New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

ECO-Vrindaban Board Meeting Minutes 03/29/2015 Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes Simple Living, Cow Protection, Engaging Oxen, Local Agriculture, and above all, Loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Anuttama (partial attendance), Bhima, Chaitanya Mangala, Kripamaya, Madhava Gosh and Ranaka. Participating Advisors: Sri Tulasi Manjari (partial attendance) Participating Managers: […]

Prabhupada’s Palace Rose Garden Springtime Pruning Workshop By Lilasuka dasi “I’m really happy to have all these people out here helping us prune Prabhupada’s Palace Roses at this workshop. It’s a big job!” smiles Gopalasyapriya dasi, who has been heading up the Palace Rose Garden crew for about 13 years. Her steady, regular garden workers […]

Everyone is invited! Palace Rose Garden Pruning Workshop Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 10:00 am Paul Zimmerman, an expert rosarian who is helping the Palace Rose Garden become organic, will be leading a pruning workshop in the Palace Rose Garden. You can check out his website. He is traveling up from South Carolina and will […]

By Madhava Smullen  March 15th saw the second installment of a new tradition for New Vrindaban – holding “service appreciation ceremonies” in honor of devotees who have contributed their valuable time and effort in the development of the community. During the first, at the ISKCON New Vrindaban and Eco-Vrindaban Board Meetings in November last year, […]

Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes Simple Living, Cow Protection, Engaging Oxen, Local Agriculture, and above all, Loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Bhima, Chaitanya Mangala, Kripamaya, and Ranaka. Participating Advisors: Jaya Krsna, Radha-Krishna, Sri Tulasi Manjari Participating Managers: Mukunda Recording secretary: Jordanna 1.  Refining ECO-V Mission Statement […]

Presentation created and given by Sankirtana Das. The Program this Saturday at Prabhupada’s Palace starts promptly at 5:45 PM, beginning with kirtan followed by the “Presentation” at 6:00 PM, shown for your pleasure and education with open discussion afterwards. The evening Aroti will be followed by prasadam. “Voyage to the West: Why & How the Hare Krishna Movement Came to […]

     The board members of ISKCON New Vrindaban and ECO-Vrindaban humbly invite all New Vrindaban residents and well-wishers to participate in the upcoming weekend activities. Weekend schedule: Friday, March 13th. 7:00 to 8:00 pm: Dinner Prasadam with Board Members & GBCs (at Radha Vrindaban Chandra’s Temple) Saturday, March 14th. 9:45 am to 1:30 pm: Department […]

Palace Renovation By Nityodita das Recently there was a flurry of pictures online of the Grand Opening of Srila Prabhupada’s Palace, 1979.  The memories evoked from those photos reminded me of the wonderful years spent rendering concrete service (pun intended) there and the community momentum that was built alongside its construction.  In 1980,  I, along with […]

Prabhupada’s Palace Restoration Committee explored the options discussed at the Community Dialog November 1st, 2014, in regards to the restoration of the Palace wall: A) remove the existing wall in its entirety and B) provide an open and more visually transparent type of wall such as a metal fence The committee decided after consultation with […]