Science and Culture of Krishna Consciousness (Lecture for Russia) | Hridayananda das Goswami 

Lecture given for Russia, Vladivostok at 1 Oct 2021 (USA), or 2 Oct 2021 (RUS).
In the lecture the following points are addressed:
1) Maharadj elaborates on Srila Prabhupada saying that “Krishna Consciousness combines philosophy and religion”, and then states that according to his view what the world will accept from ISKCON is a spiritual science, but not so much a religion.
2) Maharadj gives insight into the topic of cultural influence, about prestige cultures which have a lot of influence (soft power), and what are the origins of our Vedic culture.
3) Maharadj discussing a necessity of rational presentation of Krishna consciousness as a spiritual science, pointing that Prabhupada emphasized so much the preaching to intelligent people if we want to build a successful movement.
4) Maharadj shares his personal story about his preaching in Harvard University in a early years, and how he could transform the skeptical mentality of professors to positive recognition and acceptance.