A few Sundays ago, Toronto’s Hare Krishna kirtan-yoga group, Gaura-Shakti, had the delightful opportunity to cook for the weekly Sunday Feast at the temple. Inviting friends to come help, Gaura-Shakti and Friends prepared a fun, Chinese menu and worked away in the temple kitchen for hours! For many of our volunteers, it was their first time in the temple’s kitchen …
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Deity Darshan: Sunday, November 20, 2011
Food for Life just turned three!
Every month, a bunch of local youth at the Hare Krishna Centre along with other budding spiritualists from Krishna Club, York University go out to the streets and share a hot meal of pasta with the homeless. This exciting endeavour is called Food for Life, Toronto. With similar projects happening all over the world, participating members believe that it is …
Video: Book Distribution Drama – January 2010
At the beginning of last year (January 1, 2010), we held our annual Srila Prabhupada Festival and, as a little treat, we had a small skit about book distribution. Check it out! Part One:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZdyJYaTS-E?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0&w=500&h=339] Part Two:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTIDj16ikY?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0&w=500&h=339]
Deity Darshan: Sunday, November 13, 2011
Video: Toronto’s Explosive 12-Hour Kirtan!
It was just under four months ago that Toronto’s Hare Krishna community was in full-fledged Festival of India mode and there was an explosion of spiritual sound during the 12-hour kirtan. Held the day before the biggest festival of the year, the 12-hour kirtan featured world-famous chanters like Madhava das and Niranjana Swami! *** SPECIAL UPDATE *** The recordings from …
Join the Toronto Hare Krishna Book Club!
Inspired by the success of the book club which was launched this past month (during Kartik), the book club initiative continues! The book club “book” from Nov 11-30th is the Nectar of Instruction. The objective of the book club is to facilitate and encourage readings from the wonderful philosophy of Krishna consciousness. We encourage you to participate! We will be …
Video: Radhanatha Swami speaks at House of Commons, UK
Radhanatha Swami, a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada and a Bhakti Yoga Pracitioner for nearly four decades was recently invited to speak at the House of Commons, the UK Parliament. Radhanatha Swami’s autobiography “The Journey Home” has inspired thousands of readers around the world and today, he travels all over the world giving talks at various banks, universities and business …
The End of Kartik
Yesterday concluded the month of Kartik, an auspicious month that is celebrated as a month to progress further in our spirituality. The month was dotted with various activities to help everyone take a closer look at their spiritual growth through morning Srimad Bhagavatam classes, Nectar of Devotion book club, themed Sunday Feasts and much more! With all of this excitement, …
Historical Look at Vimanas
We found this interesting video that includes our very one Dr. Michael Cremo (Drutakurma Das) explaining the historical and spiritual significance of Vimanas. These are aircrafts that are depicted in many of the scriptures like the Srimad Bhagavatam. We hope you enjoy!