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Saturday, September 12th, 2026 Vaughn, Ontario Wherever there is Krishna, there will be a crowd. When Indresh Gaura and family put on a party, it is going to be big. To accommodate such an event their large home in Vaughn makes it happen. Police security was there at the entrance of Radha Road, making sure that parking arrangements are efficient space-wise. I arrived early with members of the Bhakti Academy. Shoe space was ample just because we were ahead of the game. The gre

Friday, September 11th, 2026 Peterborough, Ontario At 5 am just after the morning mantras called Gauravastakam I welcomed all the participants who attended. “Good morning! Bonjour! This is 9.11 today. We will get through it.” There was a laughter response, but frankly it is a sad day. Twenty-five years ago the Twin Towers in New York came down which shocked the world and claimed the lives of 3,000 innocent civilians. That was a dark period in recent history. In the midst of d

Thursday, September 10th, 2026 High Park, Toronto Navin, Rsi and I decided to walk more or less in a straight line west on Bloor Street to everyone’s favourite park. From there we would Uber our way back to the temple ashram, our starting point. What did we see along the way? Well, the city is all hyped-up about TIFF — Toronto International Film Festival, one of the largest and most influential publicly attended in the world. There is a buzz. By the way, as the sun was descen

Wednesday, September 9th, 2026 Toronto, Ontario KRISHNA PROTECTS WOMEN AND CHILDREN draupadi was a very strong woman a queen of character, a good human at the darkest hour, by the hair she was dragged by a brutish man whose intelligence lagged in front of an assembly of royals when bravery knew only withdrawals he pulled at her blood-stained dress attempting to augment her distress leaving her fully dishonoured and exposed humiliated and devoid of her clothes not letting the

Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 Yorkville, Toronto These last few days have been a sweet wrap-up of the Labour Day weekend and in our Hare Krishna culture the calendar called for Krishna Jayanti, (meaning His birthday) followed by Prabhupada’s birth anniversary. It is all a hell of a time (meant in a good way). There is a catering to thousands of people and this is going on all over the world at this time of year. For a change and some calmness Krishna Prema Rupa, Jagannatha, Mo

Monday, September 7th, 2026 Toronto, Ontario FOLLOW THE GREAT when someone demonstrates steadiness recognizing worldly pettiness he plies through life with ease because he actually sees some go for false embrace-and-cuddle form clouds of confusion that muddle the righteous avoid, dart for clarity by way of the practice of austerity they relish a regular fast rarely live in the past dodge the passion of the future operate timely like a rooster the present is their place to be