Author Archives for Vrindavana Das
Lunar eclipse for Gaura Purnima!
Total Lunar Eclipse This is truly one of the heights of auspiciousness, reflecting the astronomical conditions present at the time that Lord Caitanya advented just over 500 years ago in Navadvipa. Who’s up for a slightly polar-bearish dip in the lake to really live one of the pastimes of our beautiful Golden Avatar? “It’s not […]
Olney Friends School Visits New Vrindaban-Again!
This past Thursday,we were very fortunate to once again host a visit of our friends from Olney Friends School. A cheerful group of students and teachers were very grateful to hear an informative talk on vegetarianism and its spiritual aspects from Tapahpunja Prabhu, and then put these thoughts into action with a hands-on cooking course […]
Nityananda Trayodasi in photos
Kitchen Crew at work Sri Sri Gaura Nitai in evening arati Abhiseka Matajis dancing Cakes and more cakes Rupanuga Prabhu’s gulabs And last but not least, Dayananda in the pot room at 10 pm. . . .
Improvements to Radha Vrindaban Chandra’s Worship
Dear Devotees of New Vrindaban Community, This is a short note to inform everyone of a couple of improvements in the worship of our beloved Radha Vrindaban Chandra, Gaura Nitai, Nathaji, Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadra and Lord Nrsimhadeva. 1. We are now closing the curtains and altar doors during bhoga offerings to facilitate the Lord’s enjoying […]
Report on Yesterday’s CPT Meeting by Mother Carolyn
Dear Devotees, We want to thank all of those who were in attendance for The Child Protection Team’s presentation this past Sunday, January 28th, in the Guest Prasadam Hall. We reviewed materials from the North American Child Protection Conference this past November that include: What is the CPT What Temples need to do Different types […]
Nityananda Trayodasi on Tuesday
Just a reminder that Tuesday, January 30th is Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day. The schedule for the evening’s program is as follows: 5:30 Bhajans in Glorification of Lord Nityananda 6:15 Class 7:00 Abhiseka/Arati 8:00 Feast sarac-candra-bhrantim sphurad-amala-kantim gaja-gatim hari-premonmattam dhrta-parama-sattvam smita-mukham sada ghurnan-netramkara-kalita-vetram kali-bhidam bhaja nityanandambhajana-taru-kandam niravadhi “I perpetually worship Sri Nityananda Prabhu, the root of […]
Radharani Club Newsletter by Sachimata d.d.
Dear Devotees, and Supporters of the Radharani Club, We are happy to report the New Vrindaban Sewing Department is in full swing. The Membership Cabin has been transformed into the Sewing Department with a few simple changes. Vyasasana das has been working on the cabin, and is presently making cabinets and facility to store the […]
The Shameless Beggar
Since I arrived here at New Vrindaban Dham almost 3 months ago, it seems I have done nothing but eat prasadam day and night. I have crashed countless “home programsâ€, and eaten with a lusty voracious appetite, pigged out on Birthday cake & ice cream at numerous birthday parties, and while stuffing my face, had […]
Sri Advaita Acarya’s Appearance Day – Wed 12:30pm
“Lord Advaita Acarya is the incarnation of Maha-Visnu, whose main function is to create the cosmic world through the actions of maya. Because He is nondifferent from Hari, the Supreme Lord, He is called Advaita, and because He propagates the cult of devotion, He is called Acarya. He is the Lord and the incarnation of […]
Center College Students Visit New Vrindaban
Last week, Radhika Ramana Prabhu, Dr. Ravi Gupta (you may remember him as the Oxford-graduate child prodigy who used to write for BTG), brought his class from Center College in Danville, KY to visit New Vrindaban. They visited the cows, the temple, the Palace, heard from Sankirtan Prabhu and Damodar Prabhu, and spent time meeting […]