UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
FACULTY OF DIVINITY
THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
ST JOHN'S STREET
CAMBRIDGE 
CB2 ITW 

THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
ST JOHN'S STREET
CAMBRIDGE CB2 ITW

May 3rd, 1993

Mr Antall Joseph,
Miniszterelnok, 
Parliament
Kossuth Ter, No 5-7
1051 Budapest
Hungary

Dear Sir,
I am writing to testify that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (or ISKCON, popularly known as the Hare Krishna Movement) is an authentic Hindu religious tradition with antecedents in Hinduism going back many hundreds of years.
Theologically, it is a movement 'of religious devotionalism with belief in one God and in the welfare of the human race and our global environment. Though I myself do not belong to this religion, I have had various close contacts with its adherents and have studied its teachings over the years. To the best of my knowledge, there is nothing sinister in any of its teachings whether of a social, political, or theological nature. In this it is on a par with other accredited religious traditions of the world like Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism. I request you, therefore, to consider its presence in your country sympathetically.
Yours sincerely,


Dr Julius Lipner
University Lecturer in the Comparative Study of Religion and in Indian Religions Fellow and Tutor, Clare Hall, Cambridge










