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This past Sunday, we had a special “fire yajna” held during our Sunday Feast celebrations.  A fire yajna is a ceremonial ritual wherein ghee (clarified butter), grains and other items are offered into fire amidst the chanting of mantras.  It is a beautiful ritual that brings a level of auspiciousness and peacefulness to the atmosphere. The program was led by …

As Hare Krishnas, ceremonies are a big part of our spiritual practice.  Almost all major times of life are marked by some time of ceremony.  From the time a child takes it’s first grains, to the time of initiation, and even when someone is about to pass from this world, auspicious ceremonies can often be performed and mantras are regularly …

Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple will be welcoming Brahma Muhurta das to our community this weekend!  He will be conducting a “Yajna Training Seminar” (by invitation only) to help train local devotees in performing yajnas.  “Yajnas” are fire sacrifices wherein grains and other items are offered into fire amidst the chanting of mantras. At the age of 14 Brahma Muhurta das …

Hayagriva das is one of our dynamic Canadian brahmacaris (celibate monks) and is based out of ISKCON Montreal.  As some of our devotees may recall, he conducted a very nice seminar here at ISKCON Toronto last year in October on the chanting of holy names! Recently, he conducted a two-day seminarat ISKCON Calgary and it was captured on video!  The …

There’s a fantastic little video that has been published on YouTube and it captures the reaction of some members of the public when asked what they think of the Hare Krishnas.  It seems that the video has been made in the UK and it is certainly very inspirational for anyone who practices Krsna consciousness!  This is a project called “Fortunate …

On Tuesday, January 19th we will be celebrating the 4th anniversary of Tuesday Sanga and HG Subhavilasa Prabhu along with Dhira Grahi and Yura prabhus will also be joining us for this special gathering. On January 17, 2012 the first sanga was held at ISKCON Toronto under the inspiration of HG Vaisesika Prabhu who encouraged team building as well as …

One Saturday, January 9, 2016, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple will be welcoming Sankarshan das Adhikari for a special seminar entitled, “Pure Devotional Service is for Everyone”.  Does that sound like a lofty unrealistic thing to you?  Do you have obligations such as work and family? Do you have responsibilities?  Are you struggling to maintain a regular practice of hearing, …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple has been sending e-newsletters out for a few years now.  One of our goal’s for 2016 is to become a little more regular and send out a newsletter at the beginning of each month, updating readers about upcoming and ongoing programs at the temple. With that, we are happy to share our January edition of …

YouTube user Manuj Kumar captured a couple of minutes from the 8pm arati from the first evening of 2016.  With a rousing kirtan led by Bhaktimarga Swami, this video offers a small glimpse into what is in store for the next 52 Sundays in 2016, not to mention the countless festivals which will fall in between!  We hope to see …

It is with heavy hearts that we inform our Toronto Hare Krishna community that Gunagrahi Goswami, a very senior member of our international Hare Krishna movement, has been diagnosed with cancer. Based out of South America (Argentina), Gunagrahi Goswami has visited Toronto a few times in recent years, capturing the hearts of our local devotee community with his inspiring classes, …