New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

Narcissus for Krsna By Lilasuka dasi Perhaps you’ve seen them.  If you’ve been up on the second floor of the Radha Vrindaban Chandra temple building, you’ve probably seen the beautiful “paper white narcissus” flowers growing in the front window.  Their brilliant white color thrives on all the direct sunlight there.  ECOV is growing these durable, […]

May the land of Srila Vrindavana where Subala and the other wonderful cowherd boys, who are all dear friends of Sri Krishna, play, where Lalita and the other splendidly beautiful young gopis, who are all filled with love for Srimati Radharani, enjoy transcendental bliss, and where Sri Sri Radha-Krishna thirst to enjoy wonderful transcendental amorous […]

May my eyes become overwhelmed with ecstasy by seeing the nectar waves of Vrindavana’s beauty. May my intelligence drown in the nectar ocean of Vrindavana’s glories. May my body become agitated by the swiftly moving currents of ecstatic bliss and thus roll about on the ground of Vrindavana. Falling down like a stick, may I […]

I meditate on Vrndavana, where the cuckoos sing the fifth note, the flute plays splendid melodies, peacocks sing and dance, vines and trees bloom, splendid and charming forests are wonderful with many birds and deer, and there are many splendid lakes, streams and hills.

THANKSGIVING DAY CLASS Given by Varsana Maharaja THURS NOV 28 2013 The class is paraphrased below, entitled: “A Series of Losses” SB 11.3.7 “Thus the conditioned living entity is forced to experience repeated birth and death. Impelled by the reactions of his own activities, he helplessly wanders from one inauspicious situation to another, suffering from […]

——Service Opportunity at ISKCON New Vrindaban——– ISKCON New Vrindaban is looking for enthusiastic team members for our Festivals Dept. We need friendly, co-operative, hard-working team players right away to come to New Vrindaban to help organize specifically for the well-known and inspiring Festival of Inspiration in May 2014 and the first of two fun Festival […]

The schedule for this week’s early morning Srimad Bhagavatam classes in the temple  is: Wed Dec. 11 – HG Ananda Vidya Prabhu  – Will speak on glorification of the Bhagavad Gita and Book Distribution as preparation for Gita Jayanti and going out on harinama sankirtan, chanting in Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Thursday. Thurs Dec. 12 […]

by Madhava Smullen With its new Protected Cow Dairy Initiative, ISKCON New Vrindaban is carefully taking one step at a time back towards dairy self-sufficiency. Nityodita Das,who spearheaded the Initiative, fondly remembers the early days of New Vrindaban, when ISKCON Founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada was still physically present. “I remember living at the old Vrindaban […]

From GEETA to ECOV and Beyond Interview with Chaitanya Mangala dasa of the ECO-Vrindaban Board Lilasuka (LS): Hare Krishna, Chaits.  We hear that some exciting changes are going on with GEETA/ECOV. Can you tell us what this is about? Chaitanya Mangala (CM):  I’d be happy to. First of all, let’s start with some basics, ISKCON […]

On Monday Dec. 2, there will be a representative from the local Dept of Health and Human Resources coming to New Vrindaban to give a presentation on how each of us can  enroll in the health plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace’s Affordable Care Act. An open presentation will be given at the school building […]