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GAUR-PURNIMA Seeking the Joy of New Vrindaban dhama


As Taken From the April, 1977 Issue of Brijabasi Spirit Mother Sukulina, one of the New Mathura-Vrindaban Traveling Sankirtana Party devotees, expresses her deep pleasure in making pil­grimage to the New Vrindaban farm on Gaur-purnima. From hellish Pittsburgh airport, to the transcen­dental calm of the farm in one day is certainly cause for rejoicing, especially [...]

Employment Opportunities at Congregational Development Dept.


The Congregational Development department has immediate opportunities for staff positions. Regular weekly hours. Full time or part time schedules. Computer and secretarial skills preferred. If you are interested in more details, please contact Kuladri das at the New Vrindaban Congregational Development Office: 1-304-221-1000 or kuladridas@aol.com Tweet

Srila Prabupada in New Vrindaban Picture on eBay


You can buy a picture of Srila Prabhupada in New Vrindaban on eBay or you can talk to JayaMurari about the thousands of unprocessed pictures that could be brought to light and help him in his project to do so. Besides his own archives, he has access to several private collections and permission to work [...]

Olney Friends School Visits New Vrindaban-Again!


This past Thursday,we were very fortunate to once again host a visit of our friends from Olney Friends School. A cheerful group of students and teachers were very grateful to hear an informative talk on vegetarianism and its spiritual aspects from Tapahpunja Prabhu, and then put these thoughts into action with a hands-on cooking course [...]

FENUGREEK POTATOES


(Taken from the Bahulaban Deity Cookbook compiled in the 1970’s) INGREDIENTS: 6 MED. POTATOES, CUT INTO 1/2″ CUBES AND HALF BOILED 1/4 CUP BUTTER 10-12 FENUGREEK SEEDS 1/2 TSP, CAYENNE 1 TSP, PEPPER 1 TSP. SALT MELT BUTTER IN PAN AND COOK FENUGREEK SEEDS. ADD CAYENNE, PEPPER, SALT, AND POTATOES, COOK ON MEDIUM HEAT UNTIL [...]

Non View from a Foxhole


By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa Did you ever meet someone who claimed to have not heard of “Devotees,” or the Krsna Consciousness Movement, or ISKCON? It seems hard to believe, but having been in that very position, I know that it is strangely very possible to not have heard of The Devotees. Here let me [...]

ART CLASS AND STUDY GROUP


ALL INTERESTED PLEASE COME AND CHECK IT OUT LOCATION: GOPA’S HOUSE TIME: MARCH 9TH from 4:00P.M TO 6:00P.M. SUPPLIES: PLEASE BRING A SKETCH BOOK, PENCILS, ERASER OPTIONAL: A DRAWING THAT YOU’VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR ANY QUESTIONS CONTACT: KRSNA BHAVA 843-1778 Tweet

Palace Worship


by Janaka Mahajan das Beginning Saturday February 24th 2007 the Palace daily worship of Srila Prabhupada will be carried by HG Tapa Punja Das- Morning Seva HG Tripadvibhuti Das- Noon Seva HG Hari das- Afternoon Seva Janaka Mahajana and Vyasasan Das will be avalible to cover up in case of emergency. We would like to [...]

Srila Prabhupada In His Palace.


by Mother Rupa dd Srila Prabhupada is SO much present in His Palace; even very many of our guests notice. Prabhupada’s personal presence has always been very prominent at the Palace, at first during the building and then most especially after His disappearance. We used to be very aware that He had truly moved into [...]

Sri Sri Radha-VrindabanChandra


Just the other day, one devotee was especially wanting to see Their Lordships in Their beautiful Peacock Outfit. They wore it yesterday. Many Diety pictures along with historical, current, landscapes, cows, and many others at: http://www.newvrindaban.com/gallery/   Tweet

New Vrindaban’s Unmanifest Radha Govindaji Temple


The temple describied below was originally to have been built on the top of the hill above the Bahulaban barn. It is still possible to see some signs of the original excavations there, but it was neverr worked on again after 1973. That was when Kirtanananda said we should first build a place for Srila [...]

Lord Nrsmhadeva


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Festival Fever by Cediraja dasa


Taken From the Oct. 1978 Issue of Brijabasi Spirit: It started out to be a big sankirtan weekend. Tapahpunja prabhu and my­self worked Columbus on Friday night and did big. Since it was the Fourth of Ju­ly weekend many special events were scheduled. Our plan was to do a Blue Grass festival which was within [...]

The Elephant and the Silversmith


by Kripamaya das Not too long ago my wife and I went out to California to visit our daughter. On Christmas day, Shalu, the sister of my daughter’s husband, gave me a beautiful red diary. On the cover was an embossed, hand sown elephant with its trunk high in the air. I asked her: “What [...]

Theater Practice for the Gaura Purnima Play


This picture was at the temple just before noon. Just once out of the many times a week, that several devotees have been gathering together and rehearsing an eight act preformance for the GAUR PURNIMA PLAY. Tweet

Peacocks By the Sewing Cabin


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