New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

Srila Prabhupada Envisions a “New” Vrindaban Written by Madhava Smullen. Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala. “You have New York, New England, and so many ‘New’ duplicates of European countries in the USA, why not import New Vrindaban in your country?” –Srila Prabhupada, Letter, 3/17/68  In the spring of 2013, board members for ISKCON New Vrindaban […]

“The cows, the trees, the cowherd men and gopis, their chief engagement was loving Krishna, and in New Vrindaban we want to create this atmosphere and thereby show the whole world how practical and sublime our movement is.” – Srila Prabhupada, July 1973. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

“Your idea to start a nursery school in New Vrindaban is very good proposal and you may immediately try for it by cooperatively consulting amongst yourselves how to do it.” – Srila Prabhupada, February 1972. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.

ECO-Vrindaban On-Site Board Meeting Minutes 11/2/2014 Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes a simple, sustainable lifestyle centered on the care and protection of cows, local food production and the loving service of Lord Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Anuttama, Chaitanya Mangala, Krpamaya, […]

  “In Vrindavan there are so many temples, they say 5,000, or in Vrindavan every home, every cottage is a temple. As far as possible, try to develop New Vrindaban on this standard.” – Srila Prabhupada, August 1970. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.

We have some great news! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Brijabasi Spirit, 34 issues from 1974 have been digitized and are now available online (with additional years soon to follow). The Brijabasi Spirit was first published in 1974 and for a number of years it was a weekly newsletter sharing great details […]

Prabhupada: “You are actually learning in New Vrindaban the self-sufficient mode of living, simple living, high thinking, that is our policy, and as long as Krsna remains in the center of all these activities, then you are actually in Vrindaban.” Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Prabhupada: “For New Vrindaban, the principle of raising cows and raising foodstuffs must be very prominent.” Click here to read the rest of this letter at the Brijabasi Spirit website.  

Srila Prabhupada: “Yes. Anything grown in the garden, that is hundred times [more] valuable than [if] it is purchased from the market.” Click here to read and/or listen to the rest of the conversation at the Vanipedia website.

Prabhupada: So everyone is getting milk? How much? Kirtanananda: As much as they want. Prabhupada: As much as they want, then jaundice (laughter). Too much is not good. They may take minimum half pound per head [daily]. Kirtanananda: Minimum. Prabhupada: Minimum. And maximum one pound. Not more than that. But “Because there is enough, let […]