The following is your detailed guide to ringing in the New Year “Hare Krishna Style”! As we do every year, devotees gather at the temple on New Year’s Eve and then head over to City Hall to join the tens of thousands of revelers, ushering in the new year. However, we come armed with our drums, karatalas (cymbals) and voices …
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Annual Srila Prabhupada Festival – This Sunday!
On New Year’s Day, January 1st, Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple will be hosting our annual Srila Prabhupada Festival! Promising to be a great way to start the new year, the festival is usually one of the biggest of the year. As a special treat, we would like to encourage all devotees to come early for the festival to chant japa …
Mantra Meditation: A Video
Ever wondered why we do kirtan? Here is a wonderful video explaining mantra meditation as well as some realizations from people on their kirtan experiences. Aaand if you cannot wait for your own kirtan experience, join us on New Year’s Eve as we celebrate the arrival of the New Year – Hare Krishna style! Please stay tuned for more details!
Deity Darshan: Sunday, December 25, 2011
Yamuna devi dasi Passes Away
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 …
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! …