Brijabasi Spirit

by Jamuna dd
Paunamasi and Tattva are enjoying the harvest of their first year’s garden. Already the tomatoes are producing an abundance of fruit. Gardening comes naturally for Tattva, coming from a family of farmers in Trinidad. Early this spring he erected a tall (6 feet +) fence. The garden is approximately 50ft x 20 ft. [...]

by Bhaktin Rita
We can touch people’s hearts by talking with them in the temple — even if they originally came to New Vrindaban only as tourists.
For example, on Sunday, a bus from New York visited New Vrindaban. All the guests were from Russia. Although they toured the Palace as a group, they split [...]

Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Date: January 10, 1972
Camp: ISKCON Bombay
My dear Hayagriva,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters of December 8 and 16, 1971, and I am very pleased that you are making advancement in Krishna Consciousness, and especially that you are observing faithfully the regulative principles of chanting 16 [...]

by Navin-Shyama dasa
Age of Garden: 14 years
Size of Garden: Porch
Food-bearing Crops: Arugula, Basil, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Parsley, Pole beans, Swiss chard, Tomatoes, Peaches, Apples, Black Walnuts
Don’t let the size of Krishna Bhava’s garden fool you. It may be small, but her love and enthusiasm for gardening are not. “It’s just so grounding. [...]

by Bhaktin Rita
Today, another bus load of school children from Wheeling’s inner city toured New Vrindaban. There were eleven children, age 8-11.
The first stop was Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold. The children loved everything! They saw the hills and forests of West Virginia from the balcony. They visited the rose garden and [...]

by Bhaktin Rita
On Tuesday, a group of fifteen 12-15-year old kids from the inner city of Wheeling visited New Vrindaban. They arrived promptly at 10:30, and went straight to the temple room. In the temple, they chanted the maha-mantra only a few times – just enough so that the kids heard the Holy [...]

While it is well known that Tapah Punja does a garden for the temple, that is not the only vegetable garden in New Vrindaban. We are going to do a series of articles about some of the vegetable gardeners in New Vrindaban. Here is the first, by Navina-Shyam das, who visited NV this summer and [...]

Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
4th January, 1972
ISKCOK, 89 Warder Road, “Akash Ganga” Building, Bombay-36
My dear Hayagriva,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 16th , 1971 along with an enclosed copy of a letter dated December 8th. addressed to Madras. Actually, I have come from Delhi to [...]

Back in May, New Vrindaban hosted another visit from the Global Leadership Project at Ohio University. Student groups from OU have been visiting for several years, staying overnight, and interviewing devotees, each time focusing on a different topic of study.
Several of the students even came back for the 24 hour kirtana in June. [...]

Wednesday Evening at 6 p.m. we are having an Open Community Meeting (used to be called Istagosthi), which will be held in the temple guest prasadam room.
This meeting is to Introduce Sikhi Mahiti Prabhu, the new Temple President.
All devotees living in the temple are required to come so he can also meet [...]

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances.
I spoke with Sankirtan das today regarding Mother Mundana.
If you don’t remember her, she was the wife of Chandrahas das and one of her services was answering the telephone, receiving & distributing the mail, and greeting the guests as they entered the temple building, [...]

Last week the Istagosthi Team and a lot of other devotees had a lot of fun at Vidya and Shyam’s house to celebrate their father’s birthday. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for providing the fun.
There was some short discussions about next week’s topics. One suggestion was “Simple ways to be self-sufficient”. Devananda Pandit [...]

We ceremoniously invite you one and all to join us for a fabulous Country Rathyatra in the Appalachian foot hills.
NEW VRINDABAN COMMUNITY
(Near Moundsville, WV)
Saturday July 11th at 12 noon
(starting from near Rupanuga & Nityodita’s, up the road from the Palace)
(304-845-9591)
Dancing forms of Gaura Nitai on Their cart followed by Jagannath, Subhadra and Baladev on [...]

Dear Devotees,
As a reminder there will be Compassionate Communication practice sessions in the
library every other week beginning Sunday July 5th, at 3 p.m.
There are also sessions every other Thursday, which began on July 2nd at 6 p.m..
Everyone is welcome!

( as taken fron the original Hare Krishna Cookbook )
1 Cup raw white rice
1/2 Cup urad or mung dhal (split)
1/2 Cup yogurt
Water
2 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Teaspoon cayenne
Soak the dhal and rice overnight. Drain and blend in an electric blender, adding salt and cayenne, with just enough water to help the blwnding process. Pour into a bowl [...]

FOOD, FAITH AND FARMING
The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology
Sunday, July 12th 11:00 a.m. to 2: 00 pm
Organic teaching garden directly across the street from Palace Lodge
New Vrindaban Community, Moundsville
What role does religion and spirituality play in shaping a socially just and sustainable food system? Join us for a fast [...]