New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

I love thee, pious ox; a gentle feeling Of vigor and of peace thou givest my heart. How solemn, like a monument, thou art! Over wide fertile fields thy calm gaze stealing, Unto the yoke with grave contentment kneeling, To man’s quick work thou dost thy strength impart. He shouts and goads, and answering thy […]

Jason with Belle and Lily. New Vrindavan has helped save two cows from the slaughter house. A donor gave money for their purchase, plus more for maintenance in their old age. They are 2 year old pregnant Brown Swiss, due to come fresh in December. They haven’t received their devotional names yet. For a very […]

Vraja, the venerable Brown Swiss ox, has passed away at Balabhadra’s. For memories and tributes, see Life With The Land and Cows. Read another story here.

Jayaprabhupada moved the cows from Bahulaban where they summer pasture back down to the big barn where they spend the winter. To get there, they go down the run from Bahulaban, then up and through the Vrindaban farm, down to Burches Run where the lake used to be, and finally up again up to the […]

submitted by Tapahpunjah dasa Braving a steady rain, two graduate students and two professors from West Virginia State University assisted Bhakta Jason and Tapahpunja Dasa in harvesting 50 bushels of winter squash from the site called the Garden of Seven Gates. The harvesting crew counted, weighed, measured and recorded production data on thirteen squash varieties. […]