One of the sweetest festivals of the year falls on Wednesday, February 16th! 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 …
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“Winning Over Inner Space” – A Mind-Opening Seminar by Rohini Priya das
A special seminar, conducted by Rohini Priya das, will be held on the evening of Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm at the Toronto Hare Krishna temple. Rohini Priya das graduated as a doctor of Medicine from Mumbai university and decided to dedicate his life to the practice of sharing bhakti-yoga. For the last 15 years he has …
Lord Varaha’s Appearance Day
Tomorrow, February 15th 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 came, …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, February 13, 2011
Appearance Day of Advaita Acharya
Thursday, February 10th, marks the appearance anniversary of Advaita Acharya, one of the foremost teachers of bhakti in the Hare Krishna tradition. On this day we fast till noon in his honour. In honour of this occasion, HH Bhaktimarga Swami will be holding a small program at the Temple at 12pm. Advaita Acharya appeared some sixty years before Lord Chaitanya’s …
Join Us for an Inspiring and Dramatic Sunday Feast This Weekend!
We all love our Sunday Feasts. The chanting, drumming, dancing and feasting are all mainstays of our weekly program and provide a great way to inspire ourselves for the week ahead. Every once in a while, we have special Sunday Feasts that don’t necessarily correlate to any festivals or special events. This will be one of those Sundays! The Toronto …
Rohini Priya das Will Be Visiting Toronto’s Hare Krishna Community!
We are excited to announce that HG Rohini Priya das will once again be visiting our Toronto Hare Krishna community. Rohini Priya das hails from the famous Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha temple in Chowpatty, Mumbai, India. Rohini Priya das graduated as a doctor of Medicine from Mumbai university and decided to dedicate his life to the practice of sharing bhakti-yoga. …
Flashback Photographs – In Memory of Bhadra Priya devi dasi
We recently came across these photographs of Badra Priya devi dasi from the early days at the Hare Krishna Temple in Toronto. Please join us tonight for a special kirtan prayer session for her.
Prayers for Bhadra Priya devi dasi
*** UPDATE – Feb 8, 2011 – We have learned that Bhadra Priya devi dasi passed away last night at around 11:00pm EST under very auspicious circumstances. She was surrounded by devotees doing kirtan, led by HG Bada Hari das. Devotees will still be gathering this evening (Feb 8, 2011) to have kirtan and japa to pray for Bhadra Priya …