Brijabasi Spirit

Dear Devotees, Please accept my obeisances. Jai Srila Prabhupada. 
My wife, Kamalavati dasi, is en route to Bremen, Germany where she will undergo two major surgeries, one on her lower back and the second operation on her neck. The discs in her lower back and neck are pinching nerves due to deterioration. 
  The date of her surgery falls […]

From the July 14, 1975 issue of the Brijabasi Spirit
by Ganendra dasa
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Have you ever had a feeling right down in your bones that something inauspicious was about to happen? Well, last week Bhakta Kurt and I got up at one o’clock as usual in the morning to go and herd […]

In The Well
by Taru das
My dear readers, it is time to come to an understanding of the motivation behind these articles. We have attempted to be a little amusing and in this respect, there may have been a certain amount of success. But actually what we are trying to do is to describe the […]

by Gokulataruni d.d
In memory of,Bhakta Seva Prabhu, I thought I’d write down and share the kacchori recipe that he taught me many years ago, to the best of my memory it went something like this.
Filling:
2  large potatoes (peeled and boiled)
1/2 head of cabbage (chopped into tiny cubes and fried)
Chaunce:
(Heat a few tablespoons of ghee and […]

As you may know, the incidence of breast cancer has been on the rise worldwide over the last 30 years and is showing little or no sign of subsiding.  Cervical cancer is another disease for which we need to be alert.  In fact, two devotees in our community of Vaishnavi’s have recently been diagnosed with […]

Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Many devotees have been inquiring about the health of Shymasundar prabhu (ACBSP) and Gopinath prabhu after their successful liver transplant surgery and thus I am forwarding this update.
A couple of days after the surgery Shymasundar prabhu developed some bile leak from one of the tubes […]

 ( Recipe From the Bahulaban Deity Cookbook, as Complied by Mother Vedapryia, August 4th, 1980 )
Ingredients: (Makes 25 Cups)
1/2 Cup Butter
4 Cups Raw Potatoes, Peeled and Sliced
12 Cups Boiling Water
10 Cups Tomatoes, Peeled, Sliced, and Diced
4 Tsp. Sugar
2 Tsp. Salt
1/4 Tsp. Paprika
1 Tsp, Asafotida
Pinch of Basil
2 Cups Cream
Put Potatoes on to Boil, Saute Asafoetida in […]

Today and with Close-Up

Breaking and Entry
by Taru
“And when the spiritual master sees the devotees are taking bhagavat prasadam, he is satisfied” —Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur.
If there is any other instruction which the devotees of New Vrindaban have taken up more seriously than the one above, I have yet to run across it. In their undaunted endeavors to […]

 Dear Devotees:
In celebration of the Holy Name, you are all invited to join in an enthusiastic Sri Hari Nama tomorrow evening, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, convening in front of RVC Temple. We will circumambulate Radha Vrindaban Chandra, then head for Srila Prabhupada’s Palace, via the Goshalla and return, via the Lake, offering special attention to Sri […]

(Fourth in a series of six continuing articles (Sections) as taken from the Brijabasi Spirit from the 1970s, written by Taru dasa,.)

The Agony and the Ecstasy
In this material world everyone needs something to look forward to because generally no one is […]

(third in a series of six continuing articles (Sections) as taken from the Brijabasi Spirit from the 1970s, written by Taru dasa)
(Part 2)
Laddu Sadhu
Being addicted to Krishna prasadam is not the same as being addicted to anything else. Prasadam is completely spiritual and if anyone tastes it, he makes spiritual advancement. Still, […]

Dear Vaishnave Devotees:
        Please accept my humbly offered obeisance’s. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his wonderful followers.  About three weeks ago, I sent out a humble request for anyone who might  be willing to consider stepping forward as a possible living donor with a liver transplant for His Grace Shyamasundar Prabhu, Srila Prabhupada’s personal […]

(Second in a series of five or six continuing articles (Sections) by Taru as taken from old Brijabasi Spirits, from the 1970s)
Adventures in Prasadam Land:
In one sense, New Vrindaban never changes. Radha Vrindaban Chandra are always here, Kirtanananda Maharaj is always telling us to give up our sense gratification, surrender to Krishna and get […]