New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

  Earth sheltered housing and an ox barn: These words call to mind simpler times, connected to the earth. At New Vrindavan, some exciting plans are underway that include just such buildings in a small eco-village. The first of many small, new villages, built around an agrarian, spiritual lifestyle based on the mission of plain […]

Friday Srimad Bhagavatam Class 12.28.12 (Please click on the link to the letter itself below the article.)   There was another enlivening Srimad Bhagavatam class this morning, the sixth Friday Srimad Bhagavatam class in a series of discussions of Srila Prabhupada’s letters about New Vrindavan. He Himself has said: “One must take advantage of the […]

Yoga Weekend of December 29th and 30th 2012 Strengthen your yoga and your bhakti with our yoga experts Gaura Nataraj Das and Damodar Das. Share with us a meaningful time ending the year and invoke blessings and auspicousness for the coming year in New Vrindaban ~FRIDAY Dec 28~ 7:00 pm        Gaura Arati 7:30 pm        Bhagavad […]

Thanks to Krypamaya for the following: “Go also means land” Lecture by Srila Prabhupada, S.B. 1.2.6. – 1968. Go-seva Ki Jai PAPER, PLASTIC BOTTLES AND METAL CANS Bethlehem Ball Field (1015 E Bethlehem Blvd) Take 88 North to Bethlehem Turn right at the Clark/Loading Zone Gas station (which will be on your right) Go down […]

ECOV Board Meeting – Minutes 11-10-2012 Participating Members of the Board of Directors (constituting a quorum for said meeting to be held): Krpamaya, Madhava Gosh, Navin Shyam, Ranaka, Chaitanya Mangala; Advisors present: Jaya Krsna, Sukhavaha 1.     Approve agenda Add solar panels at Dhama Seva.  2.     Review and approve previous meeting minutes Project Manager Reports  3.     […]

Kids love yoga.  Even the most energetic child can calm down and relax under the guidance of an expert yoga teacher. Gaurnatraj prabhu now teaches yoga asanas weekly to the children at New Vrindavan’s Home School Co-op, which remains under the loving care of Mother Ruci, a long-time teacher in New Vrindavan. At 12 noon […]

Srimad Bhagavatam is the literary incarnation of Krsna, and we all know how enlivening it can be to attend a good S.B. class. Many devotees are excited specifically about how the Friday Srimad Bhagavatam classes at the Radha Vrindaban Chandra Temple have been going. We are reading through and discussing the letters that Srila Prabhupada […]

The following is  a description of a workshop to be presented by Tapapunjah and Balabhadra at the  West Virginia  Small Farm Conference. West Virginia’s Bottom-up Revolution: The No Harm Farm. West Virginia is hurdling towards local foods. Within the next ten years, foods grown in our own counties will gradually stock the shelves of stores […]

“Co-operation” (Final discussion of Srila Prabhupada’s Letter from June 14, 1968 to Hayagriva and introduction to Aug. 17, 1968 letter.) An interesting question was brought up at the beginning of today’s S.B. class about something that Srila Prabhupada said.  He mentioned that “The New Vrindaban idea is that persons who live there will accept the […]

Here are the 2 letters from Srila Prabhupada to Hayagriva, concerning New Vrindaban. These letters and others  are being presented in every Friday’s Srimad Bhagavatam class at the temple. Here’s a short excerpt from the first letter: “and I have advised Kirtanananda and yourself to convert West Virginia into New Vrindaban. I understand the spot […]