New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

By Madhava Ghosa dasa Taken from the March 16,1975 issue of the Brijabasi Spirit. sindhave ratna-nikaran girayo nnam catur-vidham upayanam upajahruh sarve lokah sapa lakah (S.B. 4.9.9) Translation.: “King Prthu was presented with various gifts from the general populace and predominating deities of all planets. The oceans and seas were full of valuable jewels and […]

(For articles and information relating to environmental concerns that are important to our devotional practice and service, please check out the new and improved Simple Living and High Thinking bulleting board, located in the Prasadam Room.) We eat a lot of rice here at New Vrindaban. Personally, when I think of prasad, I think of […]

Photos courtesy of Balaji. Last summer beavers moved into the pond on the lower road to the Vrindaban farm. Late in the fall, they moved out, but I suspect they will be back in the spring. Beavers were stocked on Wheeling Creek 10-20 years ago and they are spreading. Here is their house: First they […]

This Valentines Day, show your mother how much you love her. All of our lives, she has been unconditionally caring for us, giving us food, shelter, clothing, and so many other beautiful gifts. She has been unconditionally loving us all this time, and chances are you have just been using her and taking her love […]

by Bhakta Chris “The earth is providing for all creatures, for all species of life. She is providing everything we need to live a happy and prosperous life even though we are abusing her in so many ways, our own mother the earth. So from the earth we learn how, with no expectation in return, […]

Dear Prabhus, Thanks to everyone a lot for your worry about me. By Krsna’s mercy I’m well. I stretched and torn one of the ligaments fibers in my right leg. I hope in few days to be again underneath the cows for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha-VrindabanCandra and His devotes. y.s. jaya prabhupada das

Last year the swans had laid 5 eggs, but they were all taken and eaten by some animals, likely racoons. This put both of the parent swans in such a distressed condition. For a weeks they would hang around their nest, moving things around and looking as if someone coud do something for them, so […]

by Madhava Gosh For years we have been kicking around the idea of vicarious cow protection. Facing the reality that most will have to, for the time being, purchase milk from cows that will be slaughtered, what is a sincere devotee of the Supreme Cowherd Boy, Krishna, to do? The idea is that if someone […]

One may wonder about the significance of such a photo on the cover of the February 1979 Brijabasi Spirit. “It’s just some silos, a big building, and snow all over the ground. What’s the point?” One purpose (I cannot state definitively, as I wasn’t the editor) was what those buildings signified at the time. February […]