New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

New Vrindaban Farm Report – Back To Godhead Magazine – October 1975. Over the past eight years, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has established fourteen successful farming communities in various parts of the world. As national economies founder and cities go bankrupt, ISKCON’s farms flourish and grow, proving that the Krishna consciousness movement is […]

New Vrindaban: Three Occasions for Transcendental Festivals Back To Godhead Article – April 1974 By Vishaka-devi dasi THIS YEAR, three auspicious days of special celebration for all devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead fall within the months of August and September. The first (August 11) is Janmastami, the unique day commemorating Krishna’s appearance on […]

Krishna Temple is a Labor of Love – Back to Godhead – January 1979. by Ed Kozel Reprinted from the Wheeling (West Virginia) News-Register Something of a minor marvel is taking shape in the hills of Marshall County, where members of the Hare Krishna religious community have sacrificed over the past four years to complete […]

Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold – Back To Godhead Article – July 1981. by Yogesvara Dasa In the Hills of West Virginia The Appalachian hills provide the setting for an ornate palace dedicated to the great spiritual master who brought love of Krishna to the West. Just around a bend in the road, crowning a lush […]

New Vrindaban Cow Protection: Practical Necessity for a Peaceful Society Back To Godhead Magazine, January 1976 By Vishaka devi dasi Speaking on the troubled condition of our modern world, the late historian Arnold Toynbee once said, “The cause of it [the world’s malady] is spiritual. We are suffering from having sold our souls to the […]

From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material. —————————————————————— November 18th, 1968. My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Nov. 12, 1968, and I am very much pleased to note the contents. […]

New Vrindaban: The Spiritual Frontier  Back To Godhead Article – June 1974 By Vishaka devi dasi By His inconceivable potency, the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna appeared 5,000 years ago as a cowherd boy in the village of Vrindavan, India. The devotees of the Hare Krishna movement, therefore, who have established a 1,000 acre Krishna conscious […]

Prabhupada at New Vrindaban Back To Godhead Article October 1969 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada arrived at New Vrindaban, West Virginia on the morning of May 21st, 1969. It was his first visit to the mountain ashram, which is the first community in the West dedicated to Krishna conscious living. Prabhupada walked swiftly […]

New Vrindaban: The West’s First Krishna Conscious Community Back to Godhead Magazine article – May 1971 By Hayagriva Dasa Adhikari “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) Within the past three years communes […]

New Vrindaban Back to Godhead Magazine article – February 1969 by Hayagriva Dasa A spritual concept of community life One practical aspect of the Krishna Consciousness Movement is now taking form in the hills of West Virginia. This is a report on the development and the philosophical background of that important project. “You have New York, […]