ISKCON Zurich(Hare Krishna Temple) Temple

In 1980 decided the young Swiss Krishna devotees to open a temple in Zurich. Through a series of fortunate circumstances they were able to acquire an older and at that time quite dilapidated villa on the mountain road 54 in Zurich in spring 1980th

This central temple offered to Krishna devotees accommodate a larger temple community and also new ways to offer lectures and events, as well as the now traditional Sunday Feast perform in an expanded framework. Thereby the number of members, and the Krishna temple on the mountain road in Zurich enlarged within a few years was soon to a city known address.

The development of the Krishna religion in Switzerland has seen different phases. Goods initially mainly the few temples and farm communities as Krishna conscious centers dominant, so today arise more and more small centers and private venues. The temple evolve in this way to training centers, where interested people are offered the opportunity to experience the diversity and depth of the Vedic culture and philosophy in order then to integrate them into their personal and professional lives.

The growth of the community is the sign of a healthy development, because in every society lives only the smallest part of the population in a monastery, temple communities. The “Society for Krishna Consciousness” will likely increasingly accept this form in future, for Krishna Consciousness (God-consciousness) is not limited to monks, nuns or priests, but can be deployed everywhere and by all people: regardless of gender, age, profession or denomination.

This is the universal message of Krishna religion, and on this basis, the members and friends of ISKCON hope (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), that they too can contribute to the cultural and spiritual diversity in Switzerland. Respect, tolerance and open-mindedness are indispensable factors of constructive coexistence between people and religions; precisely in this relationship the Krishna religion could with its universal message may provide their valuable services.