New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

New Vrindaban Fall Board Meetings 2014: Madhava Gosh Das and Vidya Dasi Receive Appreciation Plaques for 40 Years of Service  By Madhava Smullen  During the ISKCON New Vrindaban and Eco-Vrindaban Fall Board Meetings on the first weekend of November this year, long-time residents Madhava Gosh Das and his wife Vidya Dasi were officially honored for […]

New Vrindaban Fall Board Meetings 2014: Department Head Presentations Invigorate the Community By Madhava Smullen  ISKCON New Vrindaban and Eco-Vrindaban’s second annual board meetings, held from November 1st to 2nd this year, shone a light on the rejuvenating rush of energy currently flowing through the New Vrindaban community and were invigorating for all the participants. […]

The fall season has come and gone quickly this year in the garden. Many projects were completed in the Teaching Garden and the Garden of Seven Gates. An early frost drove our attentions into our new high tunnel for winter greens and building a new rose garden to be planted in the spring.   Throughout […]

Srila Prabhupada Envisions a “New” Vrindaban Written by Madhava Smullen. Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala. “You have New York, New England, and so many ‘New’ duplicates of European countries in the USA, why not import New Vrindaban in your country?” –Srila Prabhupada, Letter, 3/17/68  In the spring of 2013, board members for ISKCON New Vrindaban […]

New Vrindaban Fall Board Meetings 2014: An Evening with Srila Prabhupada at his Palace By Madhava Smullen At 6:00pm on November 1st, New Vrindaban board and community members ended their first packed day of meetings with a true treat – spending the evening with Srila Prabhupada at his Palace of Gold. The event was one […]

Bhakti Retreat: New Year’s in New Vrindaban Dham January 1st  – 4th 2015 Spend this New Year’s Eve in the scenic, rolling hills of West Virginia, getting spiritually re-charged.  Listen to enlivening Krsna Katha and Prabhupada Katha.   Attend enlightening devotional workshops/seminars, soothing bhajans, ecstatic kirtans, and enjoy sumptuous, healthy prasad.  Does life get any better than this? Special guest […]

New Vrindaban Preschool Reopens by Lilasuka dasi The academic school in New Vrindaban has gone through many changes throughout the years.   From “Nandagram School” back in the 80’s, to the “New Vrindavan School” in the 90’s, to the current “Gopal’s Garden Home School Co-op”, all ages of kids and teachers have come and gone. Many […]

A special opportunity is now available at New Vrindaban. We are looking for volunteers to live in the Holy Dhama for any length of time between now (Nov. 2014) and April 2015 for a specific mission. The service is simple – to make beautiful flower garlands for some of the deities of New Vrindaban. This […]

The “golden avatara” of this age of Kali Yuga, Lord Chaitanya, spoke these words:  “Glory to the Sri Krishna sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because […]

    OPEN MEETINGS AND YOU’RE INVITED!  This is a reminder of your invitation to the semi-annual Joint Board Meetings & Community Dialog in New Vrindaban. As we do twice a year, the board members of ISKCON New Vrindaban and ECO-Vrindaban will gather to meet with managers and community members. PLEASE NOTE: In our ongoing […]