Deity Darshan: Sunday May 29, 2011

Doors Open Toronto - This Weekend!

This weekend the Hare Krishna Centre is participating In Doors Open Toronto. Annually, 150 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural and social significance open their doors to the public for a city-wide celebration. While Toronto's Hare Krishna Temple is open, free of charge, to the public year-round, Doors Open presents an opportunity for the public to learn about the architectural and historical story of our amazing building!

Guided Tours will take place from 10am-5pm on Saturday May 28th and Sunday May 29th. Guided tours of the building highlight the architectural, historical and spiritual history of the building. There are also visual displays of media news clippings and interesting publications related to the building. free snacks, a book lounge and free refreshments are provided to the public!

Additionally, the regular Sunday programme (Sunday Feast) is open to the public 6:00-8:30pm, including a Free Vegetarian feast served at 7:30pm.

For more information, check out the Official Doors Open Toronto website.

More Pictures from Victoria Day Harinama!

Long weekends in the summer are always a welcome opportunity for Toronto's Hare Krishna community to come together, put on our most beautiful and colourful outfits and hit the streets with drums, cymbals and enthusiastic voices! This past Monday, close to 30 spiritualists gathered to hit the streets for a grand "harinama" (outdoor chanting and dancing) and it was a huge success! Check out the photos!

Deity Darshan: Sunday May 23, 2011

Monthly Temple Clean-Up this Saturday @ 10am!

CDM (Ceto Darpana Marjanam) is a project which entails the organized cleaning of the temple as a group. This month, the CDM team i s excited to announce that they will be having the RATHA-YATRA COMMITEE join in for the clean-up. Everyone will be coming together to help make the temple shine and there will also be a fun activity at the end of the clean-up day!

SPECIAL UPDATE - If weather allows there will be a PIZZA party OUTSIDE IN THE PARK!!!

The clean-up will have an earlier start time than normal, at 10 am, in order to finish early so that everyone can attend to their evening plans. Please join in as we clean our temple and our very hearts as well in a fun way together!

The schedule will be as follows:

10pm to 1.30pm - Maha clean-up

1:30pm to 3:00pm - Special pizza party in the park, activity and nectar-filled conversations

An inspirational quote by Srila Prabhupada:

"Everything within the temple should be kept very, very neat and clean. And the more you keep the temple neat and clean, you will be neat and clean within your heart. And then your understanding will be very easy. We cannot understand Krsna because our heart is piled up with many garbages. That we have to cleanse."

-- Srila Prabhupada Melbourne, May 22, 1975

Please come out and bring your family and friends for this unforgettable experience!

Presented by the CDM Organizing Team

(Toronto Sankirtan Team and Pandava Sena Toronto)

Deity Darshan: Sunday May 15, 2011- Nrsimha Caturdasi

A Sublime and Sweet Kirtan!

Nrsimha Caturdasi Celebrations on Sunday!

Nrsimha Caturdasi celebrations mark the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva, Krishna’s half-man half-lion incarnation who appeared in order to protect the saintly child Prahlada who was being tormented by his father, Hiranyakashipu.

This year, Nrsimha Caturdasi falls on Monday, May 16th however, celebrations will be taking place at the Hare Krishna Temple on Sunday, May 15th during our weekly Sunday Feast.

The festival will begin at 6:00pm and will feature a grand abhisheka (bathing ceremony) of Lord Nrsimhadeva, an interesting discourse on his appearance and qualities and amazing kirtan!

The schedule for the program is as follows (subject to change):
6:00pm to 6:25pm - Kirtan (Arati)
6:25pm to 6:30pm - Nrsimhadeva Prayers led by the Sunday School Children

6:30pm to 6:40pm - Welcome and Announcements
6:40pm to 7:25pm - Discourse on Lord Nrsimhadeva
7:25pm to 8:00pm - Special Abhiskeka (bathing ceremony)
8:00pm to 8:30pm - Kirtan (Arati)
8:30pm - Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Due to the grand celebrations on Sunday, we wont be having a special program for Nrsimha Caturdasi on Monday. We hope to see you and your family at the celebrations!

Jay Nrsimhadev!

In spirit of Nrsimha Caturdasi, we thought we'd share a creative video presentation about Lord Nrsimhadev. We stumbled upon this video online and were blown away by the rare darshans of famous Nrsimhadev Deities around the world!

Food for life in Japan

The recent earthquake in Japan was a very tragic event that shook the whole world. So many people lost their homes, belongings and loved ones. In the face of this tragedy, Hare Krishna devotees from the Tokyo Hare Krishna Centre have been preparing hot vegetarian meals and distributing it to the people in Japan. Check out a video of their efforts!

Deity Darshan: Sunday May 8, 2011

Deity Darshan: Sunday May 1, 2011

A Glimpse of Festival of India!

In spirit of the Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) Launch yesterday, here is a spectacular video of a kirtan led by Madhava prabhu, one of our special guests this year! It just goes to show that even oceans apart, ecstatic chanting can bring anyone and everyone to their feet. Don't forget to look out for our very own HH Bhaktimarga Swami CROWD-SURFING! :

Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) Launch Tomorrow!

With summer fast approaching it means the 39th Annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) is around the corner!

This Sunday will mark the official launch of this year's festival! The program will begin at 4:30 pm with a Havan (Vedic fire sacrifice) to invoke auspiciousness for this year's Festival of India.


This Sunday oficially marks the countdown of 77 days till year's Festival which is taking place on July 16-17!