The ISKCON Toronto Blog is excited to announce that we will be broadcasting our first home program, complete with kirtan and philosophy, this Saturday, October 31st, 2009. Members of our Hare Krishna community regularly open their homes and invite friends and family to come over for kirtan, class and a feast! These events are commonly known as “home programs”. HH …
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“Halloween Sankirtan” this Saturday!
It’s the end of another month and the fifth Monthly Sankirtan Festival (MSF) is around the corner! “Sankirtan” involves sharing our beautiful spiritual tradition of bhakti-yoga with the public through outdoor book distribution and chanting. The GTA Sankirtan Team is very happy to invite everyone to the “Halloween Special MSF” this coming Saturday, October 31st (a.k.a Sankirtan Saturday). One of …
Our Sunday “Love” Feast… In Pictures & Video
Here’s a look at last night’s Sunday Feast through the eyes of a camera lens, which sometimes can capture moments that we often miss in person. (photos and video courtesy of Rishi Kumar and Mirabelle Dalmacio). Here also is the Damodarastakam prayers being sung by Toronto’s Gaura-Shakti kirtan yoga band during yesterday’s Sunday program! Part One:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XsBGBncXfo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&w=400&h=243] Part Two:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlU7Ms3x3I&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&w=400&h=243]
Sunday Feast Recording – October 25, 2009
The Sunday Feast recording can be viewed by clicking the image below. As a reminder, the recordings from our weekly live web broadcasts are stored on our ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.
Deity Darshan: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Beautiful Damodarastakam!
As many of our regular temple-goers know, during this month of Kartik, we have been singing the Damodarastakam prayers during every Sunday “Love” Feast and festival at the temple. During the Damodarastakam, we have projected the words on a screen, accompanied by some very simple and smooth animations of classic ISKCON (BBT) artwork. We thought blog-visitors (and YouTubers) would appreciate …
Devotees Gather to Honour Srila Prabhupada
On the evening of Wednesday, October 21st, devotees gathered at Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple to honour Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, on the anniversary of his passing from this world (disappearance day). Led by Bhaktimarga Swami, the evening had a deeply reflective tone that had those who gathered taking stalk of their deep appreciation for all …
Honouring Prabhupada – Wed, Oct 21, 2009
On Wednesday, October 21st, the Hare Krishna temple will be holding both an afternoon and evening program to honour Srila Prabhupada on the anniversary of his disappearance (the day he passed from this world). It was November 14, 1977 that Srila Prabhupada left this world and, as per lunar calendar calculations, the anniversary day falls this year on October 21st. …
Govardhana Puja Celebrations take ISKCON Toronto by “Storm”!
Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple simply loves festivals! That’s it. There’s no need to elaborate with long descriptions (aside, of course, from this blog post). All one would need to do is stand outside our grand limestone building at 243 Avenue Road at the right time every few weeks and the thundering sound of kirtan, drums, and utter jubilation that would …