New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

by Bhatka-Chris Srila Prabhupada relates from the Nectar of Devotion that a moment’s association with a pure devotee brings feelings of such bliss and realization that have no comparison with anything material or mundane. It is this pure association, with Krsna’s dear most servants, and with Krsna Himself, that is the locus point of motivation […]

by your servant Kirpamaya das That is how the day started. I had just opened up the Palace Gift Shop. As I listened to the drips of morbid rain water beating their dirge on the roof above my head I thought “Krishna!… !.. Looks like another overcast day spelled with a capital “D” for depression. […]

One may wonder about the significance of such a photo on the cover of the February 1979 Brijabasi Spirit. “It’s just some silos, a big building, and snow all over the ground. What’s the point?” One purpose (I cannot state definitively, as I wasn’t the editor) was what those buildings signified at the time. February […]

By Srila Jiva Goswami dasa Out back at the Columbus Temple Annex, we had a restaurant called “Simply Wonderful” right there on High Street. If you see the stained glass at the Palace of Gold, you aren’t surprised to read here that our New Vrindabana crafted “Simply Wonderful” sign was incredibly beautiful. Upstairs in the […]

Speakig of swans, here is something Vaisnava Blogs found on the web. It is by a visitor to New Vrindaban and includes a slide show, which I don’t know how to post with this, you’ll have to click thru to see it. “Over the holiday break I had a friend come up from out of […]

“You’ll find swans, they will gather near the lotus flower and dive there and entangle them with the stem. That is their pleasure, to remain surrounding the lotus flower. “kamaniya-padma-khanda-nivasa tyakta-vicitrannadi yukto ‘py ucchista-garte kaka-krida-sthane na niramanti(?) ” (Photo by Sanat Kumar) “They are not like the crows, who are simply trying to take some […]

by Srila Jiva Goswami dasa Let me try to describe The Prasadama Hall down at Bahulabhana, in Old New Vrindabana. It was a big rectangular room, with a marble floor. I remember three doors. One door, on the back wall, led to a shop where projects were carried out. Another door, in the front, led […]

Srila Prabhupada’s remnants, Ki Jaya! Your servant, Somadas das Srila Prabhupada used this lectern! This is the story of that lectern as I remember it. When Srila Prabhupada visited New Vrindaban at end of June, 1976, we had a new vyasasana for him. It is the one that is in the temple room now (since […]

by Bhakta-Chris Hare Krsna, and Happy Western Christian mainly accepted by the rest of the world New Year. The calendar really doesn’t lie, and for me personally, ringing in 2007 in joyous kirtan with 30 other fortunate souls at midnight was much better than some of my more recent New Year’s activities. I’m not big […]

O Krsna, O friend of Arjuna, O chief among the descendants of Vrsni, You are the destroyer of those political parties that are disturbing elements on this earth. Your prowess never deteriorates. You are the proprietor of the transcendental abode, and Your most sacred glories, which are sung by Vrndavana’s cowherd men and women and […]