New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

?? On September 28, New Vrindaban held a retirement party for Betty Hickey who, since 1985, has cultivated the Palace Rose Garden.  The garden has over one hundred varieties of roses and over 850 rose plants, and attracts thousands of pilgrims and visitors every year. Besides cultivating roses, Betty has cultivated hundreds of devotees and […]

  Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 11) is the first day of Karttik.  We will sing the Damodarastakam prayers and offer candles to Lord Damodar every morning and evening through November 10.  Please attend if you can! Here is the schedule: 7:45 am – following Guru Puja 8:30 pm – final darshan

  Dear Brijabasis, Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Sacinandana Swami will be conducting a 3-day retreat this weekend.  The topic is “Sacred Space: The internal chamber of the heart.” Please attend as much or as little as possible!  The retreat is free of charge. It will be held partially in […]

Dear Brijabasis, Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada. At the last istagosthi, the topic was “Community Spirit.”  Many devotees commented that good sadhana will help improve the community spirit. Bhagavatam class this Wednesday will be given by Nityodita Prabhu. Please attend if you can! The group agreed that there should be […]

Dear Brijabasis, Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada. As most of you already know, I am currently in Europe.  I have appointed Yugal Kishore Prabhu and Rupanuga Prabhu to act as my representatives during my absence.  Please approach either of them regarding any topic that needs to be addressed.  I am […]

Dear Brijabasis,   Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.  There will be a special Bhagavatam class this Wednesday, September 7.  Malati Prabhu will make a slide presentation from the Janmastami celebration at Bhaktivedanat Manor that was attended by over 70,000 people.  Please attend if you can! At last week’s istagosthi, the […]

Dear Brijabasis, Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.  There is a mandatory Istagosthi for all devotees serving and living at the temple and its departments.  This includes, but is not limited to, the following facilities: (1) Radha-VrindabanChandras’ Temple, (2) Govinda’s Snack Bar, (3) Palace Lodge, and (4) Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold. […]

The summer 24 Hour Kirtan in June was a great success. Visit Mantralogy for free download of all the MP3 files! In his closing speech, first-time attendee HH Bhakti Charu Swami declared that the festival was “a new dimension of kirtan” and promised to attend next year. Download the kirtans and judge for yourself!

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  “Srila Prabhupada said that devotional service rendered in a Holy Dham like New Vrindaban is 1,000 times more potent than devotional service rendered anywhere else,” said Shanka dasa, New Vrindaban’s Kitchen Manager and Head Cook since 2001.  “So I try to engage as many guests as possible in the kitchen chopping vegetables, making bread, […]