Brijabasi Spirit

ISKCON – Akash-Ganga building; 7th Floor; Warden Road; Bombay February 22, 1971 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 30th January, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. At present I am staying at Gorakhpur, an important city in northern India and we are having very [...]

For the week of September 22nd-28th, 2008   Watch your step…oops! Yes, that’s fresh tomato juice in between your toes. It’s all part of a week’s work at the Small Farm Training Center here at New Vrindaban Dham. For instance…. The season-concluding harvest continued up top at the Garden of Seven Gates, as we were [...]

Focusing and unfocusing my eyes I see the green tomatoes I am to pick in the vines also green It’s subtle to say the least Like the wise hockey playing soccer playing blogging cow loving sage once said If you can’t see into the trees when you’re driving How can you see Krsna? He is [...]

For the week of September 15th-21st, 2008 The chill of the fall night soothes and refreshes the soul. Let us refresh your browser in the same way with this week’s updates of the goings-on here at the Small Farm Training Center here at New Vrindaban Dham. It’s never boring…for instance In what is becoming a [...]

Natural Gas Extraction in New Vrindaban Moral, Ethical and Philosophical Considerations Community Meeting, 15 September 2008 Notes taken by H G Labangalatika devi dasi (Malati’s assistant)  Discussion revolved around basic factors of A) Our purpose and responsibility as heritors of Srila Prabhupada’s mission, and B) Prevailing reality and our best strategy given conditions we are facing.  The central philosophical issue, as [...]

ISKCON – Akash-Ganga building; 7th Floor; Warden Road; Bombay January 4, 1971 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter written jointly with Rupanuga Prabhu, dated 30th December,1970, from Washington, D.C. I was very glad to learn that you have been cooperating all very nicely in the matter [...]

Google has finally taken some higher resolution shots of the Palace and Temple area. Check it out here.

The days are shorter, the groundhogs are fattier, there’s a chill in the air, and we’re still harvesting! Here’s some links to the Club 108 blog and our recent updates. Simple Living, High Thinking #12 Inside The Farm Circle #5 The Small Farm Training Center brochure (please help us as we begin to gather our [...]

CAMP: C/0 Kailash Seksaria; 74 Marine Drive; Bombay – 20 November 24, 1970 My Dear Kirtanananda Maharaj, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 11th, November, 1970 and I have noted the contents carefully. You way be pleased to know our activities are being very much appreciated here in [...]

From a visitors blog: “i was indeed! i made the journey to west virginia this weekend with that nice eric fellow. this was my first time to the lovely area of west virgina and my first time staying at rati and dwija’s house! while we were there we paid a visit to the temple and [...]

Here’s just a reminder of the fasting schedule coming up this week: Wed. 9/10  Ekadasi (fast till noon for Vamana’s Appearance tomorrow) Thr. 9/11   Vamanadeva’s Appearance Day – special lunch feast at temple Fri. 9/12    Appearance of Srila Baktivinoda Thakura (fast till noon)

Dear Devotees: Everyone is invited to bring a dish to share and gather for a potluck in the field by the apartments this Thursday at 5:00pm.  Please bring the family for light-hearted devotee association and games!

Join the Earthlings of The Dham for our weekly gathering on all things natural, as we meet, discuss, and inspire each other to bring about Srila Prabhupada’s vision of self-sufficiency here at New Vrindaban. This week we’ll meet Tuesday, September 9th at The Teaching Garden, across the street from the RVC Temple at 600 pm. [...]

6-16, 2-chome, Ohhashi Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan August 20 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 5th August, 1970. Regarding Janmastami arrangement, it is going on nicely— that is very encouraging. We have started New Vrndavana in America and it must be finished in the American [...]

His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami will visit New Vrindaban, arriving mid afternoon Monday Sept 8th. Look forward to a class from him on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. His specialty is instituting Varnashram coupled with self sufficiency. He has a few projects to this effect in different areas of the world such as Cambodia and India. [...]

Hare Krishna Dear Devotees! This is a reminder that Radhastami is this coming Sunday, Sept. 7th (there is a fast until noon).  All of you wonderfully unique Brijabasi cooks,  please bring your favorite Radhastami offering to the kitchen/ deity room by 11:30 am.  Jaya Sri Radhe! Schedule: 10:00am-12:00pm Bhajan Serenades for the pleasure of Srimate Radharani 11:30 am         Abhishek of Radha Vrindaban Nath by the Brahmin [...]