Toronto’s Hare Krishna community was deeply saddened to hear the news that Yamuna devi dasi, a legendary devotee in our international ISKCON family, passed away in Florida this morning. Yamuna devi dasi was one of the first women to join ISKCON, helping to open the San Francisco centre in 1967 and the London centre later on. One of her first …
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Bhagavad-Gita Facing Ban in Russia – Please Sign Our Petition!
In recent news, the Russian Government has deemed the Bhagavad-Gita As-It-Is, an ancient and revered text, “extremist literature” and is in the process of banning the book from the country. Devotees in Russia are rushing to stop this banning and are urging devotees and well-wishers around the world to sign a petition found here.
Deity Darshan: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Temple Clean-Up – This Saturday at 10:00am!
CDM (Ceto Darpana Marjanam) is a monthly project which entails the organized cleaning of the temple as a group and will take place this Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 10:00am! The schedule will be as follows:10:00am to 1:30pm – Clean-Up1:30pm to 3:00pm – Special pizza party and nectar-filled conversations. An inspirational quote by Srila Prabhupada:“Everything within the temple should be …
An Appeal for Help from ISKCON Hungary!
We recently received the following message regarding some difficulties that the wonderful devotees in ISKCON Hungary. We’re hoping devotees from our Toronto Hare Krishna Community can sign the petition to help out our fellow devotees in Hungary. Dear Devotees. The new “Church Law” in Hungary will take away ISKCON Hungary’s church status as of January 1st requiring us to reapply …
Vaisesika Prabhu Returns to Toronto!
Our Sankirtan general, H.G. Vaisesika Prabhu is returning to Toronto. A disciple of Srila Prabhupada, and a mentor to so many of us in Toronto and around the world, we are always looking forward to his visits. From inspiring classes and hitting the streets with spiritual books, to the rip-roaring kirtans, Vaisesika das keeps us all on our spiritual toes! …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, December 4, 2011
Celebrating the Speaking of the Bhagavad-Gita – Monday, December 5, 2011
Over five thousand years ago, Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna, discussing the fundamental principles of life. The Gita lucidly explains the nature of consciousness, the self and the universe. It contains both the essence of India’s spiritual wisdom and the answers to questions that have been posed by philosophers for centuries. Today, that same Bhagavad-gita has been translated to …
December Book Club: Path of Perfection
The newly established “Toronto Hare Krishna Book Club” will be reading Path of Perfection this December. This book has 176 pages, so if you were to read only 6 pages a day, you will complete the book in less than a month! “A chronicle of a historic series of talks by Srila Prabhupada, who has been acclaimed by scholars as …