Deity Darshan: Lord Nityananda's Appearance Day

Join Us for a Special Nama-Yajna (Kirtan) Tomorrow! 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Tomorow evening, Sunday, February 5, 2012, the Hare Krishna temple will be celebrating the Appearance of Lord Nityananda with great pomp and grandeur!  While our programs on Sundays normally begin at 6pm, tomorrow will feature a special kirtan experience, or "Nama Yajna" from 4:00pm to 6:00pm - two hours of kirtan!

We hope you can join us for this special Nama Yajna as we lead into the evening festivities!  At 6:00pm sharp, there will be a special surprise!  The schedule for the two hour kirtan is as follows:

4:00pm to 4:30pm - Tara
4:30pm to 5:00pm - Jettu
5:00pm to 5:30pm - Dhira Grahi das
5:30pm to 6:00pm - Gaura das
6:00pm to 9:30pm - Evening Festivities

We hope to see you tomorrow at 4:00pm sharp!

Nityananda Appearance Day Celebrations - Sunday, February 5, 2012!

Toronto's Hare Krishna community will be celebrating the advent (appearance) of Lord Nityananda on Sunday, February 5th, 2012! A warm invitation goes out to you and your family to join us as we celebrate this wonderful festival.

Lord Nityananda (also known as Nityananda Prabhu or Nityananda Rama) appeared as Lord Chaitanya’s principal associate for spreading the beautiful and rich movement of bhakti-yoga - devotion to Krishna. He especially spread the chanting of the names of Lord Krishna throughout Bengal. He is considered an incarnation of Lord Balarama, Lord Krishna's brother and best servant.

The festival has traditionally been a very sweet experience for our community and will also feature a special kirtan experience (Nama-Yajna) from 4pm to 6pm, before the festival.  The festival schedule is as follows (subject to change):

4:00pm to 6:00pm - Special Nama-Yajna - Two Hour Kirtan
6:00pm to 6:30pm - Kirtan (Arati)
6:30pm to 6:40pm - Welcome & Announcements
6:40pm to 8:00pm - Special Presentation
8:00pm to 8:30pm - Kirtan (Arati)
8:30pm - Free Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Deity Darshan: Sunday, January 29, 2012

Brand New Traffic Lights at Roxborough & Yonge Means Safer Hare Krishnas!

For many of the delightful members of our Toronto Hare Krishna community, a drive or stroll down Roxoborough Street is a regular occurrence.

When coming to the temple from the east, it is normal to turn on to Roxborough from Yonge Street.  This would often translate to some white knuckles on the steering wheel when making that left turn - yikes!  Of course, for pedestrians walking to nearby Rosedale station, crossing the street to the east side of Yonge would be a nightmare.

Well, worry no more!

The City of Toronto has installed new traffic lights at Yonge and Roxborough and they look like they will be functional very soon.  This should help everyone be safer when visiting the temple.  Hooray!

And for those of you wondering, yes... this does indeed qualify as newsworthy material for our lovable Toronto Hare Krishna Blog! :o)

Magic Tour of India goes to Brazil

Travelling monk, Indradyumna Swami is known world wide for his exciting adventures and grand festivals in Poland. Along with a group of talented devotees, they go around Poland and recently around Australia and put on grand festivals that feature exhibits on Bhakti Yoga, classical and Vedic arts and dances and free vegetarian feasts.

Last year, for the first time, they held festivals in Brazil. Here is a cool video on people's experience at the Magic Tour of India festivals!

Deity Darshan: Sunday, January 22, 2012