Second Sankirtan Festival – This Weekend!

After an amazing weekend with the Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra), the GTA Sankirtan Team is very happy to invite everyone to the 3rd Monthly Sankirtan Festival (MSF) on this coming Saturday, July 25th (a.k.a Sankirtan Saturday!)


Sankirtan
is a Sanskrit term which means the congregational chanting and sharing of the names and glories of Krishna, which is the recommended process for spiritual success. In the Hare Krishna tradition, sankirtan is associated with sharing our spiritual culture with the public via the timeless books, translated by Srila Prabhupada.


As some of you experienced in the last two months, this Saturday, you’ll get another opportunity to experience the bliss yourself! Part of the MSF initiative is to bring everyone together, and so in that spirit the MSF will begin with the morning program at the Toronto Hare Krishna temple at 4:30am on July 25, 2009. The program will include a morning worship ceremony, some time for mantra mediation and will include a discourse that will discuss the benefits of sankirtan. A short seminar on the practicalities of how to distribute books will follow, and by 11am we should hit the streets and stay out until 2pm.

Being part of the MSF is not simply restricted to coming out on book distribution. There are various avenues where you can help contribute to make this event a success! Whether it be helping to prepare prasadam (sanctified vegetarian food), spreading the word about the event, helping out with logistics, being part of the harinama team (who will sing the Lord’s names) or just being a friendly face who wants to watch everyone else, we encourage everyone to please come out! This is a golden change to participate in the transcendental service that is so dear to Srila Prabhupada!

Please sign up on the form below and don’t hesitate to contact us with any comments or questions at toronto.sankirtan@gmail.com.

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