Wednesday, February 3rd, marks the appearance anniversary of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, one of the foremost teachers of bhakti in the Hare Krishna tradition. On this day we fast till noon in his honour. Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura (1874–1936), is the spiritual master of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was extremely intelligent and excelled in math, astronomy, Sanskrit, and other languages. …
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Food for Life Hits the Streets!
With big smiles and warm coats, enthusiastic devotees hit the streets to distribute both hot vegetarian meals and the sweet sounds of kirtan to the homeless of the city. The first monthly Food for Life program of 2010 welcomed many new faces. Check out some of the highlights below.
Sunday Feast Recordings – January 31, 2010
The 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 ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.
Deity Darshan: Sunday Janurary 31, 2010
Food For Life this Sunday, January 31, 2010!
The very first Food for Life of 2010 will be taking place this Sunday, January 31st! Once a month, Toronto’s Food for Life team gets together at the Hare Krishna Centre and prepares karma-free vegetarian meals, packs them up, and then head down to a homeless shelter at Queen & Sherbourne in downtown Toronto to distribute the hot meals to …
Cleaning Our Hearts.. the Toronto Krishna Way!
How would one cleanse their heart? If a person felt their heart could use a good scrubbing, what would you tell them to do? On Saturday January 23rd, a very special project was launched at the Hare Krishna Centre. The project is named “Ceto Darpana Marjanam” (Project CDM) and entails regular cleaning of the temple as a group. The first …
An Evening Glorifying Lord Nityananda!
It was an intimate gathering of spiritualists that came together on the evening of Thursday, January 28, 2009. Their common interest was to celebrate the advent of Lord Nityananda, over 500 years ago. Lord Nityananda appeared as Lord Caitanya’s principal associate for spreading the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. He especially spread the holy name of …
Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day – Festival Recordings (January 28, 2010)
Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day Festival recording can be viewed by clicking the image below. As a reminder, the recordings from our weekl y Sunday Feastlive web broadcasts and Festival broadcasts are stored on our ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.
Better Late Than Never… New Year’s Eve 2009!
Well, it took us a number of weeks, but we finally have a video report of the wild and crazy New Year’s Eve maha-harinama that took place on the night of December 31st, 2009. Led by Bhaktimarga Swami, over 75 kirtan-lovers burst out from the temple, hopped on the subway at Rosedale station and chanted their way to City Hall …
Celebrating Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day this Thursday!
The Toronto Hare Krishna temple would like to extend a warm invitation for all to join us as we celebrate Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day (birthday!) on Thursday, January 28th, 2009. Lord Nityananda is considered identical to Lord Balarama, the elder brother of Lord Krishna. He is regarded as being like the elder brother of Lord Chaitanya. Lord Nityananda is known …