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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 

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We are very excited to announce that ISKCON Toronto will be hosting our next Town Hall on Sunday, January 19th, 2013 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm in Govinda’s Dining Hall.  This Town Hall will present an opportunity for our vibrant Hare Krishna community to come forward and engage in a productive, two-way dialogue about our Hare Krishna temple and community at …

We came across this wonderful artistic presentation that gives us a unique glimpse of Sri Navadvipa Dhama Mayapur, the holy birthplace of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. “Whoever visits Navadvipa becomes freed from all offenses. Whatever a pilgrim obtains by wandering to all the holy places is obtained simply by remembering Sri Navadvipa. A person who simply sees Navadvipa gets the great …