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This Sunday, February 22, 2015, 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  Feast will be dedicated to honouring Lord Siva. The tentative schedule is as follows: 6:00pm to 6:30pm – Arati 6:30pm …

“For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.” (Bhagavad-gita 18.68-69) Sharing Krishna consciousness with others is surely like an express highway to …

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One of the sweetest festivals of the year Nityananda Trayodasi (appearance day) will fall on Sunday, February 1st! A warm invitation goes out to you and your family to join us as we celebrate the advent (appearance) of Lord Nityananda. Lord Nityananda (also known as Nityananda Prabhu, Nitai, Nityananda Balarama) appeared hundreds of years ago as Lord Chaitanya’s principal associate for …

This coming Saturday, January 31st is the 1st Monthly Sankirtan Festival (MSF) of 2015!It’s an auspicious time of the year, decorated with many festivals. The theme for our first MSF – The Mercy of Lord Nityananda – coincides with this Sunday’s festival of Nityananda Trayodasi. Sankirtan is a Sanskrit term which means the congregational chanting and sharing of the names and …

On Sunday, February 8, 2015, the Hare Krishna Temple will be hosting a one-day seminar on the Nectar of Instruction. Across five centuries comes this incredible guidebook of essential spiritual teachings. How to choose a guru, how to practice yoga, even where to live — you’ll find it all in Nectar of Instruction, originally written in Sanskrit by Rupa Goswami, …

A quick YouTube search yielded some jewel-like videos – clips from Ratha-Yatra 2004.  These 10 year old videos show elements of the two-day festival over the course of the weekend.  With the entire community coming together to put on the festival, this video has plenty of fun little treats!

On Tuesday, January 27th we will be celebrating the 3rd anniversary of Tuesday Sanga and HH Bhaktimarga Swami will also be joining us for this special gathering. Since January of 2012, your ISKCON Toronto Temple has been hosting “sangas” which consist of an evening gathering which includes reading, chanting, interactive discussions as well as a feast. Sanga is nice weekday …

The year 2014 is already in our collective rear view mirror but that shouldn’t stop us from taking a moment to appreciate all the amazing things that took place throughout the year!  The sankirtan spirit flowed throughout the year as a whole team of devotees dedicated themselves to sharing Srila Prabhupada’s books with the public at large.  Here is a …

Several months ago, the City of Toronto hosted it’s annual Nuit Blanche festival wherein entire swaths of the downtown core were transformed into giant art exhibits.  With the public encouraged to walk around and take in the sights and sounds all night long, the devotees from our Hare Krishna community took to the streets (in the middle of the night) …