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ECO-Vrindaban Board Meeting Minutes 03/29/2015


ECO-Vrindaban Board Meeting Minutes 03/29/2015 Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes Simple Living, Cow Protection, Engaging Oxen, Local Agriculture, and above all, Loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Anuttama (partial attendance), Bhima, Chaitanya Mangala, Kripamaya, Madhava Gosh and Ranaka. Participating Advisors: Sri Tulasi Manjari (partial attendance) Participating Managers: […]

ISKCON New Vrindaban President Jaya Krsna on Sabbatical


Dear Residents and Well-Wishers of New Vrindaban, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We are writing to inform you that Jaya Krsna prabhu is on a leave of absence from his role as ISKCON New Vrindaban President. As many of you are aware, Jaya Krsna became ill after his trip to […]

Village Council Proposed at New Vrindaban Community Dialogue


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 […]

New Vrindaban Members Appreciate Each Other in Moving Ceremony


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, […]

ECO-Vrindaban Board Meeting Minutes 02/22/2015


Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes Simple Living, Cow Protection, Engaging Oxen, Local Agriculture, and above all, Loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Bhima, Chaitanya Mangala, Kripamaya, and Ranaka. Participating Advisors: Jaya Krsna, Radha-Krishna, Sri Tulasi Manjari Participating Managers: Mukunda Recording secretary: Jordanna 1.  Refining ECO-V Mission Statement […]

Prabhupada’s Vision For New Vrindaban


Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Holy Pilgrimage


“Therefore, I may once more request you to try your best to construct New Vrindaban an exact duplicate of Vrindaban, and that will give me the highest pleasure.” – Srila Prabhupada, 1970. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Great Potential @ New Vrindaban


Ya, I know, it doesn’t look like much now…but it has “Great Potential.” Great Potential @ New Vrindaban by Vyasasan das In some of my previous posts entitled Ox Barn Project and the Eco-Village I have been chronicling some of the positive changes that are beginning to happen here at the New Vrindaban Farm Community in West […]

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Protected Dairy


“I am always thinking of your New Vrindaban. The milk which we are taking here is not at all comparable with New Vrindaban milk.” – Srila Prabhupada, 1969. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Prabhupada’s Vision for New Vrindaban: Spiritual Education


“To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all people in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world.” Srila Prabhupada, Seven Purposes of ISKCON, 1966. Click here to read the other purposes at the […]