"Hinduism" itself is a collection of many traditions and sects, not just one religion. saying that ISKCON is not be associated with Hinduism is like saying Islam should not be associated with the prophet Mohammed! ISKCON was created to educate the west about Krisna consciousness so obviously it was based on an older religion. And his devine grace Srila Prabhupada was sent to America to deliver this knowledge specifically because the people couldn't easily "get to the source".
i just realized this is so old! anyway since this got dug up, has anyone visited their local hare krisna temple recently?
prahupada plagarized the kalaisantaranopanishad he took the hare krishna straight out of a upanishad and made a cult upon it he had zero pedigree and his cult is now subsumed into the farthest right of the vaishnavas, ostensibly the most fascist and rascist of hindu schools if you are a woman you can expect to be dismissed or relegated to the kitchen iskcon is a horrible cult where you will disappear from the face of the earth
they join traditional vaishnava sects mostly in india - the contemporary hare krishnas are fucking dupes
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-28/local/me-4819_1_hare-krishna HK murder, drug running, kidnapping
not enough? https://www.google.com/search?q=hare+krishna+crime&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls={moz:distributionID}:{moz:locale}:{mozfficial}