New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa In the late nineties, I started coming back to The Temple. I was living in Wheeling. I came to the Temple every morning, took the Association of The Devotees, participated at Mongol Aortik, chanted 16 Rounds and Guyatri, and polished it off by taking morning Prasadama with the Devotees. I […]

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa Disappearing One morning, at the Columbus Temple, Krpa Maya Prabhu saw me cleaning the floors, as he had taught me, and he asked if he could talk to me a moment. “There is a boy who is coming to see me,” Krpa Maya declared. “He is sort of a nuisance.” […]

by Josh Bonfili Hello, Just wanted to stop in and share some of my photos from the event 🙂 I took a lot, so more to come. Ratha yatra photos If anyone would like a copy of a specific picture just email me and I’ll email you the High Quality version that you can print. […]

Pastimes of Lord Jagannatha- Morning class in the Temple 8:00 AM RATHA YATRA PARADE 11:00 AM (start from Nityo’s/Rupanuga’s house) JAGANNATHA FEAST EVENING BHAJANS

A class given in New Vrindaban by HH Bhakti Charu Swami. TRANSLATION: Homes from which guests go away without having been received even with an offering of a little water are like those holes in the field which are the homes of jackals. PURPORT: In a field there may be holes made by snakes and […]

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa As a Bhakta, in the Columbus Temple, I had a hard time dealing with visitor’s questions. I was afraid to give the wrong answer. When anyone asked me anything at all about Krsna Consciousness, my response was always, “Just a minute.” Then I’d run and consult Narada Muni or some […]

First Annual North American Patron-Leaders Weekend of Bhakti

“Watching Holy Cow Swami last week made me want to take another trip to New Vrindaban. I thought about a few people that might enjoy such a trip, and put out some invitations. M. definitely wanted to go (she had never been there), and my friend Mike desired a return visit. “He had accompanied me […]

You can see and download several photos from the recent New Vrindavana GBC meetings here.

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa Has anyone ever deliberately spit in your face? In early 1967, I was a twenty-one year old African American in my home town of New York City. Having just spent four years in the military, I’d never heard of the Hare Krsna Movement. I was heading across 23rd Street for […]