Brijabasi Spirit

Spend this Gaura Purnima absorbed in the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! Sacred Journeys Seminars by HH Indradyumna Swami and HH Varsana Swami March 6-8, 2009 Visiting holy places is a cherished principle on the path of devotion. Devotees of the Lord regularly visit such auspicious locations as Vrindavan, Mayapur, and Jagannath Puri, where the [...]

Soma shared with us some old snaps from 1976 and from the 80′s, so we share them with you.      

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 Friday, August 22nd at The Teaching Garden, across the street from the RVC Temple at 630 pm. [...]

For the week of August 11th-17th, 2008 Cloud-gazing and green-bean razing, it’s all in a week’s work. Join us as we take a look into what went on this week in the Small Farm Training Center here at New Vrindaban. It’s actually all about realizing Krsna in our hearts.  We realized that… Our farm communities [...]

By Bhakta-Chris Fici A new tradition has been born from the desert floor like a phoenix, and the fire of devotion continues to burn as Krishna Camp once again descends on Burning Man 2008, the annual festival of all things alternative, creative, and progressive, which ensues this year, as always, from the Black Rock Desert [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Braving a few rain showers, we offered all glories to the assembled devotees and guests as we once again gathered in the Teaching Garden for this week’s Farm Circle. Tulasi Manjari gave a short but very informative presentation on the role of women in agriculture, from traditional times to the present [...]

A semi-secret spot just outside of Glendale reveals itself-after a lengthy uphill tromp through the dense foliage-to be Pawpawloka, home of the delicious Paw Paw fruit, indigenous to these parts of the woods. There you can find the presiding curator of this fantastic natural paradise, HG Soma Prabhu. Here are some recent pics of the [...]

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 Thursday, August 14th at The Teaching Garden, across the street from the RVC Temple at 630 pm. [...]

This is Govind….He is hungry….Hungry to find out about all the wonderful seva going on this week in the Small Farm Training Center here at New Vrindaban Dham. There’s tasty morsels like this… This week our Farm Crew took part in a maha-harvest of our green bean crop up top at the Garden of Seven [...]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008 This week we enjoyed the pleasant late summer breezes surrounded by blooming vines and leafy stalks in the Small Farm Teaching Garden, as Tapahpunja shared words on the security of our food and water supply here at New Vrindaban, and Adi-Guru shared the village vibes of his simple upbringing on his [...]