One of our biggest festivals of the year is quickly approaching! On Thursday, March 8, 2012, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating Gaura Purnima, marking the advent of the Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! The festival is observed annually (usually in February or March) by Krishna devotees all over the world —especially in the area of Mayapur, India, the place where …
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“Uttama Bhakti” Seminar – March 17, 2012 at ISKCON Scarborough
ISKCON Scarborough will be presenting a wonderful seminar on Saturday, March 17, 2012 with special guest speaker HG Sankarshan das Adhikari. Why attend? Do you have a very busy schedule and cannot find the time for spiritual activities? Would you like to put an end to all the problems of life? Would you like to experience never-ending, ever-increasing happiness? Do …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, February 19, 2012
Prayers for HH Romapada Swami
We have just learned that one of our stalwart sannyasis, HH Romapada Swami, has been taken to hospital due to some heart problems in Mayapur. We ask that everyone continually pray for a speedy recovery for such a wonderful devotee of our ISKCON community. For more details on his progress, please click here.
Video: Wow! Sleek Govindas in Australia!!!
We cam upon this pretty amazing video of the Govindas restaurant in Australia! They really have things “cooking” down there! :o)
Siva Ratri Celebrations this Sunday!
This Sunday, February 19, 2012, 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 (subject to change) is as follows: 6:00pm …
Temple Clean-Up this Saturday, February 18th!
It’s that time of the month again. Clean-up time! CDM (Ceto Darpana Marjanam) is a monthly project which entails the organized cleaning of the temple as a group. Devotees come together and roll up their sleeves and clean together! The temple clean-up will start at 10:00am this Saturday, Feb 18, 2012! The schedule will be as follows:10:00am to 1:30pm – …
Update on the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, India
The annual meetings for the Hare Krishna movement are currently being held in Mayapur, India and these meetings provide the opportunity for devotees from all around the world to come together for spiritual inspiration and to work together! One of the many presentations was an update on the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium which is currently being constructed and is …