New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

By Madhava Smullen Nearly 40 New Vrindaban residents and board members gathered for a community dialogue on March 14th, 2015 to discuss starting a Village Council, which could provide residents with a voice and facilitate a more comprehensive community governance. After a sweet kirtan and introductions all around that created a mood of warmth and […]

Everyone is invited! Palace Rose Garden Pruning Workshop Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 10:00 am Paul Zimmerman, an expert rosarian who is helping the Palace Rose Garden become organic, will be leading a pruning workshop in the Palace Rose Garden. You can check out his website. He is traveling up from South Carolina and will […]

By Madhava Smullen  March 15th saw the second installment of a new tradition for New Vrindaban – holding “service appreciation ceremonies” in honor of devotees who have contributed their valuable time and effort in the development of the community. During the first, at the ISKCON New Vrindaban and Eco-Vrindaban Board Meetings in November last year, […]

The Bhagavat Dharma Experience: Prabhupada’s Second Visit to New Vrindaban Written by Madhava Smullen. Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala. New Vrindaban, August 31st, 1972 – Just as he had three years prior in 1969, Srila Prabhupada arrived at New Vrindaban in a black Lincoln Continental, winding down the country road towards the excited group of […]

Come Celebrate with Us! We would like to invite you and your family to celebrate Lord Ramacandra’s Appearance Day with us on Sat. March 28, 2015. You will have the opportunity to: Hear Rama-Katha Bathe Their Lordships Join in an ecstatic kirtan Honor a sumptuous prasadam feast Offer a special pair of paduka to the […]

Community Dialog on the topic of a possible “Village Council” at the onsite Joint Board Meetings in New Vrindaban by Lilasuka dasi The weekend of March 14 and 15, 2015 was a jam-packed, exciting and informative two days for New Vrindaban (NV). There used to be two weekends a year when the two Boards of […]

by Madhava Smullen Since its launch in 2000, Festival of Inspiration has been a unique standout of the festival season. It has just the right mix of enlightening presentations by ISKCON’s best speakers; top-quality entertainment from dramas to stand-up comedy; rip-roaring kirtans; and mouth-watering prasad. This year, 600 to 700 devotees from all over the […]

by Lilasuka dasi The New Vrindaban 2015 Gaura Purnima festival on March 5 was very special. It is said that “You can’t buy a ticket to Vrindavan – you have to be invited by Srimati Radharani Herself.” It seems that Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra of New Vrindaban gave out special mercy invitations to those […]

Here are the 8:00 A.M. Srimad Bhagavatam Class Speakers –week of Feb. 28- March 6, 2015 Sat 28th –        HG Kripamaya Prabhu Sun 1st-          ? Mon 2nd –       HG Gopal Hari Prabhu, visiting from Boise Tu 3rd–         HDG Srila Prabhupada Wed 4th –         HG Malati Prabhu? Th 5th–             Gaura […]