Author Archives for Vrindavana Das

New Vrindaban’s Gopisa das’s Adventures on his Spiritual Retreat


This is a continuation of Gopisa das’s India Journal.  See DAYS 1 & 2 in this Brijabasi Spirit, Dec. 26, 2014.  The link follows. New Vrindaban’s Gopisa das discusses Rotis and Spirituality in the land of Bharatavarsha DAY 3 Dearest family, Day two was comprised of seminars, workshops and bhajans. Jaya Krsna and I went […]

New Vrindaban’s Gopisa das discusses Rotis and Spirituality in the land of Bharatavarsha


Gopisa das recently went, for his first time, on a pilgrimage to India.  First, he traveled to Switzerland, and then on to India. He wrote a daily journal back to his family, which he shared, below. DAY 1 Dearest family, Arrived in Delhi at 1am Sunday morning to an assault on the mind and senses […]

Reminder about New Year’s Bhakti Retreat in New Vrindaban


Here’s a reminder! We would be honored to have your association at New Vrindaban’s New Year’s Bhakti Retreat starting the evening of Wed. Dec. 31, 2014 through Sun. Jan. 3, 2015. Spend this New Year’s Eve along with your whole family in the scenic, rolling hills of West Virginia, getting spiritually re-charged.  Associate with experienced […]

Ox Barn Renovation Progress at New Vrindaban


by Vyasasan das Back in August of this year, I began the overwhelming task of rebuilding the barn at New Vrindaban, West Virginia. As you will be able to see from the following pictures, the neglected barn was sadly in a state of disrepair and dilapidation. The building had been completely abandoned and neglected for […]

New Year’s Bhakti Retreat in New Vrindaban Dham


Everyone is invited! We would be honored to have your association at New Vrindaban’s New Year’s Bhakti Retreat starting the evening of Wed. Dec. 31, 2014 through Sun. Jan. 3, 2015. Spend this New Year’s Eve along with your whole family in the scenic, rolling hills of West Virginia, getting spiritually re-charged.  Associate with experienced […]

New Vrindaban’s ECO-V Oversees Multiple Cow Protection Improvements in 2014


By Madhava Smullen “Krishna by His practical example taught us to give all protection to the cows and that should be the main business of New Vrindaban,” Srila Prabhupada wrote to his disciple Hayagriva Das in 1968, leaving little doubt as to the community’s focus. Since then, New Vrindaban has always protected cows. But this year, […]

New Vrindaban Hosts Its Second Deity Worship Seminar


Sunday morning, Dec. 7, was the last day of the Deity Worship Seminars here in New Vrindaban.  This was the second Deity Worship Seminar taught by His Grace Jayananda prabhu in New Vrindaban.  Jayananda explained, “We did a very short seminar last year, but we wanted to increase the depth of this seminar.  So this […]

Discussions at the New Vrindaban Community Dialog – Fall Board Meetings


New Vrindaban Fall Board Meetings 2014: Community Dialogue Discusses Palace Wall and Succession By Madhava Smullen The recent Fall Board Meetings at New Vrindaban included a community dialogue on November 1st that brought up some lively discussion on pressing issues. Community President Jaya Krsna Das and Palace Restoration Manager Gopisa Das first presented a proposal […]

New Vrindaban Community Parikrama Showcases Exciting Developments


New Vrindaban Fall Board Meetings 2014: Community Parikrama Showcases Exciting Developments  By Madhava Smullen  On November 2nd, after spending the previous day hearing presentations on New Vrindaban’s many departments, board and community members wrapped up this fall’s meetings by seeing some of the latest developments for themselves in an enlivening community parikrama. At 10:00am, around […]

New Vrindaban Hosts Special Deity Worship Seminar


DEITY WORSHIP SEMINAR Presented by His Grace Jayananda das www.deityworship.com         www.mayapuracademy.org Details are below the schedule. Schedule Fri. Dec. 5, 2014                        Seminar                            11:00 am-1:30 pm Lunch                                1:30 pm Seminars                           3:00 pm- 7:00 pm  Sat. Dec. 6, 2014 Special Early Class           8:00 am -9:00 am Seminar                            10:00 am – 1:30 pm Seminars                           […]