New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

I pray that I may engage in the service of the moving and non-moving residents of Vrndavana. What are Brahma and the other demigods in comparison to them? The residents of Vrndavana are more glorious. They are very dear to Vraja’s king. Their forms are eternal, spiritual and full of nectar. Their glories are limitless. […]

Effect of Loving God : When you love God, you love everyone and everything. Beyond Illusion and Doubt, Chapter-7, Srila Prabhupada.   Goal of Human Form Of Life : This Human form of life is meant for developing love for God. Quest for Enlightenment, Srila Prabhupada. Love of God : Love of God is dormant […]

A New Vrindaban Storyteller Releases New ‘Fast-Paced’ Mahabharata By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on Aug. 9, 2013. Professional storyteller Sankirtana Das (Andy Fraenkel) has just published his own retelling of the great Vedic epic Mahabharata that stands out from the crowd with its unique fast-paced approach. The book, Mahabharata: The Eternal Quest, is the […]

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta CC Adi 1.87, Translation: The appearance of ?r? K???a Caitanya and Prabhu Nity?nanda has surcharged the world with happiness. The purpose of the appearance of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nity?nanda is to dispel the darkness of the soul. CC Adi 1.94, Translation and Purport: All kinds of activities, both auspicious and inauspicious, that […]

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental “Throwback Thursday” – 02/13/14. Each week we highlight an earlier era of ISKCON New Vrindaban. This week’s challenge: These two devotees look like they are happily engaged in their service. Who are they and what do you think they are working on? Post your guesses on the “who, what, when & where” […]

Video of Gaura Vani leading New Vrindaban’s 24 Hour Kirtan – June 15th, 2013

Although the opulences of liberation clutch his feet, he runs to hell. After obtaining a cintamani jewel, he throws it in the ocean. After making the Supreme Personality of Godhead his submissive servant, he becomes the lowest dog. Such is a person who, after attaining Vrndavana, again leaves. [Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama […]

by Madhava Smullen New Vrindaban, ISKCON’s first rural community, is in the midst of a major transformation. When the community was first established under the guidance of ISKCON Founder Srila Prabhupada in 1968, it became, for many years, a shining example of the best that ISKCON had to offer. Prabhupada would often direct devotees from […]

“…this sankirtana or street chanting must go on, it is our most important program. Lord Caitanya’s movement means the sankirtana movement. You may simply take two hours for chanting sixteen rounds daily, two hours for reading congregationally, and balance of time go out for sankirtana. We must do both, reading books and distributing books, but […]

Always hearing and chanting Sri Sri Radha-Madhava’s glories, describing them to others, reflecting on them with your equals, again and again decorating the forest groves, and great love making you ignore the material body. O friend, please reside in Vrndavana. [Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, 1-59 Translation.] Please […]