How would one cleanse their heart? If a person felt their heart could use a good scrubbing, what would you tell them to do? On Saturday January 23rd, a very special project was launched at the Hare Krishna Centre. The project is named “Ceto Darpana Marjanam” (Project CDM) and entails regular cleaning of the temple as a group. The first …
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An Evening Glorifying Lord Nityananda!
It was an intimate gathering of spiritualists that came together on the evening of Thursday, January 28, 2009. Their common interest was to celebrate the advent of Lord Nityananda, over 500 years ago. Lord Nityananda appeared as Lord Caitanya’s principal associate for spreading the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. He especially spread the holy name of …
Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day – Festival Recordings (January 28, 2010)
Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day Festival recording can be viewed by clicking the image below. As a reminder, the recordings from our weekl y Sunday Feastlive web broadcasts and Festival broadcasts are stored on our ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.
Better Late Than Never… New Year’s Eve 2009!
Well, it took us a number of weeks, but we finally have a video report of the wild and crazy New Year’s Eve maha-harinama that took place on the night of December 31st, 2009. Led by Bhaktimarga Swami, over 75 kirtan-lovers burst out from the temple, hopped on the subway at Rosedale station and chanted their way to City Hall …
Celebrating Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day this Thursday!
The Toronto Hare Krishna temple would like to extend a warm invitation for all to join us as we celebrate Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day (birthday!) on Thursday, January 28th, 2009. Lord Nityananda is considered identical to Lord Balarama, the elder brother of Lord Krishna. He is regarded as being like the elder brother of Lord Chaitanya. Lord Nityananda is known …
Appearance of Varaha Avatar (Boar Incarnation)
This year, January 27th marks the appearance anniversary of Varaha avatar (Lord Krishna’s boar incarnation). As described in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Lord Krishna assumed this form of a gigantic boar to lift the drowning planet Earth from the cosmic ocean with his tusks. A demonic personality had thrown the planet Earth from her orbit into this ocean but the Lord …
Deity Darshan: Sunday January 24, 2010
No Broadcast Today :-(!
Due to some technical issues, we will not be broadcasting the Sunday Feast today. We apologize for any inconvieniece this may cause.
Appearance Day of Advaitacharya
Today, Friday, January 22nd, marks the appearance anniversary of Advaitacharya, one of the foremost teachers of bhakti in the Hare Krishna tradition. On this day we fast till noon in his honour. Advaitacharya appeared some sixty years before Lord Chaitanya’s own advent, over 500 years ago. It was Advaitacarya who asked Lord Chaitanya to descend. Before Lord Chaitanya’s advent, Advaitacharya …
Food for Life Efforts in Haiti
With the tragic events in Haiti caused due to the massive earthquake, we learned that Hare Krishna Devotees have begun relief efforts through the International Food for Life program. The Food for Life project, started in 1974, has now expanded to over 60 countries and over 1,500,000 hot vegan meals are distributed daily. Check out an excerpt from their website …