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Youth Sunday on January 17!

Pandava Sena, the Hare Krishna Temple’s enthusiastic youth group will be holding their first Youth Sunday of 2010 on January 17th! They will be running the Sunday Feast Program which includes cooking, singing, serving and lots of other things for the ENTIRE congregation. In order to make this event successful, they are calling out to all youth to help them …

A Fun, Spontaneous Kirtan – Durban, SA!

We stumbled upon a really neat video of our very own Bhaktimarga Swami leading a boppin’ kirtan in Durban, South Africa during their annual Ratha-Yatra festival from a few years back! Try not to tap your foot while watching. We guarantee you can’t do it. 😉 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaGHAV8oQE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&hd=1&w=400&h=324]

Sharing Krishna Consciousness – The Toronto Sankirtan Story!

“Sankirtan” is the art of sharing one’s bhakti (Krishna consciousness) by hitting the streets and being a friendly ambassador of goodwill. With books of spiritual wisdom, sometimes the most incredible and inspiring encounters can occur that can deliver a wonderful spiritual message to people you just meet on the street. Toronto’s Hare Krishna community has always had steadfast “sankirtan devotees”, …

How the Public Saw Our Outdoor Kirtan!

So we have finally fully recovered from the year-end-madness that is New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day! While for most Torontonians, the long recovery would be due to the excessive booze and what not, for the Hare Krishnas, it’s more about coming down from the spiritual high of non-stop kirtan and celebrations. One of the highlights from the seemingly-non-stop …