Author Archives for Vrindavana Das

New Vrindaban Grows Through Care & Communication


by Madhava Smullen Since moving back to New Vrindaban three years ago, Lilasuka Dasi has used her people skills to inspire residents to care for each other and communicate positively with one another. This, she feels, is the key to the community’s recent attempt at rebuilding and growth. Originally from Toronto, Lilasuka first lived in […]

New Vrindaban Daily darsan @ April 6, 2014.


Happily picking many kinds of flowers from the trees and vines, Radha and Krishna praise the forest of Vrinda?vana. They bathe and sport in the lakes of Vrinda?vana forest and They play with the birds and other creatures there. Who would not serve Vrinda?vana forest, the supreme transcendental abode? [Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri […]

New Vrindaban Daily darsan @ April 5, 2014.


Please worship and serve this effulgent transcendental couple enjoying transcendental amorous pastimes together in this grove of Vrinda?van, His complexion the color of sapphires and Hers the color of gold, He holding a splendid flute and She a red long-stemmed toy lotus, He with a splendid peacock-feather crown and She with long splendid braids, He […]

New Vrindaban Daily darsan @ April 4, 2014.


Give up false identification with this wretched material body, identification that is the cause of the horrible cycle of repeated birth and death. Meditate on your spiritual form in Vrinda?vana. Millions of calamities may fall. Don’t be disturbed. Until all past karma is destroyed, reside in Vrinda?vana and always meditate on the pastimes of your […]

A Devotee Couple Moves to New Vrindaban- An Interview


Lilasuka (L): So how are things going for you, so far, here in New Vrindaban, Alexander and Radhapriya prabhus? You’ve been here for a few months now. Alexander (A) & Radhapriya (R):  Well, we like our apt.  There’s easy access to the temple.  Things are good. L: I heard you went to India recently, Radhapriya. […]

New Vrindaban Daily darsan @ April 3, 2014.


Don’t even glance at the external things of this world, whether they belong to you or to others, whether they are as splendid as millions of suns and moons, or whether they possess a great flood of good qualities, Renounce them¡ Give up all conventional peaceful composure, and without caring for anything else, always remember […]

New Vrindaban Daily darsan @ April 2, 2014.


Vrinda?vana is illuminated by numberless moons of spiritual bliss. It is cooled by the sweet nectar of spiritual love and it is filled with desire trees and many hosts of madly cooing birds. Whose heart will not run to Sri Sri Ra?dha?-Krishna, who enjoy eternal transcendental pastimes in that Vrinda?vana? [Source : Nectarean Glories of […]

New Vrindaban Daily darsan @ April 1, 2014.


Vrinda?vana is filled with countless supremely beautiful golden trees as splendid as numberless millions of blazing suns. When these trees appear before the heart they shower a cooling rain of transcendental bliss that immediately extinguishes the burning sufferings of repeated birth and death and grants the rarest and most difficult to obtain spiritual treasure. [Source […]

New Vrindaban Daily darsan @ March 31, 2014.


In Vrinda?vana the leaves on the trees are made of emeralds, the flowers of diamonds, the new flower buds of beautiful pearls, the newly sprouting leaves of red kuruvinda jewels, the many fruits, all filled with various kinds of nectarean tastes, of rubies, the rain of an incessant shower of nectar, and the bumblebees of […]

From the Garden — 3/31/14


Greetings….. This past week brought us quite the selection of early spring weather sun, rain, and even snow.  There is always such great anticipation for planting this time of year. The rule of thumb for working the soil is, “if the soil is wet enough that it easily clumps into a ball it is just […]