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Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Spiritual Education


“I am so pleased to learn of the increased development of New Vrindaban. Please now try to organize a children’s school.” – Srila Prabhupada, December 1969. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Holy Pilgrimage


“I have got ambition to construct there 7 temples as follows: 1. Radha Madan Mohan, 2. Radha Govinda, 3. Radha Gopinatha, 4. Radha Damodara, 5. Radha Raman, 6. Radha Gokulananda, 7. Radha Syamasundara.” – Srila Prabhupada, November 1968. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Simple Living


“So these duties are there in New Vrindaban, and we shall have to live there self independently, simply by raising cows, grains, fruits, and flowers.” – Srila Prabhupada, January 1969. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Working Oxen


“You should also use the bulls by engaging them in tilling the ground. People may call this the primitive way but it is very practical for engaging the bulls – have them work in cart loading, transporting, etc.” – Srila Prabhupada, January 1974. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.

Srila Prabhupada Envisions a “New” Vrindaban


Srila Prabhupada Envisions a “New” Vrindaban Written by Madhava Smullen. Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala. “You have New York, New England, and so many ‘New’ duplicates of European countries in the USA, why not import New Vrindaban in your country?” –Srila Prabhupada, Letter, 3/17/68  In the spring of 2013, board members for ISKCON New Vrindaban […]

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: “Loving Krishna”


“The cows, the trees, the cowherd men and gopis, their chief engagement was loving Krishna, and in New Vrindaban we want to create this atmosphere and thereby show the whole world how practical and sublime our movement is.” – Srila Prabhupada, July 1973. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

An Evening with Srila Prabhupada at His Palace in New Vrindaban


New Vrindaban Fall Board Meetings 2014: An Evening with Srila Prabhupada at his Palace By Madhava Smullen At 6:00pm on November 1st, New Vrindaban board and community members ended their first packed day of meetings with a true treat – spending the evening with Srila Prabhupada at his Palace of Gold. The event was one […]

Prabhupada Encourages the Start of a Nursery School in New Vrindaban – February 1972


“Your idea to start a nursery school in New Vrindaban is very good proposal and you may immediately try for it by cooperatively consulting amongst yourselves how to do it.” – Srila Prabhupada, February 1972. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.

Prabhupada Envisions “Every Home, Every Cottage” in New Vrindaban as a Temple


  “In Vrindavan there are so many temples, they say 5,000, or in Vrindavan every home, every cottage is a temple. As far as possible, try to develop New Vrindaban on this standard.” – Srila Prabhupada, August 1970. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.

In Srila Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban, “Simple Living” & “Self-Sufficiency” are Synonymous – January 1973


Prabhupada: “You are actually learning in New Vrindaban the self-sufficient mode of living, simple living, high thinking, that is our policy, and as long as Krsna remains in the center of all these activities, then you are actually in Vrindaban.” Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.