New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

Continuing with our photographic journey through the 2007 Festival of Inspiration, today we gaze upon some of the sweetly expressive faces and deeds of the transcendental personalities whose dust we were all lucky to walk upon throughout the entire Festival weekend. DEVOTEES PAR EXCELLENCE Did I say sweetly expressive faces?…As I have said, in the […]

Posted by Bhakta-Chris Continuing with our photographic journey through the 2007 Festival of Inspiration, today we gaze upon the kirtaniyahs who rocked, soothed, and lifted our souls with their sacred sounds that saturated the New Vrindaban atmosphere with pure devotion. KIRTAN It’s no stretch of the imagination to say that some of the best kirtaniyahs […]

Posted by Bhakta-Chris Like a dream, a whirlwind of devotion, the 2007 Festival of Inspiration has come and gone, leaving New Vrindaban glowing, tired, and ready for more. Everywhere one looked, world-class kirtan was resounding, pure devotees (like Jayapataka Swami, Trivikrama Swami, Romapad Swami) were walking and talking nectar, legends like Yadubar Prabhu were presenting […]

by Bhakta-Chris 15 cows. 4 cow-herders (Jaya-Prabhupada, Caitanya Das, Bhaktin Alycia, and myself). 5 miles of bonafide West Virginia hillside. I am a self-confessed city boy, shamefully and shamelessly addicted to the many maddening modern comforts of the Western world. Still, I am drawn to the pastimes of the cowherd boy like the tidal pools […]

My fellow devotees, I am just one of the many inmates incarcerated across America who relied on Muktakesa das for support, guidance, and friendship. He was fully dedicated to his work with the ISKCON Prison Ministry and the news of his recent passing was both shocking and heart wrenching, and yet, as I reflected on […]

by Bhakta-Chris A Sunday or so back Jaya Prabhupada innocently asked me to make sure the gate was open above our Goshalla barn, so that the cows grazing in the field near the Palace could get back into said barn. I took this simple instruction and made it much more complicated. I decided it was […]

It’s just about time to welcome all the many pilgrims of assorted shapes, sizes, and colors back to the lotus feet of Radha Vrindaban Chandra. As the weather warms and Easter passes, New Vrindaban kicks it all into high gear, offering one and all the chance to experience fully the Holy Dham and get a […]

by Bhakta-Chris I recently received some advice from Madhava Ghosh, one of the co-czars of this spiritually communist bloc known as Brijabasi Spirit. He told me that instead of philosophical ramblings or long-winded articles, visitors to our blog will find it much more interesting if I tell of my realizations from my daily service activities. […]

By Bhakta-Chris the perfection of life The mode of goodness Srila Prabhupada lays out the bare facts very clearly: “Men do not understand that because they unrestrictedly kill so many animals, they must also be slaughtered like animals in big wars….In the West, slaughterhouses are maintained without restriction, and therefore every fifth or tenth year […]

By Bhakta-Chris One of the extra benefits of living in an ISKCON farm community, alongside the whole blissful daily practice of getting one step back closer to Godhead, is the many earthy service opportunities. Before I came here, I had some semblance of an idea of what I was getting myself into, and a big […]