Education is a cornerstone of society and for our Hare Krishna community at large. Many parents are interested in providing meaningful, spiritual knowledge to their children to ensure they have a nourishing childhood. Further, there has been a keen interest among the GTA community in exploring various options for Krishna Conscious education for our children, ranging from home-schooling, home-schooling co-op, …
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Deity Darshan: Gaura Purnima 2014
Click below for more pictures! Post by ISKCON Toronto: The Hare Krishna Centre.
Golden 6-Hour Kirtan – This Saturday!
As you may already know, we are celebrating quite the festival this Golden Weekend and it all starts off with a non-stop 6-Hour Kirtan on Saturday, March 15, 2014! The kirtan will kick off right at 3:00pm and end with a grand finale at 9:00pm, including prasadam (vegetarian feast). Please come and join us as we begin to celebrate the appearance of …
Gaura Purnima 2014 – A Golden Weekend
The Toronto Hare Krishna Centre would like to warmly invite you to join us for grand Gaura Purnima Celebrations this Saturday and Sunday, March 15-16, 2014! Gaura Purnima, one of the largest festivals at Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple, is the celebration of the appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is none other than Lord Krishna Himself. Over 500 years ago, in a special …
“There’s something about Hare”- The Grid
Guess who got a fantastic review recently? Check out the online version of the article here and make a headway to Govinda’s (during working hours, of course)! The original appeared in the print version of The Grid on the 27th of February, 2014.
Siva Ratri Celebrations this Sunday!
This Sunday, March 2, 2014, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating Siva Ratri.* Siva Ratri literally translates as “the Night of Lord Siva.” Lord Siva is described as “the greatest Vaishnava (devotee of Lord Krishna)”; as such, this week’s Sunday “Love” Feast will be dedicated to honouring Lord Siva. The tentative schedule is as follows: 6:00pm to 6:30pm – …
Deity Darshan: Nityananda Trayodasi (Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu)
The appearance day of Lord Nityananda Prabhu was celebrated at ISKCON Toronto on February 12, 2014. Lord Nityananda Prabhu, whose name literally means, “eternally blissful”, appeared around 1474 AD in the village of Ekachakra, near Mayapur, West Bengal. He is the eternal companion of Lord Caitanya and both are worshiped together as are Krishna and Balaram. In the same way …
Gopinath’s Kids Camp: Winter Edition
The Gopinath’s Kids Camp has been a one-day annual summer event since 2006. This year, Krishna’s Funskool is very happy to announce their first ever March-Break kids camp! We promise three full days of interactive spiritual learning, yummy prasadam meals and lots of fun. See attached poster for details.You can register your child via this preliminary formFor further information, please contact kids@torontokrishna.com
“Nama-Ruci” Month: Developing a Taste for the Holy Name
Starting next Sunday, February 9, 2014, we invite you to join us in celebrating a month dedicated to chanting japa and relishing the nectar of the Holy Names. Nama-Ruci is all about developing a taste for the Holy Name. The following lines express this theme beautifully:“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘Krish-na‘ have produced. When the holy name …
Appearance of Varaha Avatara (Boar Incarnation)
This year, February 11th marks the appearance anniversary of Varaha avatar (Lord Krishna’s boar incarnation). As described in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Lord Krishna assumed this form of a gigantic boar to lift the drowning planet Earth from the cosmic ocean with his tusks. A demonic personality had thrown the planet Earth from her orbit into this ocean but the Lord …