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We will celebrate Balaram Rasayatra in the temple room on Monday, March 29th. At 5:30 PM ,Lord Balaram will be offered abhishek. Everyone will be allowed to bath Lord Balaram in honey. At 6 pm, His Holiness Varsana Swami will speak about Balaram Rasayatra. At 7 pm, Arati!!!! At 7:30 pm, feast served in honor [...]

by Sukhavaha dd Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us by his example: “I am not a bramana, ksatriya, vaisya,or sudra. Nor am I a brahmacari, grihastha, vanaprastha, or sannyasi. These are all temporary designations. My only true identity is to be the servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord of the gopis, [...]

PLEASE INCLUDE THE COWS AND DEITIES IN YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING THIS YEAR- HARE KRSNA For the Deities: Heavy Duty Iron Incense Rose Water Saffron Honey Ghee Necklaces, earrings, pins Dish towels Bath towels Emergency, rechargeable, lanterns Jar candles blender food processor blue tac/poster putty Pure essential oils For the Cows: (many of these items are [...]

Written around 7:00 PM, Wednesday, December 9th: The whole are all around, as far as you can see, because of this wind with hail, has knocked out everyone’s electricity, and when I went down to Wilson Valley this afternoon, there were four five places where dead trees had broken and blocked the road. Radha-VrindabanChandra’s ridge [...]

Schedule for Diwali – Festival of Lights on Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 6:00 Bhajans 7:00 Arati 8:00 Entertainment 8:30 Arati and Damodarastakam 9:00 Fireworks in the parking lot Schedule for Govardhana Puja on Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 12:00 – 1:00 Go puja by the temple and circumambulation 1:00 Arati 1:30 Go puja in the barn [...]

( 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 [...]

I have about 50 paw paw tree seedlings for sale.   They are from last years seed, in 14 inch pots, and have a good root system. The price is $5. a tree.   Also this year seeds are for sale at $1. a piece.  If interested contact me by phone at 347-393-0131 or email soma108@gmail.com  I [...]

Did you live in New Vrindaban or visit here when Srila Prabhupada visited the community? If so, I need your help. Over the years I’ve been asked to develop an oral history of New Vrindaban. This would be an enormous undertaking. But with a new blog I would like to humbly begin this endeavor by [...]

PRESENTATION ROOM ASSIGNMENTS:   (A)  Main Conference Room under Guest Lodge   (B)  Large Prasadam Hall Adjacent to Temple Room (Behind Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasasana)   (C) Small Kitchen/Prasadam Hall Adjacent to Temple Room (Behind Jagannath’s Altar)   (D) Carpeted Room Next to “A”   (E) Guest Lodge Room 8 on Ground Floor  Between Snack Bar & “A”  FRIDAY, May 9th 7:00 [...]

From:   Lokadrsti d.d.Subject::House for sale with 27 acres of land  House and 27 acres of land for sale, asking price of:  $225,000 ( appraised value A total of 10 rooms with 3,200 Square Foot of Living Area If interested please contact us at: Kamsahanta das  or  Lokadrsti devi dasi at: 304-843-5498…….Lokadrsti d.d. (Lorraine Haslam) lokadrsti@hotmail.com *********************  From: Pusti Subject: Mobile Home & [...]

All interested devotees are invited to attend the 2nd meeting about the restoration of Bahulaban! Adi Guru das, the devotee who is spearheading the development project, will be in attendance to answer questions and also raise questions how to practically move forward. The meeting will be this Saturday March 29, 2008 at 2:30 pm. (after lunch [...]

From the March 1977 Issue of the Brijabasi Spirit by Taru dasa What’s brainwashing? How does it differ from ordinary educa­tion? It might be rather difficult to come up with a precise defini­tion since this word is thrown around with great abandon. General­ly it implies forcing a man to change his beliefs against his will [...]

With the approval of the New Vrndavana Board of Trustees, a group of devotee investors, headed by Adi Guru das, NV resident, have formed a non profit religious corporation whose purpose is the restoration of the Bahulaban property. The Bahulaban farm was purchased in 1972 and was the home of Radha Vrndavana Candra until 1984. [...]

by Chakra Pani dasa, from the Sept. 1981 Issue of the Brijabasi Spirit On July 12th, another phase of Vrindaban history opened. Big Lord Jagannath, feeling grievously homesick, decided to stay in Vrin­daban after the culmination of the usual cold He usually gets at this time of the year. Not having room to sit next [...]

by Taru dasa, from the February 1978 Issue of the Brijabasi Spirit ISKCON’s champion milker, Sarasvati, came fresh for the fourth time in the beginning of January. Last lactation she established, at 116 pounds, the record for one day’s production for an ISKCON mother. This season she set out rapidly to demolish all her previous [...]