Brijabasi Spirit

Dear Prabhus, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Today at 4 pm a meeting was held in the conference room under the lodge regarding the Gopal’s Garden school. Members present: Mother Ruci, Mother Harinam,Mother Carolyn,Mother Gokula,Mother Lalita Gopi,Shyamsundar Prabhu, Ranaka Prabhu, Shankaranand Prabhu and Govindapriya devi dasi. Items discussed: Parent commitment [...]

This is a picture of Bhakta Seva with his family taken at the temple sometime in the late Eighties, I would guess. He is second from the left in the back row. The whole family was initiated together, as can be seen by the post fire sacrifice ash mark on their foreheads. His father spent [...]

After learning of the passing of a great devotee, Bhakta Seva, Mother Malati called and asked me if I would like to attend the cremation in Moundsville on Wednesday. I quickly showered and drove down to the Funeral Home. There already were Malati, Nityodita prabhu, Rukmavati, Bhaktin Evelyn, Bhaktin Alicia, and Prema Bhakti. Bhakta Seva [...]

This Sunday is Govardhana Puja! The hill is up and being redecorated by Santendriya Mataji and Alysia in time for Sunday’s celebrations. Caitanya Prabhu has organized seminars for both Saturday and Sunday from morning to evening (schedule to follow). On Sunday, the Govardhana Puja program will begin at noon. The schedule is as follows: Go-puja [...]

DEAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, & WELL WISHER’S: As each of you must know by now, Bhakta Seva departed this mortal world within the past few days (the exact time and date are not certain). As is often the case, one’s glories become sung only after they are no longer with us. His earthly body was [...]

Some evidence of frost is to be found around the community. It was a light frost so depending on microclimate considerations of elevation, exposure, and protection, some tender plants got fried. The forecast of a frost sends residents of New Vrindaban off on last minute chores. for example, those with tomato plants either cover them, [...]

PAMHO. AGTSP. My name is Siksastaka dasa. I lived in New Vrindaban 1977-1994, except for a few years at the Tucson and NY satellite preaching centers. Currently I live in Pittsburgh, with my wife, Jennifer, although we are seriously thinking about moving back to the farm and becoming self sufficient due to the precarious, immanently [...]

This Sunday is Govardhana Puja! The hill is up and being redecorated by Santendriya Mataji and Alysia in time for Sunday’s celebrations. Caitanya Prabhu has organized seminars for both Saturday and Sunday from morning to evening (schedule to follow). On Sunday, the Govardhana Puja program will begin at noon. The schedule is as follows: Go-puja [...]

Inspired by H.H. Varsana Swami’s desire to see the New Vrindaban residents come closer together in a more personal setting, a weekly get-together has started. Caitanya das is responsible for the organization of the weekly program which consists of Kirtan, a possible class or talk, and lots of great prasadam. Varsana Swami spoke at the [...]

submitted by Jiva Gosvami das (Jesse) In the late ‘70s, one Bhakta Jesse, having just read “The Bhagavada Gita As It Is,” by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, approached the Hare Krsna Temple in Columbus Ohio, with the intention of becoming just like The Devotees. One of the first Devotees Jesse saw was [...]

submitted by Kripamaya das Disease and old age are real. I was hoping they might skip over me. July 10th was my reality check when I checked into a hospital and had a chest X ray taken. The doctor found a small hole in my lung where the Ravana like bacteria had eaten away. Now [...]

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Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Candra Slideshow from Saradiya Rasa-yatra

submitted by Tapahpunjah dasa Braving a steady rain, two graduate students and two professors from West Virginia State University assisted Bhakta Jason and Tapahpunja Dasa in harvesting 50 bushels of winter squash from the site called the Garden of Seven Gates. The harvesting crew counted, weighed, measured and recorded production data on thirteen squash varieties. [...]

Date: October 7, 2006 Verse: SB 7.15.40 Speaker: HG Rukmini Mataji Location: ISKCON New Vrindaban [www.newvrindaban.com] Occasion: Vaishnavi Retreat 2006 [www.vaishnaviretreat.com] _______________________________________________ atmanam ced vijaniyat param jnana-dhutasayah kim icchan kasya va hetor deham pusnati lampatah TRANSLATION: The human form of body is meant for understanding the self and the Supreme Self, the Supreme Personality of [...]

As you may have guessed, this effort to get the Brijabasi Spirit launched as a blog is still very much a fledgling effort. Potential content is not an issue — every day there is so much happening in the community and in the lives of the devotees. The first step was getting the mechanics of [...]