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 [...]

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 [...]

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 threw coins [...]

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 Name. [...]

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 [...]

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. Below [...]

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 all [...]

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, located in the [...]

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 had a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]