The Science of Identity Foundation (SIF) is a spiritual and religious organization. It was founded by Chris Butler in 1977, and is based out of Hawaii, United States.
History
Chris Butler, son of a communist anti-war activist, had entered the spiritual counterculture in 1960s, while enrolled at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Soon, he joined the burgeoning Hare-Krishna movement as a guru, taking the name Sai Young, and commandeered a group of disciples.
However, after being publicly denounced by Swami Prabhupada, the leading exponent of the movement in U.S.A, he joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), initiated under Prabhupada himself, and received the name Siddhaswarupananda. Soon, their relationship again turned sour as he deviated from the group's ways, choosing to marry and allowing his disciples to keep their heads unshaved; besides, there were financial disputes.
After the death of Swami Prabhupada, Butler broke away from ISKCON and founded SIF, then known as the Hari Nama (Holy Name) Society. Simultaneously, he began to deemphasize ISKCON's rigid adherence to Vaishnava texts and...
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