Devout bhakti-yogis of the Hare Krishna tradition choose a vegetarian diet that also includes the avoidance of onion and garlic. While many Krishna devotees know the basic reasons behind this, we often struggle to explain this to friends, family or even people that are new to Krishna consciousness. A link was sent to us recently from Kurma das’ website. Kurma …
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2009 Year in Review Video Presentation
Yesterday during our weekly Sunday “Love” Feast, the Toronto Hare Krishna temple showcased a special video presentation that covered all the amazing things that happened during the year 2009. This has been a yearly tradition (check out the 2008 and 2007 videos) and, for our online audience along with anyone who missed it, we present the very same presentation. The …
Revisiting How We Ushered in the New Year!
The transition to a new calendar year is traditionally marked by grand festivities. For Toronto’s Hare Krishna community it is always something to write home about… even if it takes a few weeks to write about (we apologize for the delayed report). Festivities began on December 31st with the third annual Bhajan and Prasadam Festival. It all started at midday …
Prayers for Mahavishnu Goswami
Mahavishnu Goswami, one of the senior monks of the Hare Krishna Movement is critcally ill. Due to his advanced age of 90 years, he has been ill for some time and is currently under treatment at the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai India. Mahavishnu Goswami connected with the Hare Krishna movement in 1973 and since then has travelled around the world to …
Bhaktimarga Swami at the Annual Temple Presidents Meeting – Dallas, TX
Members of our Toronto Temple Council, along with Bhaktimarga Swami, who is the GBC for ISKCON Centres across Canada, gathered in Dallas, Texas this past weekend for the Annual Temple Presidents Meeting. Our fellow YouTube lover, Rupa prabhu (from Dallas), posted some videos of Maharaj including his Bhagavatam Class (be sure to catch Maharaj’s classic “charades game” while reading the …
Sunday Feast Photos – January 17, 2010
Here’s a look at this week’s Sunday Feast through the eyes of a camera lens! Loving Youth Devotees help with cooking and distribution of the food (prasadam) for today’s Sunday Feast! To go with the tradition of Youth Sunday Feast, Recha leads her first 8:00 Kirtan! The night is then finished off by our very own gifted kirtaner Ajamil Das!
Deity Darshan: Sunday January 17, 2010
Sunday Feast Recordings – January 17, 2010
The Sunday Feast recording can be viewed by clicking the image below. As a reminder, the recordings from our weekly live web broadcasts are stored on our ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.
This Sunday – “A Journey Through 2009”
The Hare Krishna Temple has always been known for its vibrant community and the bustling activities! The year 2009 was no different! With a lot of exciting and new projects that began last year, it was a memorable year! This Sunday, in place of our regular Sunday Feast Class, we would like to showcase all the amazing activities that took …
Youth Sunday on January 17!
Pandava Sena, the Hare Krishna Temple’s enthusiastic youth group will be holding their first Youth Sunday of 2010 on January 17th! They will be running the Sunday Feast Program which includes cooking, singing, serving and lots of other things for the ENTIRE congregation. In order to make this event successful, they are calling out to all youth to help them …