New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

“Here in New Vrindaban the atmosphere is exactly like Vrindavan. They are performing the routine activities from 4 am. in the morning till 10 pm. at night. The aratiks are going on several times daily as you have seen in Vrindavan.” Click here to read the rest of the letter. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material.

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 08/14/14. Similar to last week, since the people in the photo are not easily recognizable we’ll ask a broader question. This week’s challenge: How many devotees can you name who were part of the New Vrindaban construction crew around the time of this photo? Extra credit: When and where was this photo taken? (hint: same […]

  As we have entered into August the weather has been anything but typical.  The abundant rain has allowed us to use almost no irrigation. But the lack of sunshine, cold temperatures, and constantly wet plants has caused  devastation to our crop of tomatoes. Late blight has struck nearly all of the 600 tomato plants […]

  Srila Prabhupada Emphasizes the Value and Practicality of Engaging Oxen in New Vrindaban – January 1974. From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material. —————————————————————————– 7th January, 1974Dear Kirtanananda Maharaja,Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 30, 1973.I […]

    The last few weeks have been VERY busy in the gardens. We have had many new volunteers.  A family from Maryland came to work and camp in the garden.  Currently we have two volunteers from WWOOF (world wide opportunities on organic farms) that have been helping with our abundant harvest of green beans.  […]

Srila Prabhupada “Has Many Ideas for New Vrindaban” and Hopes to “Develop Many New Vrindabans” – March 1969. From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material. ———————————————————————- March 30, 1969 My Dear Satyabhama, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated […]

Srila Prabhupada Sees Deity Worship in New Vrindaban as Being of “the Highest Standard” in ISKCON – December 1974. From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material. ———————————————————————- December 19, 1974 Bridesville, Canada My dear Bahudak, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of […]

New Vrindaban Garden Manager Takes Step Closer to Sustainable Vision By Madhava Smullen Back when she started visiting New Vrindaban at age sixteen, admiring the Rose Gardens at Prabhupada’s Palace and thinking it would be her dream job to work there, Kacey Orr could never have predicted how all the pieces would fall into place. […]

Srila Prabhupada Repeats His “Simple Living, High Thinking” Message for a New Vrindaban Resident – August 1974. From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material. ———————————————————————- August 19, 1974 New Vrindaban My dear Madhukara das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter […]

Last Flight By Lilasuka dasi  A little brownish baby sparrow slowly hopped into the middle of the lobby of the Radha Vrindaban Candra temple, and just stood there, looking a bit lost. It turns out she wasn’t lost at all, as Lord Krsna was apparently very much guiding her from within. As it happened, Dasi, […]