean and differnt is a sense that it is a wabe and the water has raised abobe the surface and there way to reach god is by supreme bhakti. they dont want to be one wid god as wid non dualism but be separate wid god and always be wid god. there spritual abode is gauloka brindabana and they go there after death and take part in gods lila. so hare krishna is an organisation following a philsophy of hinduism but not different from it. there acharyas habe written commenteries and other religious books of hunduism.

Hinduism is not merely a religion, it is a way of life. Hinduism originated as a system of principles that held nature supreme and tried to live in balance with nature. Hindu gods mainly consist of Vishnu, Shiva, Durga,Ganesha,etc. Lord krishna is said to only be an avatar (a subdued version that comes to earth to help mankind in distress) of lord Vishnu. There is no definite ultimate god in hinduism as it is broadly based on different schools of thought. For example, some groups consider lord vishnu to be the ultimate and all other gods are said to have originated from him. While other groups believe the same about lord shiva, and so on for each god. Similarly, there is a wide following for lord krishna and people in these groups believe that lord krishna is the ultimate power. There are similar groups for Durga, Ganesha,etc. also. 'hare Krishna, hare rama' is a mantra of god which is said to remove all suffering. Hare is another form of the word 'hari' which is a name of vishnu. And both krishna and Rama are said to be avatars of lord vishnu. The hare krishna group was made famous as part of a movement to create consciousness about krishna.

But, in the end, what really matters is to have a god to fear so that we stay on the right side of life and don't hurt each other or mother nature. God bless

Isn't the Hare Krishina's a cult based off of the religion of Hindu?

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Originally Posted by Skins_Princess

Isn't the Hare Krishina's a cult based off of the religion of Hindu?

It's a sect of Hinduism that focuses solely upon Krishna, who they believe is the perfect representation of God. Their popular name "Hare Krishna" evolved from a mantra they use, which, if memory serves, has the purpose of bringing about enlightenment. I think they rather be referred to as "International Society for Krishna Consciousness" (ISKCON).