Toronto’s Hare Krishna community recently celebrated the annual Maha-Mantra Festival. The festival involved a wide assortment of activities and events that proved to be wonderfully spiritually inspiring! Check out some of the highlights via the video below: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtuQXMxVx5g?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0&w=500&h=339]
Author: ISKCON Toronto
Video: Maha-Mantra Festival Highlights!
Some video highlights of the recently-celebrated Maha-Mantra festival in Toronto which included chanting on a double-decker bus, harinamas and chanting at a Beatles Festival in Orillia! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oedZgqcFyc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0&w=500&h=254]
Thanksgiving Weekend Celebrations – LIVE!
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Vaisnava Family Resources – A Must-Visit Site for Families!
We recently received a newsletter from Vaisnava Family Resources, a website by the Grihastha Vision Team. The newsletter covered the team’s presentations at this year’s Festival of Inspiration, an article about parenting entitled, “Parenting: Are you a Jellyfish or a Brick Wall?” and even responses to questions from devotees. The work that the team does is more than inspiring. From …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, September 25, 2011
Bhaktimarga Swami Featured in Article from the East Coast!
Walking monk crossing Canada to meditate, meet people NEW GLASGOW – Clad in a bright orange robe and wearing sneakers, a Hare Krishna monk is walking through Pictou County this weekend as part of his fourth trip across Canada. The Ontario-born Bhaktimarga Swami, now 53, joined the Hare Krishna in 1973 and adopted a Sanskrit name as part of his …
Video: Re-Living the Double-Decker Bus Kirtan!
During the recent Toronto Film Festival, the Hare Krishna’s took the opportunity to share the spotlight with the stars by loading onto a double-decker bus and chanting exuberantly through the downtown streets! Here’s a quick clip to help re-live the wild experience. Keep an eye out for the part where we pass by a tattoo studio owned by Yamuna Jivana …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, September 18, 2011
Monthly Clean-Up This Friday!
CDM (Ceto Darpana Marjanam) is a project which entails the organized cleaning of the temple as a group that will start at 6:30pm on Friday!!! 🙂 Be part of a special process, the process of cleansing one’s heart by cleaning the temple! 🙂 The schedule will be as follows:6:30pm to 8.30pm – Maha clean-up8:30pm to 9:00pm – Special pizza party …
Double-Decker Bus Harinam!
As part of the Mahamantra Festival, the Hare Krishna temple chartered a double-decker bus on Saturday, September 10, 2011! With a boosted sound system aboard the bus cruised it’s way around all of Toronto’s hotspots, with devotees chanting, singing and drumming much to the delight of the public! Like a party-on-wheels, the kirtan (chanting) brought smiles to everyone on the …
