New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

  This week’s challenge: Many people will be enlivened to know the building in this photo is currently undergoing a major renaissance. Can you identify it, what purposes it’s served over the years, and possibly the era this photo was taken? Extra credit: Can you ID any of the Matajis in the foreground? What to do: Post […]

ECO-Vrindaban On-Site Board Meeting Minutes 11/2/2014 Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes a simple, sustainable lifestyle centered on the care and protection of cows, local food production and the loving service of Lord Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Anuttama, Chaitanya Mangala, Krpamaya, […]

  “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.

  This week’s challenge: There are five devotees visible in the photo. One is clearly identifiable. Who are they, what are they doing and where & when was this photo taken? What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the Brijabasi Spirit website.  

ECO-Vrindaban Board Meeting Minutes 10/26/2014 Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes a simple, sustainable lifestyle centered on the care and protection of cows, local food production and the loving service of Lord Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Chaitanya Mangala, Navin Shyam, Kripamaya […]

We have some great news! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Brijabasi Spirit, 34 issues from 1974 have been digitized and are now available online (with additional years soon to follow). The Brijabasi Spirit was first published in 1974 and for a number of years it was a weekly newsletter sharing great details […]

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.

  On August 5, 2014, Mother Sita (daughter of Malati) gave birth to her first calf, a bull who was given the name Ishaan. Shortly after his birth Ishaan was blessed with the association of H.H. Radhanatha Swami. What an auspicious start to life! Ishaan was born with an under bite which is a perfect […]

  This week’s challenge: What is this contraption and what did it do? What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the Brijabasi Spirit website.

Prabhupada: “For New Vrindaban, the principle of raising cows and raising foodstuffs must be very prominent.” Click here to read the rest of this letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.