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Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 Caledon/Vaughan, Ontario   Praharana is my godsister and also a student or disciple of Prabhupada, like myself.  She heard I was going to the farm in Caledon called Gir Farms, and wanted to come.  Our driver was Pradeep. Also coming along was Cameron, an Australian who spends considerable time at a cow shelter ( goshala ) in Vrindavan, India.  He’s a natural with the animals and with keeping their quarters clean,   Praharana, on the other hand, is n

Saturday, November 1st, 2025 Barrie, Ontario   I was really happy with the program at a rental facility at a United Church in downtown Barrie.  The community here meets regularly and is attempting to step up to make it weekly gatherings.  The chanting was sweet.  The guests, mostly young families and international students, enjoyed the dancing.  They are motivated on their own to move; in the beginning they’re a little bit stiff, but they gradually loosen up.  I spoke from 9.

Friday, October 31st, 2025 Brickworks, Toronto   Some of our Bhakti  Academy members decided to go downtown at Dundas Square anticipating that the location was rowdy and happy.  Being that the 31 st  is Halloween night, many people would be there in costume (maybe a little tipsy), so our group got all dressed up after getting into our drama costume room with makeup before heading to the Square armed with drum and musical instruments for chanting.  Well, that went over very we

Thursday, October 30th, 2025 Dundas Square, Toronto     It was ten years ago that I began my US walk starting from Boston in New England.  By the time I reached Middle Atlantic in Pennsylvania, it was Halloween time.  Homeowners had really spruced up their properties with all kinds of ghoulish décor.  I recall walking by a countryside home where the place was elaborately done up.  A man from the UK travelling for business stopped to see the spectacle and remarked, “Boy, here

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 Queen's Park, Toronto   I was at the street corner of Ave & Dav (Avenue Road and Davenport) with Harakumara, our treasurer, when an elderly gentleman hurriedly ran up to us and in a childlike excitement said, “I’m the one who rings the bell at the Church of the Redeemer.  Do you ring the bell at your temple?”   Both Harakumara and I didn’t expect that remark. He was enthusiastic.  We didn’t have the time to explain that we don’t have a bell to ri

Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 Taylor Creek Park, Ontario   When you are a participant in devotional life, the guru comes to mind very regularly.  There are the principles of vani  and vapuh  when it comes to guru .  Vani  refers to the message that such a teacher has left, and vapuh  applies to the guru ’s physical presence.  Of the two, vani and vapu , the message or instruction is more important and significant.   We had the golden opportunity to give some attention to every