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Awakening the Soul: HG Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari & HG Srimati Vishnupriya Mataji’s 2026 Ontario Tour

Looking for a profound spiritual reset this summer? This June, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness welcomes renowned teachers HG Sankarshan Das Adhikari and HG Vishnupriya Mataji for their highly anticipated 2026 Canada Tour across Ontario. From a 1960s counter-culture rock musician who shared stages with the Grateful Dead to a global spiritual guide, Sankarshan Das Adhikari—alongside Gurumata Vishnupriya Mataji—delivers a timeless, practical formula for world peace. Whether you are in Ottawa, the GTA, or downtown Toronto, explore our breakdown of their full lecture schedule, exclusive media archives, and free online courses to awaken your soul.

If you’ve been looking for a spiritual reset, some profound wisdom, or simply a community of warm, like-minded souls to chant and connect with, your calendar is about to get beautifully busy.

This June, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is hosting a highly anticipated lecture series featuring HG Sankarshan Das Adhikari and HG Vishnupriya Mataji. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or just curious about the path of self-realization, this tour offers a rare opportunity to hear timeless spiritual truths delivered with deep realization, clarity, and practical wisdom.

Meet the Speakers

HG Sankarshan Das Adhikari (Srila Gurudeva)

Srila Gurudeva His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Srila Gurudeva His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Before anchoring his life in spiritual education, Sankarshan Das was a popular singer-songwriter rooted in the counter-cultural era of the 1960s. He shared stages with musical legends like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, and became an instant sensation on the University of Texas campus in 1970 with his daily concerts at the George Washington statue and his stint as the house musician for the Sattva vegetarian restaurant. His deepest desire through his music has always been to spark off a spiritual revolution for bringing perfect peace and happiness to the entire world.

In pursuit of that global peace and his own spiritual perfection, he underwent a period of deep prayer, soul-searching, and inquiry. This journey eventually led him to the feet of one of the greatest spiritual masters in history: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON, who blessed him with perfect knowledge of the Absolute Truth and the formula to successfully bring perfect peace and happiness to the entire world population.

Today, from his home base in Austin, Texas, he regularly circles the globe out of love and compassion to enlighten human society in the most sublime peace formula. Online, he has successfully conducted a self-realization e-course for over a decade, teaching this process of complete spiritual perfection to more than 34,000 students worldwide (http://www.joincourse.com). Fueled by ancient scriptural predictions of a total spiritual awakening of human society, his mission is to bring that transformation to life.

He is the author of many books, including the latest Divine Love Memoir: How I Discovered the Most Secret of All Secrets.

Explore more of his spiritual teachings, music, and media archives:

HG Vishnupriya Mataji (Srimati Gurumata)

Gurumata Her Grace Vishnupriya Mataji
Gurumata Her Grace Vishnupriya Mataji

Practicing simple spirituality for over five decades, Her Grace Vishnupriya Devi Dasi often assists and accompanies Sankarshan Das Adhikari in his world deliverance mission. To students and disciples around the globe, she is affectionately known as “Gurumata”.

Though she plays a pivotal role in guiding and helping countless souls, Gurumata genuinely prefers to remain in the background. She is celebrated for her unique ability to elegantly and simply cut through all kinds of nonsense to strike directly at the root cause of all problems. As a master of practical spirituality, she is exceptionally expert at helping souls practically adopt a high spiritual standard gradually and sustainably.

To help you plan your attendance, we have broken down the tour schedule into three distinct levels of detail—ranging from the grand province-wide overview to a hyper-local deep dive.

1. The Macro View: The Full Ontario & Ottawa Kickoff

Best for: Anyone living in Ontario who wants to see the entire tour path at a glance, or those located in the capital region looking for the opening events.

Awaken the Soul 2026 Ontario Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari & Vishnupriya Mataji
Awaken the Soul 2026 Ontario Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari & Vishnupriya Mataji

The tour kicks off in the nation’s capital before making its way down to the Greater Toronto Area. If you are trying to coordinate travel or see which weekend dates fit your schedule best, this complete regional roadmap has you covered.

Ottawa & Russell Highlights (June 5 – June 7)

  • The Launch: The tour begins on Friday, June 5th at 7:00 PM at ISKCON Ottawa with an uplifting Evening Temple Program.
  • Early Risers: Catch an intimate, deeply philosophical Srimad Bhagavatam class on Saturday morning, June 6th at 6:00 AM.
  • Sunday Double-Feature: On June 7th, you can choose between a midday Sunday Feast in Russell (12:00 PM) or an afternoon Sunday Feast Class back at ISKCON Ottawa (3:30 PM).

2. The Regional Zoom-In: Greater Toronto Area & Surrounding Hubs

Best for: Commuters and residents in the Golden Horseshoe area (Scarborough, Brampton, Mississauga, Waterloo, Burlington, and Toronto) who want to catch a local weekday or weekend program.

If you live in the GTA, you don’t have to drive into downtown Toronto to experience these enlightening discourses. The tour actively moves around the region to bring the wisdom directly to your neighborhood.

His Grace Sankarshan Das Adhikari & Her Grace Srimati Vishnupriya Mataji GTA Tour June 2026

Traveling the GTA Circuit (June 9 – June 14)

  • Mid-Week Wisdom: If you need a spiritual pick-me-up after work, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings feature 6:30 PM programs right in the heart of Toronto.
  • The Scarborough & Brampton Stops: Scarborough residents can attend a specialized Bhagavad-gita class on Friday, June 12th at 6:30 PM. Meanwhile, Brampton will host a lively Sunday Feast Class on June 14th at 12:00 PM.
  • Weekend Road Trips: Heading out of the immediate city? The tour makes special stops at ISKCON Waterloo (Saturday, June 13th at 2:00 PM) and ISKCON Burlington (Saturday, June 13th at 5:30 PM).

3. The Local Deep Dive: The ISKCON Toronto Hub

Best for: Core community members, downtown Toronto residents, or anyone planning to base their attendance out of the flagship Avenue Road temple.

For those who want to focus exclusively on the primary temple residency, this streamlined schedule cuts out the travel noise and zeros in on the five essential programs happening right at the historic ISKCON Toronto headquarters.

His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari & Her Grace Srimati Vishnupriya Mataji June 2026 ISKCON Toronto Programs

Your ISKCON Toronto Cheat-Sheet

If you are planning to visit the main temple, bookmark these exact times:

DateTimeProgram TypeVenue
Tue, June 96:30 PMTuesday SangaISKCON Toronto
Wed, June 106:30 PMTemple ProgramISKCON Toronto
Thu, June 117:30 AMSrimad Bhagavatam ClassISKCON Toronto
Fri, June 127:30 AMSrimad Bhagavatam ClassISKCON Toronto
Sun, June 146:30 PMSunday Feast ClassISKCON Toronto

Venue Address: 243 Avenue Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 2J1

More Info:www.iskcontoronto.com

Can’t Make it in Person? Take the Wisdom Home

If your schedule doesn’t align with the physical tour dates, or if you leave the lectures craving a deeper understanding of the science of the soul, you don’t have to miss out.

You can sign up for The Ultimate Self Realization Course, the free online journey conducted by Sankarshan Das Adhikari that has already transformed the lives of over 34,000 students.

Have Questions About the Tour?

Whether you need directions to a specific venue, want to know more about the festival prasadam (sanctified vegetarian feasting), or have a question about the lecture topics, the organizing team is here to help.

  • Get in touch: Send an email directly to das@dasadas.com with your inquiries, and a local coordinator will get back to you shortly.

Mark your calendars, embrace this message within your heart of hearts, and get ready for an unforgettable week of inspiring classes, soul-stirring kirtan, and uplifting spiritual association!

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Eating a Mango in hiding

The great saint Ramanuja once gave his disciples a mango each and ordered them to eat hidden from view… one disciple couldn’t find a place to hide! What about you? Do you think you can hide?

I heard this from my Gurumata, Srimati Vishnupriya Devi Dasi, one of my primary instructing spiritual masters.

Once upon a time, the great saint Ramanuja, who appeared on this planet more than 1000 years ago, called his disciples and gave them each a mango. He instructed them to eat the mango in a secluded place without being seen by anyone, and report back.

The disciples scrambled, some went to caves, some to forests, some locked themselves into a dark room, yet others hid behind buildings and trees. Some went under a blanket.

One of the disciples though, returned to his spiritual master and apologetically offered that he could find no place where he could be unseen.

Ramanuja heartily congratulated this disciple and was very pleased with him.

Indeed, for every single one of our thoughts, words, and deeds, there are witnesses.

Everywhere we go, we are witnessed by the light of the sun or the moon, the light of the stars, the earth, air, space, and other material elements. These material elements are merely manifestations of the controlling deities.

You may find that hard to accept, but just think about this – do you have a cellphone? Wherever you go, the cellphone network “sees” you, tracks you. If you ever connect to any network, anything you do on that network is seen by all the providers of that network, and if they wish to, they can easily reconstruct all your actions online. Every. Single. Action. Every. Single. Byte. It is all recorded in gigantic datacenters the size of mega cities, in servers and disks with blinking lights, whirring fans, and efficient cooling systems. You are not unseen.

What to speak of man-made networks, there is the Original Network of this Material Nature, with all the material elements, the various gross and subtle manifestations and so on… do you think that the Creator and operators of this network cannot see your actions?

Very specifically, the agents of the personality in charge of death and the ultimate taxes, Yamaraja, such as Chitragupta, are tapped into this network and are recording all our actions. Not one single action goes unrecorded.

मुक्तलिङ्गं सदाभासमसति प्रतिपद्यते ।
सतो बन्धुमसच्चक्षु: सर्वानुस्यूतमद्वयम् ॥ ११ ॥

mukta-liṅgaṁ sad-ābhāsam
asati pratipadyate
sato bandhum asac-cakṣuḥ
sarvānusyūtam advayam

A liberated soul realizes the Absolute Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental and who is manifest as a reflection even in the false ego. He is the support of the material cause and He enters into everything. He is absolute, one without a second, and He is the eyes of the illusory energy.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/27/11/

Even if we were to be able to escape the material elements somehow, we cannot escape the Super Soul, the Paramatma, who is expanded within our hearts and travels with ourselves, us, the spirit soul, Atma. The very same Paramatma is expanded inside every atom and within the space between atoms.

eko ‘py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭiṁ
yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ
aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham-
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

He is an undifferentiated entity as there is no distinction between potency and the possessor thereof. In His work of creation of millions of worlds, His potency remains inseparable. All the universes exist in Him and He is present in His fullness in every one of the atoms that are scattered throughout the universe, at one and the same time. Such is the primeval Lord whom I adore.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bs/5/35/

Like that fortunate disciple of Sri Ramanuja, we need to see…

सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि ।
ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शन: ॥ २९ ॥

sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ
sarva-bhūtāni cātmani
īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā
sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ

A true yogī observes Me in all beings and also sees every being in Me. Indeed, the self-realized person sees Me, the same Supreme Lord, everywhere.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/6/29/

Everyone can see God. Here. Now. For one who has the eyes to see!