Temple New Year’s Eve Festival
RVC Temple
New Years Eve Festival
Hare Krsna! Radha Vrindavanchandra Ki Jaya!
This year the end of the year coincides with Sri Krsna Pushya Abisheka. On this day, one should bath the deity in five pounds of ghee. We will welcome the new year with an abhiseka of Sri Salagram sila and a fire yajna in which the participants will write their new year wishes and vows on paper and offer them to Lord Visnu in the fire. His Holiness Varshana Swami will speak and Sankirtan das & Devananda das will perform before the midnight aratik offered to the festival deities.
The schedule is below, please attend some part of the festival with the visiting devotees.
7 pm
Arati
7:30 pm
Prasadham
8:30 pm
Arati
9:00 pm
Lecture
HH Varsna Swami
10:00 pm
Sri Krsna Pushya Abisheka
Everyone may participate
10:30 pm
Fire Yajna
Offer your wishes and vows for the new year
11:00 pm
New Year’s Special – Musical Recital Performance
Sankirtan das & Devananda das
11:45 pm
Bhajans
Midnight
Arati – Festival deities and Sri Salagram Sila
Srila Prabhupada Ki Jaya!
New Vrindavan dham Ki Jaya!
New Vrindaban Commemorates “Yoga Day USA”
Saturday, January 23 is Yoga Day USA, and Sunday, January 31 is World Yoga Day. “‘Yoga’ is a Sanskrit word that means ‘linking with the Supreme.’ When practiced correctly, yoga is a spiritual process that ultimately leads to a loving, personal relationship with God,” says Sikhi Mahiti, President of New Vrindban. “There are many different yoga systems. In their pure form, they all have love of God as their ultimate purpose.”
“New Vrindaban is dedicated to the science of Bhakti yoga,” says Sikhi Mahiti. Bhakti yoga emphasizes pure devotion and unmotivated service to God. In 1965, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada established the first Bhakti yoga center in the United States in New York City. Over the next twelve years, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada traveled around the world fourteen times and established over 100 Bhakti yoga centers on six continents.
In addition to traveling and opening centers, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada also wrote over 80 volumes on the science of Bhakti yoga. His most important work, Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, is a treatise on this ancient science. “Bhagavad-Gita As It Is teaches us how to approach God with an attitude of pure unmotivated service,” says Sikhi Mahiti. “Usually, when we approach God, we are motivated. We are either asking for something we want in the future or giving thanks for something we have already received. Bhakti yoga, however, emphasizes giving – not receiving.”
“Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada reached the highest stages of love of God. He is a perfect yogi in every sense of the word. He accomplished so much during his lifetime because he never wasted time. He spent every moment of his life serving that Supreme Person whom he loved the most.”
New Vrindaban will commemorate Yoga Day USA on Saturday, January 23. There will be a lively Bhakti yoga kirtan at 12:30, a discourse on the science of Bhakti yoga at 1:00, and a vegetarian lunch at 1:30. All events are free and open to the public. New Vrindaban Community is located south of Moundsville – Wheeling, off Route 250. For more information, contact (304) 843-1600 x105 or mail@newvrindaban.com.
New Vrindavna Christmas Schedule: Friday, Dec 25t
12:30 pm Arati…
1:00 pm Lecture – Krsna & Christ by Sankirtan das…
1:30 pm Prasadam…
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm ISKCON Movies with Hot Drinks and Popcorn…
4:30 pm Arati…
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm ISKCON Movies with Hot drinks and Popcorn…
7:00 pm Arati…
7:30 pm A Christmas Experience by Sankirtan das…
8:00 pm Prasadam
Christmas Wish List For Cows and Deities
PLEASE INCLUDE THE COWS AND DEITIES IN YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING THIS YEAR- HARE KRSNA
For the Deities:
Heavy Duty Iron
Incense
Rose Water
Saffron
Honey
Ghee
Necklaces, earrings, pins
Dish towels
Bath towels
Emergency, rechargeable, lanterns
Jar candles
blender
food processor
blue tac/poster putty
Pure essential oils
For the Cows: (many of these items are found at a Tractor Supply Store, Farm Co-op or Hardware Store)
Bag Balm (for cows udders)
Hay forks (pitch fork)
Cow brushes (for brushing and cleaning cows)
Large or EX-large heavy duty rubber gloves
Devotional CD’s- Srila Prabhupada, bhajans etc.
Dish Soap
Bleach
Lead Ropes- to lead or pull cows around with
Wash cloths
Hand towels
CD player
3 radiator/oil filled heaters (from Walmart etc.)
Scarlet oil- (a medicine type oil for cows)
Kopertox- (a medicine for cows hoofs)
Blows And Rainbows
Written around 7:00 PM, Wednesday, December 9th:
The whole are all around, as far as you can see, because of this wind with hail, has knocked out everyone’s electricity, and when I went down to Wilson Valley this afternoon, there were four five places where dead trees had broken and blocked the road.
Radha-VrindabanChandra’s ridge is fed electric from mostly Moundsville. This one line serves and ends at the Palace, the cabins, Manasaganga’s, Malati’s, etc. Another line comes up from the other direction, Wheeling, and ends at the RVC Temple and apartments.
I was too slow getting the tripod & camera set up to catch the Double Rainbow, before these really low and fast moving clouds blocked the beautiful sight. i was able to catch just a little of the lower Rainbow for you.
Jaya Murari dasa
(9:30 PM electricity just came back on, it was off for less than 12 hrs. )
“East Meets West” In New Vrindaban Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Last weekend, over 1,000 people from across North America traveled to West Virginia to attend New Vrindaban Community’s free vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner and Gita Jayanti celebration. “There was something for everyone. It was the perfect combination of east and west,” said Sikhi Mahiti, President of New Vrindaban.
“Thanksgiving was an important holiday for my family when I was growing up. I wanted to create that same family atmosphere here for our guests,” said Sikhi Mahiti. The Krishna community began its Thanksgiving celebration with a worship ceremony accompanied by the chanting of the ancient Hare Krishna mantra. Following the worship service was an open discourse about gratitude. “Lord Krishna is so generous that it is not hard to be grateful. Even the air we breathe comes from the Lord. Lord Krishna is everyone’s well-wisher.” A vegetarian dinner, complete with home-made cranberry sauce, doughnuts and pumpkin pie rounded-out the day.
On Saturday, the Krishna community, along with millions of people across the world, celebrated Gita Jayanti with a traditional fire sacrifice and Sanskrit reading. “Gita Jayanti” is the day on which Lord Krishna spoke Bhagavad-Gita, one of the most revered scriptures in Hinduism. “Bhagavad-Gita teaches us the science of accepting life’s ups and downs without ever losing our faith in God. It is a survival guide for this material world.”
New Vrindaban Community is located south of Moundsville – Wheeling, off Route 250. For more information, contact (304) 843-1600 or mail@newvrindaban.com.
On The Edge Of Common Sense: Hindu Practices Differ Little From Traditional Dairy
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The Hindu dairymen, represented by the Hare Krishna in the United States, have much in common with dairymen from California, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.The HK dairy is in West Virginia and is called New Vrindaban. They refer to themselves as a cow sanctuary. The big distinction is they never cull a cow. Granted, this sounds familiar to many a ranch wife who has heard her husband shout over the noise of the preg checkin’ chute, “I know she’s open and got no teeth, but let’s run her one more year!”
The HK cowmen sometimes name their cows, but that’s not remarkable. I can recall Nicole, Two Dot and Dallas from my own bunch.
The HK comment that “Cows are very dear to us, we take care of them like our own family.” How many hundreds of times have you “normal” cattlemen who missed dinner, stayed up all night, nursed calves in the bathtub, rode into a blinding blizzard, fired up the generator to keep milking, went into debt and put your human family second behind a cow in distress?
The HK dairy cows eat grain while they are being milked twice a day. They preach the “power” of cows to provide everything from milk for their children to manure for their farm. They make butter, yogurt and sweets. Ditto for traditional dairymen.
But the paths of these two dairymen diverge in a profound way when the HK states, “slaughtering an animal is not natural for human beings.” Have they not seen the paintings on the cave walls? Where do they get these ideas? Why did they invent the sharp knife and barbecue sauce? For coleslaw?
So how do these HK dairymen earn the roughly $100,000 a year they say is required to pay for the hay, the barn, the workers and property taxes on an 80-head operation where cows are never culled and less than 10 percent are in the milking string?
They fundraise. That’s right. Just like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Sierra Club, Humane Society, the Farm Sanctuary and other “anti” groups who rattle their bells and beg on the fringes of America’s abundantly productive agricultural symphony. “Adopt a cow!” is their plea. I suspect they think their cause is as worthy as cancer research, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the ALS Foundation, who are competing for that same dollar. In truth, I don’t begrudge eccentrics and entrepreneurs who are trying to make a dollar. The HK say they worship cows. Yet they still keep them in confinement, breed them, milk them and profit from their sacrifice. I sense a twinge of hypocrisy in their righteousness.
I’ve kept old horses long after their usefulness has waned. However, I don’t beg money from the government or my friends to support my personal whims.
Is it just me, or did somewhere along the way we get our priorities out of whack? “Milk … it’s what’s for dinner!”
Group Offers Free Thanksgiving Dinner
MOUNDSVILLE — Members of the New Vrindaban Community will host a free vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 26.
New Vrindaban is Ohio Valley’s largest all-vegetarian community. The entire Thanksgiving dinner will be homemade; no canned cranberry sauce or store-bought desserts. Besides dinner, other events that day are also free and open to the public.
A worship ceremony will begin the day at 12:30 p.m., and the Thanksgiving dinner will be served at 1:30 p.m. in the Palace Lodge.
Starting at 3:30 p.m., visitors can take tours of the dairy barn and organic gardens. The New Vrindaban Community is located south of Moundsville and Wheeling, off W.Va. 250. For more information, call (304) 843-1600, Ext. 105
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s Vyasapuja at New Vrindavan
Dear Prabhu(s) / Mataji(s),
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All of you are cordially invited for HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s Vyasapuja at New Vrindavan. The program begins at 5 PM.
Venue: Apt#9/10, New Vrindavan
All devotees are requested to be there by 5 PM on Saturday 14 Nov, 2009.
5:00p – kirtana
5:30p – DEVOTEES SHARE STORIES OF MAHARAJA(Do not miss this)
6:15p – Guru Puja to Srila Prabhupada
6:25p – Meaning of Vyasa Puja
6:35p – Offerings by disciples & Aspiring disciples
8:00p – Pushpanjali
8:10p – Guru Puja to Maharaja
8.30p – Prasadam
Thanking You.
—
With Gratitude,
Your Servants,
Shankarananda dasa & Adiguru dasa
Free Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner On November 26
On Thursday, November 26, New Vrindaban Community will host a free vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner. “Thanksgiving used to be a vegetarian’s worst nightmare,” says Melanie Nagel, Special Events Coordinator in New Vrindaban Community. “But not anymore. Vegetarian Thanksgiving is becoming popular all across the US – and not only with vegetarians. Many non-vegetarians are also celebrating Thanksgiving with a vegetarian meal.”
New Vrindaban is Ohio Valley’s largest all-vegetarian community. “In New Vrindaban, we regularly hold festivals and feasts featuring a wide variety of meatless alternatives. Vegetarian Thanksgiving is one of our specialties! Students, families, and individuals are all invited to honor life and the creation by joining us on Thanksgiving Day. ”
Thanksgiving dinner will feature barbecued gluten, also known as seitan. The texture of barbecued gluten is so similar to turkey that many people will not be able to tell the difference. In fact, many people have probably already tasted wheat gluten before and not even known it! Wheat gluten is commonly included in veggie burgers, and Chinese restaurants typically use wheat gluten in mock duck preparations.
The entire Thanksgiving dinner will be home-made – no canned cranberry sauce or store-bought desserts. The Thanksgiving menu will be as follows: barbecued wheat gluten, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, corn, fried rice, black-eyes peas, donuts, and pumpkin pie.
The dinner, as well as all the other events, are free and open to the public. You are invited to spend all day in New Vrindaban, or just part of the day. Here is the schedule of events:
12:30 Worship ceremony
1:00 Discourse
1:30 Thanksgiving dinner served at the Palace Lodge
3:30 Tours of the Cruelty-free Dairy Barn and Organic Gardens. Concurrently, there will be guided children’s activities indoors
4:30 Worship ceremony
6:00 “Thanks to Krishna” discussion – everyone participates
7:00 Worship ceremony
7:30 Bhajans – hymns accompanied by traditional Indian musical instruments
8:30 Worship ceremony
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