New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

New Vrindaban’s First Annual Lord Jagannatha Food Fest and Cooking Competition February 1st Friday 7: 45 PM!!!! ALL WELCOME Judged by a panel of experienced Prasadam Lovers, winner will take home: First Prize of $100 and title of NV’s Best Cook of 2008 To qualify for participation you must : Be a resident of greater [...]

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These pictures show the renovations in progress, from the old original dark brown color to what you see with these contrasting lighter colors.      The Temple Room is starting to be repainted, and the initial color scheme looks like it will brighten the whole room up considerably, undoubtly saving considerable on electric consumption.  I can remember that from time to time, there [...]

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Student papers at the Global Leadership Center at Ohio University profile the conversion experience of some of the residents of New Vrindavan Community. The students broke into groups and interviewed devotees on the phone a couple of times, spent a month doing research into the community, and then actually came to visit for a weekend [...]

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   Dec. 1979 at Bahulaban Temple and Dec. 2007 These and many other pictures are in the GALLERY of the New Vrindaban Website, as I’ve been scanning and posting some old slides.  If you have any pictures, slides or negatives and would like to contribute them to this projects pictorial history, that would be greatly appreciated for many many generations to [...]

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words and music by Devananda Pandit das adapted from the 2ND chapter of Krishna book When Krishna carried out His desires Devaki glowed like raging fire. He entered in her sacred womb, Though she was shackled in a prison room. Now Kamsa knew his end was near, But spared his sister cos of fear; ” [...]

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From Haribhakta’s blog: Gopilila got out of the hospital yesterday. She was glad to get back home and so were the kids and I. It snowed last night and she was out there playing in the snow and making a big snow ball. Today she played in the snow with Gopala and Vrinda. We are [...]

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Listen to this lecture given Jan 19 , 2008 in Chowpatty by former (and eternal) New Vrindaban cowherd boy, Radhanath Swami. A long lecture but well worth the time as it is germane to the future of New Vrindaban in particular, and to the world in general in its present state. Click to hear “Love [...]

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The final fruits of this fall’s research project conducted by the students of the Global Leadership Center from Ohio University, led by longtime community friend, Dr. Greg Emery, are now available for reading and viewing at the Pluralism Project website, run by Harvard University. Check it out by clicking here. Tweet

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by Bhakta-Chris Freshly returned from their 5-week journey to India, the brahmacaris of New Vrindaban quickly found themselves on yet another pilgrimage, this time to the sacred pastime spots of Old New Vrindaban. HH Varsana Swami led us on a tour of inspiration in order to fire us up and show the need of the [...]

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By Bhaktin Lacie Hare Krsna, I woke up at 4am today, 30 minutes before planned and head downstairs for yet another beautiful mangal arti. I have been to mangal artis all over the place, but New Vrindaban’s are always the sweetest. It’s like waking up on Christmas morning with your family… whether it’s Christmas time [...]

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lyrics and music by Devananda Pandit Kamsa rallied evil kings and then set out to commit atrocities. He behaved inimically towards the Bhoja and the Yadu dynasties. He first divided kingdoms then he conquered all according to his plans. Soon he was the ruling king all throughout the land. When the pure hearted Devaki was [...]

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This is a letter to Srila Prabhupada, written by Hladini d.d. but never mailed… Now some time after Mother Hladini left this planet, Vahna, her husband, found this 2 page, hand written letter among other things that he’d kept, like photos , etc. Vahna has allowed me to copy it and just now Mother Ruparamesvari [...]

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Applying Krishna Consciousness to Everyday Life by Tapapunja das  Welcome to New Vrindaban Community!  The Vedic Heritage Seminar Series is designed to stimulate dialogue about life’s everyday practical challenges. People of Indian descent, who now live in America, are often faced with tough choices. “Do I follow my Indian spiritual heritage or conform to “less [...]

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