New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

Jayadevi’s son Dhanan has been coming to New Vrindaban on the weekends and spending some time with the cows. Here he is with a Jersey ox named Krishna He has now started training with Balabhadra to work oxen. Here is Dhanan leading an ox. Although they are both stubborn you can tell the difference between […]

The goal for 2012 is to not buy any flowers for the Deities during the growing season. An area has been set aside for this in the Garden of Seven Gates. Despite an unusually wet autumn,  some progress has been made. Here is Jayadevi standing in an area that has been covered with compost and […]

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 5 Nov 2011 Tapahpunja Dasa teaches students at the Small Farm Training Center garden in New Vrindaban A New Vrindaban devotee’s efforts at organic gardening have inspired the general public, educational institutions, and leaders in the local town of Wheeling, West Virginia to support sustainability, eat local produce […]

• Experience with cows preferred but not necessary (training provided by International Society for Cow Protection ISCOWP) • Familiar with and practicing Vaisnava behavior and principles. • Motivated, Competent, Mature, Balanced, Self-Starter Duties Include: • Working with Oxen • Transporting milk from barn to temple kitchen (serve as substitute milker) • Hauling • Forestry (logging, […]

Present: Bhalabadra, Madhava Gosh, Jaya Krsna, Jayadevi, Jaya Prabhupada, Lalita Gopi, 1. Refining the vision statement: The New Vrindaban Community produces locally the necessities of life demonstrates a practical example of self-reliance and engages and protects the cows and the oxen. 2. Subsidies / Price Support: Both the European GBC and the GBC have passed […]

As the cool weather and shorter days bring the blooming season to an end, I am savoring the last smells and touches of our “real” flowers. There are still marigolds galore and they make beautiful fall garlands. The zinnias are fading, but the dahlias are just now coming into their own. In fact, they are […]

by Jayadevi dasi I suppose Krsna heard me when I told Jaya Krsna that I loved gardening, and he said I had come to the right place. Shortly thereafter, I began working with Gopalasyapriya at the Palace gardens. Anybody who picks flowers should know the process from beginning to end. It takes weeding in icy […]

by Nityodita das Srila Prabhupada wanted NV residents to live directly from the bounty of Mother Earth and Mother Cow. He especially wanted devotees to grow their own food to offer to Krsna. In the winter of 1974, I moved to New Vrindavan attracted by that simple vision and immediately joined the garden crew under […]

His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami will be visiting New Vrindaban from Wednesday, June 29 through Friday, July 1.  Maharaja is the National Minister for the Daiva Varnasrama Ministry which is dedicated to rural development. During his visit, Bhakti Raghava Swami would like to meet with as many New Vrindaban devotees as possible.  Therefore, please attend […]