Brijabasi Spirit

This past weekend was chock-full! We here at the New Vrindaban Community celebrated Ramacandra Vijayotsava (“The Burning of Ravana”) in our usual harvest style, as a 15-foot high wooden sculpture of Ravana was expertly cut, painted, and assembled by the hands of HG Rupanuga Prabhu, all with the intention of shooting a flaming arrow […]

 
HALLOWEEN
 
HARINAMA!!!
 
starring Lord Jagannath!

 
The fun happens this Saturday night, October 27th in Athens, Ohio, home of Ohio University.
Dress in devotional gear or your most transcendental costume.
For all the info, please see Chaitanya Das or Bhakta-Chris. We will be leaving early Saturday evening and arriving around 8pm. Bwahahahaha! Haribol!
 

by Gokulataruni d.d
In memory of,Bhakta Seva Prabhu, I thought I’d write down and share the kacchori recipe that he taught me many years ago, to the best of my memory it went something like this.
Filling:
2  large potatoes (peeled and boiled)
1/2 head of cabbage (chopped into tiny cubes and fried)
Chaunce:
(Heat a few tablespoons of ghee and […]

by Malati dd
Located adjacent to Room 3 and next to the Ladies Bathroom on the ground floor of the Guest Room Wing
First of all, it is still “The Library.” In spite of a clandestine effort to convert it into a facility for excess deity clothes and sewing, complete with a sewing machine, by removing […]

by mrupa
It has been one year since devotees got the sad email that our dear Godbrother, Bhakta Seva had passed away alone in his apartment.
Bhakta Seva lived in New Vrindavana many years after coming here with his parents and one of his sisters. His father left his body here quite some years back.
He […]

Join us this Friday evening as we build the heads of Ravana, to be burned this Saturday evening.
It begins at 5pm, next to the swan boat house near the lake. Bring your hands and plenty of head-making gusto. Pizza party follows!
WHEN: This Friday, beginning at 5pm. Pizza party will commence at 730pm
WHERE: Next […]

Lyrics and music by Devananda Pandit das
(Krsna Book Chapter One Song One)
When the world was overburdened
by the forces of unruly kings
who posed themselves as guardians
but who desecrated everything
The Deity of the Earth named Bhumi
went to see Lord Brahma in her plight
with tears in her eyes she was no more
than a sorry sight
Lord Brahma took compassion
‘pon […]

Check out these links for a peak into the past:
Short New Vrndavana story - a pipe, some robes and typical weirdness
Within Vrndavan’s Woods and Groves
excerpt:
Within Vrndavan’s woods and groves
Lord Krishna and Radha unite
To taste the joy of spiritual love
All glories to this holy sight
Lord Krishna’s beauty thrills the soul
Defeating even Cupid’s dart
The boy who lifted […]

As you may know, the incidence of breast cancer has been on the rise worldwide over the last 30 years and is showing little or no sign of subsiding.  Cervical cancer is another disease for which we need to be alert.  In fact, two devotees in our community of Vaishnavi’s have recently been diagnosed with […]

Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Many devotees have been inquiring about the health of Shymasundar prabhu (ACBSP) and Gopinath prabhu after their successful liver transplant surgery and thus I am forwarding this update.
A couple of days after the surgery Shymasundar prabhu developed some bile leak from one of the tubes […]

 ( Recipe From the Bahulaban Deity Cookbook, as Complied by Mother Vedapryia, August 4th, 1980 )
Ingredients: (Makes 25 Cups)
1/2 Cup Butter
4 Cups Raw Potatoes, Peeled and Sliced
12 Cups Boiling Water
10 Cups Tomatoes, Peeled, Sliced, and Diced
4 Tsp. Sugar
2 Tsp. Salt
1/4 Tsp. Paprika
1 Tsp, Asafotida
Pinch of Basil
2 Cups Cream
Put Potatoes on to Boil, Saute Asafoetida in […]

Today and with Close-Up

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa
Back when I had a hard wood floored classy room up on the third tier of the Prasadama Hall / Office / Ashram Building, Varshana Maharaja was one of a few Devotees I’d have to call “Best Friend.”
All the Devotees seemed wonderful, even the ones whose interaction generated a […]

Breaking and Entry
by Taru
“And when the spiritual master sees the devotees are taking bhagavat prasadam, he is satisfied” —Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur.
If there is any other instruction which the devotees of New Vrindaban have taken up more seriously than the one above, I have yet to run across it. In their undaunted endeavors to […]

As of Thursday evening, the large machine that was blocking the road for repairing the slip was removed, and it seems like all the pilings are installed.
While there may be other delays as they finish off the details, it might be easier to slip by than when the large tracked machine was there.
This, […]