Toronto's Hare Krishna Centre (ISKCON Toronto), has always been the hub of a rich, vibrant and enthusiastic community. Whether it be grand festivals, programs at local universities and yoga studios, philosophical discussions, cooking sessions, or singing and dancing on the streets, there are events taking place for everyone's interest.
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)
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)
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!
Just a small housekeeping note! We've added a link on the right-hand sidebar to the recordings from the 12-Hour Kirtan that rocked the Toronto Hare Krishna Centre last July! Glance over to the right and you should see the link!
2011 marked another year of exciting sankirtan achievements for the Toronto Hare Krishna community. With lofty goals of sharing record numbers of Srila Prabhupada's books, enthusiastic devotees from our community hit the streets as ambassadors of goodwill as we happily shared Krsna consciousness. (Our favourite moment of the video starts at the 8:35 mark!) :o)
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.
