New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

Everyone is invited to GAURA PURNIMA FESTIVAL in New Vrindaban. Thursday March 5, 2015 5:00 AM                 MANGAL  ARATI 5:30 AM                 NRSIMHA PRAYERS 5:45 AM                 TULASI PRAYERS 6:00 AM                 JAPA 7:30 AM                 GURU PUJA 8:00 AM                 GREETING […]

Everyone is invited to a CD release party for the “New Vrindavan Mellows” CD. Sunday March 1, 2015 1:30 PM- 2:00 PM (instead of Sunday feast lecture) Sadaruci and Govardhan (British) prabhus have completed production of a CD called “New Vrindavan Mellows”. It features a variety of local devotee musicians singing different bhajans and kirtans. […]

Palace Renovation By Nityodita das Recently there was a flurry of pictures online of the Grand Opening of Srila Prabhupada’s Palace, 1979.  The memories evoked from those photos reminded me of the wonderful years spent rendering concrete service (pun intended) there and the community momentum that was built alongside its construction.  In 1980,  I, along with […]

by Vidya dasi Wouldn’t it be nice to fix up the play ground at the New Vrindaban Home School Co-op, Gopal’s Garden? Wish they would do that! Wait! Who’s “they”? It’s me!   Us! What could I do? Well I’ve been part of some great projects in the past at New Vrindaban. Why not try something […]

New Vrindaban started the New Year with a colorful, lively, family-friendly Nityananda Trayodasi celebration on Sunday Feb. 1. Snow covered the ground all over New Vrindaban, but that didn’t stop many devotees from bundling up and carefully driving down to the temple for bhajans at 10:30 Sunday morning. The sweet sounds of Nityananda bhajans – […]

Brief Memorial Service in Honor of the 30thAnniversary of the passing of Her Grace Sankara dasi   Sankara dasi-January 5th, 1946 – January 25th, 1985 When:                 Sunday Jan. 25, 2015 Time:                   1:30 PM, Before the Sunday Feast Where:               RVC Temple Room If you had the honor of knowing this very sweet Brijabasi, Sankara dasi, […]

This is the 4th and last in a series of entries from Gopisa das on his recent trip to India. DAY 7 Dearest family, Today was a very special day. We went to Srimati Radharani’s temple for mangal aroti. I was pushed to the middle quite close and had a wonderful view of Sriji. Sacinandana […]

This is the 3rd in a series of 4 entries by Gopisa das to his India Journal about his recent first-time pilgrimage to India. His 1st India Journal posting: Day 1 & 2 “Rotis and Spirituality”: http://www.brijabasispirit.com/2014/12/26/new-vrindabans-gopisa-das-discusses-rotis-and-spirituality-in-the-land-of-bharatavarsha/ His 2nd India Journal posting: Day 3 & 4 “Adventures”: http://www.brijabasispirit.com/2015/01/05/new-vrindabans-gopisa-dass-adventures-on-his-spiritual-retreat/ DAY 5 Dearest family, Today was a […]

by Lilasuka dasi New Vrindaban’s 1st New Year’s Bhakti Retreat from Wed. evening Dec. 31, 2014 to Sun. Jan. 4, 2015 was lively and family friendly. Devotees came in from many places outside West Virginia. His Grace Gopal Hari Prabhu came from Boise, ID. Several families from Detroit, MI mandir also came to participate. His […]

Prabhupada’s Palace Restoration Committee explored the options discussed at the Community Dialog November 1st, 2014, in regards to the restoration of the Palace wall: A) remove the existing wall in its entirety and B) provide an open and more visually transparent type of wall such as a metal fence The committee decided after consultation with […]