New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

October 29, 2011 By J.W. JOHNSON JR. Staff Writer , The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE – As word of Swami Bhaktipada’s death traveled from India to the rolling hills of Marshall County last week, members of the New Vrindaban community the man founded remained quiet. Photos by J.W. Johnson Jr. Crews work on the […]

Present: Bhalabadra, Madhava Gosh, Jaya Krsna, Jayadevi, Jaya Prabhupada, Lalita Gopi, 1. Refining the vision statement: The New Vrindaban Community produces locally the necessities of life demonstrates a practical example of self-reliance and engages and protects the cows and the oxen. 2. Subsidies / Price Support: Both the European GBC and the GBC have passed […]

Palace Restoration Committee Minutes Conference Call September 30, 2011 Present: Gopisa, Malati, Tripad, Jaya Krsna Absent: Gaura Shakti, Ramesvara Minutes last conf call ratified Main roof – patches Companies who did the current rubber on the roof and the dome, have been contacted by Gopisa. Both companies proposed the product to be used for the […]

Prabhupada: (excerpt) So we, our… One of the items of this mission, Krishna consciousness, is to establish real varna ashram by qualification. We have to pick up brahmanas from everywhere, throughout the whole world, not that we have to pick up brahmanas in India in some class. No. There are brahmanas jn every part of […]

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By RAHUL MEHTA Published: October 28, 2011 , New York Times Alfred, N.Y. IT was the Taj Mahal of Appalachia, “Heaven on Earth” in “Almost Heaven West Virginia,” a sprawling, opulent affair with lush gardens, a beautiful temple, a Palace of Gold, accommodations for hundreds of devotees, statues of Radha and Krishna, and even, at […]

Palace Restoration Committee Minutes, conf call September 9, 2011 Present: Gaura Shakti Dasa , Gopisa Dasa, Malati Devi Dasi, Ramesvara Dasa, Tripad Dasa, Jaya Krsna das 1. Structure: Gopisa checked the access for the dome; there is no visible support. There may be evidence in one of the 3.000 pictures of Kama. Gaura Shakti will […]

Dear Brijabasis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Govardhan Puja, Thursday, October 27, 2011 5.00 – 6.00pm Lecture 6.00 – 6.30pm Abhishek 6.30 – 7.00pm Story telling 7.00 – 8.00pm Maha Kirtan & Circumambulating Govardhan Hill 8.00pm Feast If you like, please bring an offering for Their Lordships by 5pm. Srila […]

Kirtanananda Swami, Former Leader Expelled from Krishna Community, Dies Moundsville, West Virginia – On Sunday, October 23, 2011, Kirtanananda Swami, a controversial former leader of the New Vrindaban Hare Krishna community passed away. He was expelled from the parent organization, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in 1987, and removed from New Vrindavban leadership […]