New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

by Bala Tattva das There is a lot more to the story of the arrival of Sri Govardhan Sila than recounted in the brief paragraphs of the original article. At one point, Sankirtana Das and Gopisa Das did a two man play(Sankirtana taking the part of Radhanath Maharaj, and Gopisa-and-pillow taking the part of Mahabuddhi) […]

28 January, 1973 Calcutta My dear Hladini Devi Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 1, 1973, and I have noted the contents with great pleasure. It is so nice to see how enthusiastic you are in executing this process of devotional service and how much you […]

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa Yes, on the Town Runs with Dodge Rama Dasa, yours truly got to pick up cases of hooded sweat shirts, sheets of plywood, PVC pipe, milk and ice cream from United Dairy, fabric from Imperial Display, nails, you name it, I got to get it. Even to the point of […]

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa At first, the general rule was that if you were driving a vehicle along the main road, and you saw a Devotee, you should stop and give that Devotee a ride. Some Devotees preferred to walk. Some Devotees preferred not to stop and pick anyone up sometimes, due to being […]

In a strange twist of fate, one of New Vrindaban’s longest unresolved mysteries, namely the whereabouts and positive identification of the person known as “the mad crapper,” may at last be solved. A recent submission—more specifically a posted comment on this blog site by a former Brijabasi—has led authorities to link the person who posted […]

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 […]

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa Out back at the Columbus Temple Annex, we had a restaurant called “Simply Wonderful” right there on High Street. If you see the stained glass at the Palace of Gold, you aren’t surprised to read here that our New Vrindabana crafted “Simply Wonderful” sign was incredibly beautiful. Upstairs in the […]

by Srila Jiva Goswami dasa Let me try to describe The Prasadama Hall down at Bahulabhana, in Old New Vrindabana. It was a big rectangular room, with a marble floor. I remember three doors. One door, on the back wall, led to a shop where projects were carried out. Another door, in the front, led […]

Srila Prabhupada’s remnants, Ki Jaya! Your servant, Somadas das Srila Prabhupada used this lectern! This is the story of that lectern as I remember it. When Srila Prabhupada visited New Vrindaban at end of June, 1976, we had a new vyasasana for him. It is the one that is in the temple room now (since […]