The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, also popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement, is a spiritual society founded by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1966 in New York. ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradaya, a monotheistic tradition within Vedic culture. Today, ISKCON comprises more than 400 temples, 40 rural communities, and over 100 vegetarian restaurants. It also conducts special projects throughout the world, such as "Food for Life", the only free vegetarian relief program in the world. The aim of ISKCON is to acquaint all people of the world with universal principles of self-realization and God consciousness so that they may derive the highest benefit from spiritual understanding, unity, and peace.

These teachings are received through the preceptorial line known as the Brahma-Madhava-Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya. ISKCON is part of the disciplic succession, which started with Lord Krishna Himself and continued with Srila Vyasadeva, Srila Madhavacharya, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and, in the present day, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his followers. ISKCON’s teachings are non-sectarian, following the principle of sanatana dharma, or eternal religion, which denotes the eternal activity of all living beings: loving devotional service (bhakti-yoga) to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These teachings are received through the preceptorial line known as the Brahma-Madhava-Gaudiya.