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 – …
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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 …
Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day
One of the sweetest festivals of the year falls on Wednesday, February 12th! A warm invitation goes out to you and your family to join us as we celebrate the advent (appearance) of Lord Nityananda this Wednesday evening, starting at 6pm. Lord Nityananda (also known as Nityananda Prabhu, Nitai, Nityananda Balarama) appeared as Lord Chaitanya’s principal associate for spreading the …
Parama Karuna…
As we prepare to celebrate Nityananda Trayodasi, the advent (appearance) of Lord Nityananda this Wednesday, February 12th, starting at 6pm. Click HERE for more information about the celebrations. We found this nice video of Srila Prabhupada singing the famous Bengali bhajan “Parama Karuna Pahu Dui Jana” (Official Name: Sri Gaura Nityananda Daya). This bhajan (devotional song) written by Srila Locana Dasa …
Appearance Day of Advaitacharya
Wednesday, February 5th marks the appearance anniversary of Advaitacharya, one of the foremost teachers of bhakti in the Hare Krishna tradition. On this day we fast till noon in his honour. Advaitacharya appeared some sixty years before Lord Chaitanya’s own advent, over 500 years ago. It was Advaitacarya who asked Lord Chaitanya to descend. Before Lord Chaitanya’s advent, Advaitacharya had …
Temporary Deity Darshan Link
The redesign of our website has required a new format for posting Deity Darshan pictures, “Darshan” is a viewing or an auspicious audience with the Deity form of the Lord. Previously we would post pictures every Sunday of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha and Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subadhra. While the redesign is still in …
A Fun Read – 32 Ways NOT to Chant Japa!
We came upon this funny little list of “32 Ways Not to Chant Japa”, sent to us from Mahatma prabhu. For serious practitioners of bhakti-yoga (Krsna consciousness), daily mantra meditation (japa) is a big part of our devotional practice. Of course, one of the main challenges is staying focused while chanting! :o) Here’s a fun list of what we shouldn’t …