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Gaura-Shakti Holds Debut Concert!
On Sunday, January 25, 2009, Toronto’s brand new kirtan yoga band debuted at the Hare Krishna Temple. “Gaura-Shakti”, a Toronto-based kirtan troupe, led an evening of sacred mantras and devotional chants (kirtan) performed in a call-and-response style. Kirtan yoga allows a musical tapestry to fill the heart and lift the spirit in a soul-piercing journey into the sublime. From transcendentally mellow kirtans …
“Food for Life” Hits the Streets Again!
Srila Prabhupada, our founding guru of the Hare Krishna movement, had a desire to have widespread prasadam (sanctified food) distribution around the world. In an ongoing endeavor to fulfill this desire, the youth from ISKCON Toronto have been distributing prasadam to Toronto’s homeless. This past Sunday, 100 bio-degradable take-out containers were filled to the brim with delicious hot pasta and …
“Toronto Hare Krishna News” Now Online!
For the last few months, our Toronto Hare Krishna newsletter has been back up and running and copies can always be found at the front desk at our temple. We also now have our newsletters online and will try to keep archived copies of them available for our blog visitors! We hope you enjoy this new feature of the blog …
Sunday Feast Recordings – Jan 25th, 2009
The Sunday Feast recording this week featured the debut concert by ISKCON Toronto’s new kirtan band, Gaura-Shakti! In lieu of posting the webcam recording (which was broadcasted online), we will instead be posting high quality video highlights from the concert, along with a small report, later this week. Stay tuned!!!
Deity Darshan: Sunday January 25, 2009
Kirtan Concert this Sunday with Gaura-Shakti
Last Sunday, we had a special presentation as a “Year in Review” of 2008. This upcoming Sunday, we have another special presentation for our community! As a new initiative to reach out to Toronto’s vast yoga community, a group of local devotees have formed a kirtan group, officially named “Gaura-Shakti”. To help introduce the power of kirtan to Toronto’s yoga …
2008: A Year in Review at ISKCON Toronto
This past Sunday, we showcased a presentation, “2008 – A Year in Review at ISKCON Toronto”. We have placed this presentation on YouTube The video contains touching footage and images of the early days of the Hare Krishna movement! The message is that the Hare Krishna movement has been around, in the west, for over 40 years and while it …
Sunday Feast Recordings – Jan 18th, 2009
Today’s 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 new ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.