Tomorrow, February 15th marks the appearance anniversary of Varaha avatar (Lord Krishna’s boar incarnation). As described in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Lord Krishna assumed this form of a gigantic boar to lift the drowning planet Earth from the cosmic ocean with his tusks. A demonic personality had thrown the planet Earth from her orbit into this ocean but the Lord came, …
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Deity Darshan: Sunday, February 13, 2011
Appearance Day of Advaita Acharya
Thursday, February 10th, marks the appearance anniversary of Advaita Acharya, one of the foremost teachers of bhakti in the Hare Krishna tradition. On this day we fast till noon in his honour. In honour of this occasion, HH Bhaktimarga Swami will be holding a small program at the Temple at 12pm. Advaita Acharya appeared some sixty years before Lord Chaitanya’s …
Join Us for an Inspiring and Dramatic Sunday Feast This Weekend!
We all love our Sunday Feasts. The chanting, drumming, dancing and feasting are all mainstays of our weekly program and provide a great way to inspire ourselves for the week ahead. Every once in a while, we have special Sunday Feasts that don’t necessarily correlate to any festivals or special events. This will be one of those Sundays! The Toronto …
Rohini Priya das Will Be Visiting Toronto’s Hare Krishna Community!
We are excited to announce that HG Rohini Priya das will once again be visiting our Toronto Hare Krishna community. Rohini Priya das hails from the famous Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha temple in Chowpatty, Mumbai, India. Rohini Priya das graduated as a doctor of Medicine from Mumbai university and decided to dedicate his life to the practice of sharing bhakti-yoga. …
Flashback Photographs – In Memory of Bhadra Priya devi dasi
We recently came across these photographs of Badra Priya devi dasi from the early days at the Hare Krishna Temple in Toronto. Please join us tonight for a special kirtan prayer session for her.
Prayers for Bhadra Priya devi dasi
*** UPDATE – Feb 8, 2011 – We have learned that Bhadra Priya devi dasi passed away last night at around 11:00pm EST under very auspicious circumstances. She was surrounded by devotees doing kirtan, led by HG Bada Hari das. Devotees will still be gathering this evening (Feb 8, 2011) to have kirtan and japa to pray for Bhadra Priya …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, February 6, 2011
Kirtan by HH Niranjana Swami @ ISKCON Boston
A video of HH Niranjana Swami singing a vintage ISKCON tune from ISKCON Boston! There are rumblings that Maharaj may make a visit to ISKCON Toronto sometime this summer. Keep your fingers crossed!
Just Surrender
We recently came across this beautiful track, “Surrender” performed by the talented Gaura Vani and As Kindered Spirits at a yoga studio in Australia. This is a live rendition of the track from their latest album, “Ten Million Moons”. We hope you like it! (If you don’t watch the whole thing, at least watch the solo by Jahnavi at the …