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Appearance Day of Advaitacharya

Today, Friday, January 22nd, marks the appearance anniversary of Advaitacharya, one of the foremost teachers of bhakti in the Hare Krishna tradition. On this day we fast till noon in his honour. Advaitacharya appeared some sixty years before Lord Chaitanya’s own advent, over 500 years ago. It was Advaitacarya who asked Lord Chaitanya to descend. Before Lord Chaitanya’s advent, Advaitacharya …

Food for Life Efforts in Haiti

With the tragic events in Haiti caused due to the massive earthquake, we learned that Hare Krishna Devotees have begun relief efforts through the International Food for Life program. The Food for Life project, started in 1974, has now expanded to over 60 countries and over 1,500,000 hot vegan meals are distributed daily. Check out an excerpt from their website …

Why No Onion & Garlic in the Krishna Diet?

Devout bhakti-yogis of the Hare Krishna tradition choose a vegetarian diet that also includes the avoidance of onion and garlic. While many Krishna devotees know the basic reasons behind this, we often struggle to explain this to friends, family or even people that are new to Krishna consciousness. A link was sent to us recently from Kurma das’ website. Kurma …

2009 Year in Review Video Presentation

Yesterday during our weekly Sunday “Love” Feast, the Toronto Hare Krishna temple showcased a special video presentation that covered all the amazing things that happened during the year 2009. This has been a yearly tradition (check out the 2008 and 2007 videos) and, for our online audience along with anyone who missed it, we present the very same presentation. The …

Revisiting How We Ushered in the New Year!

The transition to a new calendar year is traditionally marked by grand festivities. For Toronto’s Hare Krishna community it is always something to write home about… even if it takes a few weeks to write about (we apologize for the delayed report). Festivities began on December 31st with the third annual Bhajan and Prasadam Festival. It all started at midday …

Prayers for Mahavishnu Goswami

Mahavishnu Goswami, one of the senior monks of the Hare Krishna Movement is critcally ill. Due to his advanced age of 90 years, he has been ill for some time and is currently under treatment at the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai India. Mahavishnu Goswami connected with the Hare Krishna movement in 1973 and since then has travelled around the world to …

Bhaktimarga Swami at the Annual Temple Presidents Meeting – Dallas, TX

Members of our Toronto Temple Council, along with Bhaktimarga Swami, who is the GBC for ISKCON Centres across Canada, gathered in Dallas, Texas this past weekend for the Annual Temple Presidents Meeting. Our fellow YouTube lover, Rupa prabhu (from Dallas), posted some videos of Maharaj including his Bhagavatam Class (be sure to catch Maharaj’s classic “charades game” while reading the …