New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

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(From Brijabasi Spirit (1976) Vol III #9) Sometimes the thought occurs that actually it is the cows who are protecting us instead of vice versa. From a material standpoint, I don’t think any of us would want to go through the trouble of rais­ing cows. It’s not a big money-mak­ing enterprise and it involves so [...]

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by mrupa “The thoughts of my pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one another and conversing about Me.” (Bg. 10-9) Following this central principle plays and dramatic arrangements have always been part of ISKCON’s arsenal in its ‘cultural revolution’ of Krsna consciousness. [...]

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If you take Srila Prabhupada’s naming of New Vrindaban as the official authorized start, then today is the 40th anniversary of NV. While the second page of the letter wherein SP named NV was missing from the archives, its existence was well known in NV. It has been cited in at least 3 Brijabasi Spirit [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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by Dulal Candra das (written for a memorial held by his family) audio is available at: http://dulal.podomatic.com/entry/2007-11-26T07_55_38-08_00 Dear Friends, I say friends not because we have ever met, but because of the close friendship I had with your intimate relative and friend, a kind soul I knew as “Taru”: devotee, writer, public speaker, humorist, ascetic [...]

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by Madhava Gosh There has been a request to see more of Taru’s writings. He was the author of the Prasadam Addict series published in the 1970s in the original print version of the Brijabasi Spirit and recently republished here. The idea has occurred to me to collect all that he has written and make [...]

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The following comment, was placed on the post titled Confessions of the Prasadam Addict: Section 6 (final) “His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktipada?!” (the comment questions the use of this name in the article) Thank you for pointing this out. These articles were written in the 1970s. That was his ISKCON approved name at the time. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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by mrupa Prabhupada writes in Krsna Book (and in umpteen other places) “The pastimes and activities of the Lord are not material; they are beyond the material conception. But the conditioned soul can benefit by hearing such uncommon activities. Hearing is an opportunity to associate with the Lord; to hear His activities is to evolve [...]

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(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 satisfied with his present condition. They are hoping that in the future, [...]

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(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, [...]

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(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 [...]

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(the first in a series of six continuing articles (Sections) by Taru as taken from the Brijabasi Spirit from the 1970s) Section. 1 Prasadam is All-Attractive Someday the masses of people are going to find out about prasadam. It’s inevitable. Prasadam is all-attractive, who could resist it? No matter who you are there’s some variety [...]

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