Author Archives: New Vrndavan, USA

Srila Prabhupada Encourages Devotees to Cooperate & Expand New Vrindaban – July 1974. From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material. —————————————————————— July 26, 1974 My Dear Hladini devi dasi: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 17, 1974 with […]

Sri Radha’s charming teen-age maidservants in Vrindavana have braids that swing to and fro, beautiful broad hips, slender waists, splendid necklaces decorating the flower buds of their beautiful breasts, various splendid ornaments and garments, glistening golden complexions the color of saffron, and youthful beauty that is as sweet as nectar. Please meditate on Sri Radha’s […]

Ramayana: Past in Present By Krpamaya das A staged reading of a new musical is a very interesting way to be part of this production. The production team wants your feedback about the musical. <<>> When: Saturday, April 26th, 5:30-6:45PM After the reading, please stay to give feedback and enjoy refreshments. Where: The Palace of […]

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 04/24/14. Each week we highlight an earlier era of ISKCON New Vrindaban. This week’s challenge: In this photo, there are twenty five devotees and pretty much all of their faces are recognizable. How many can you identify? Extra Credit: What year was this photo taken and where? Post your guesses on […]

May Lord Syama’s beloved Radha, who from each of Her limbs floods Vrindavana forest with charming, effulgent, wonderful golden nectar oceans glistening with drops of intense sweetness flowing from the original source of the nectar of all love and filled with the happiness of wild amorous pastimes, play within my heart.[Source : Nectarean Glories of […]

Video of Ananta Govinda dasa leading New Vrindaban’s 24 Hour Kirtan – June 15th, 2013.

Is this the personified form of transcendental pastimes? Is this the personified art of transcendental amorous love? Is this the personified form of transcendental pleasure? Is this the personified science of cupid’s archery? Is this the personified life-potency of Lord Syamasundara? I do not know who this is? This is Sri Radha? eternally enjoying transcendental […]

In the time honored traditions of ISKCON days gone by, Malati Prabhu was set on finding a suitable mate for Sriman Hamsaraj. As swans mate for life This new mate’s qualities must be just so; good breeding, young but experienced, attractive, loyal to a fault and above all a good swimmer. So why, you may […]

Within the boundless, all-pervading effulgence of the brahmajyoti is the extremely blissful and effulgent realm of Lord Visnu. Within that realm of Lord Visnu is an other effulgent realm of immeasurable transcendental bliss. Within that place is this forest of Vrindavana.[Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, Sataka-2, Text-19, Translation.]  Please […]

  Spring is in full swing this week in the gardens. The Apothecary Teaching Garden across from the temple is getting a beautiful make-over. Marty Wach a volunteer from Wheeling has designed the garden and already has 15 of the beds cultivated and ready for planting. The Apothecary Teaching Garden will be the home to […]

I will not leave the company of the saintly devotees. I will not speak to my old friends and relatives. I will not even show my face to them. I am intent on residing in Vrinda?vana. [Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri Vrindavana-dhama by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, Sataka-2, Text-18, Translation.] Please click hare for […]

A brief quote from a Srimad Bhagavatam lecture given by Srila Prabhupada on June 26th, 1976. “So here in New Vrindaban we are trying to establish an ideal life—plain living and advanced in Krishna consciousness. That is [our] real business.” Click HERE for the full audio and transcript posted on the Vanipedia website.

If someone tells me “You should leave Vrinda?vana”, I will cut out his tongue. If someone tries to drag me from Vrinda?vana by force, I will kill him. If a beautiful girl begs me leave Vrinda?vana and marry her, I will not go. If need be I will become a thief and steal the money […]

  This week in the garden the first flowers of the season began to bloom, the hyacinth. We are also seeing the first signs of peonies and lilies. A few of the bush cherries have also bloomed. Soon the garden will be filled with many beautiful flowers. We have planted lilac bushes beside the Garden […]

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 04/17/14. Each week we highlight an earlier era of ISKCON New Vrindaban. This digital photo is a bit fuzzy and it’s challenging, but not impossible, to identify people in it. This week’s challenge:  We are hoping someone familiar with the photo can share some history as well as the names […]

O brother, what kinds of enjoyment have you not already experienced in this world of birth and death? What kind of fame and worship have you not already attained in this world by scholarship, charity, and sacrifice? For today, O friend, simply accept whatever food comes unsought, look to see the good qualities in others […]

Srila Prabhupada Encourages Devotees to “Work Cooperatively” to Build New Vrindaban – July 1971. From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material. —————————————————————— July 31, 1971 My Dear Satadhanya, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your kindly letter dated 25th July, […]

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New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 04/10/14. Each week we highlight an earlier era of ISKCON New Vrindaban. From the Holy Scriptures we hear about the sacred nature of all things in Vrindaban, both animate AND inanimate. Here’s a photo of a public pay phone that, for many years, faithfully served the New Vrindaban residents, pilgrims and […]

Video of Agnideva dasa leading New Vrindaban’s 24 Hour Kirtan – June 15th, 2013.

With Their soft flower-petal hands Sri Ra?dha?-Krishna carefully watered the trees and vines from the time of their first sprouting. They nourished them and made them grow and, at the proper time, married each vine to an appropriate tree . When They saw new flowers beginning to blossom, They became delighted and spoke many playful […]

Greetings from the Garden…… It has been another busy week in the garden.  Unfortunately, the April showers are keeping us from doing much planting and tilling. In the teaching garden post have been put in for the new fence. The plan for the teaching garden is to have 1/3 flowers, 1/3 greens, and 1/3 perennials […]

Happily picking many kinds of flowers from the trees and vines, Radha and Krishna praise the forest of Vrinda?vana. They bathe and sport in the lakes of Vrinda?vana forest and They play with the birds and other creatures there. Who would not serve Vrinda?vana forest, the supreme transcendental abode? [Source : Nectarean Glories of Sri […]

Srila Prabhupada Expresses “Great Hope” & Encourages “Gradual Development” of New Vrindaban – February 1972. From a series of letters written by Srila Prabhupada outlining his vision for New Vrindaban. Thanks to Vanipedia for the source material. February 28,1972 My dear Satyabhama, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 24, 1972, and I […]

Please worship and serve this effulgent transcendental couple enjoying transcendental amorous pastimes together in this grove of Vrinda?van, His complexion the color of sapphires and Hers the color of gold, He holding a splendid flute and She a red long-stemmed toy lotus, He with a splendid peacock-feather crown and She with long splendid braids, He […]

Early morning on the 14th of March, Shankari, one of the milking cows in the New Vrindaban Goshalla, was found in the milking barn lying in an unusual spot. Lalita Gopi & Venkata Prabhus encouraged her to get up to no avail & knew something must be wrong. They gave her grain & water & […]

Give up false identification with this wretched material body, identification that is the cause of the horrible cycle of repeated birth and death. Meditate on your spiritual form in Vrinda?vana. Millions of calamities may fall. Don’t be disturbed. Until all past karma is destroyed, reside in Vrinda?vana and always meditate on the pastimes of your […]

Lilasuka (L): So how are things going for you, so far, here in New Vrindaban, Alexander and Radhapriya prabhus? You’ve been here for a few months now. Alexander (A) & Radhapriya (R):  Well, we like our apt.  There’s easy access to the temple.  Things are good. L: I heard you went to India recently, Radhapriya. […]

Don’t even glance at the external things of this world, whether they belong to you or to others, whether they are as splendid as millions of suns and moons, or whether they possess a great flood of good qualities, Renounce them¡ Give up all conventional peaceful composure, and without caring for anything else, always remember […]

New Vrindaban’s Transcendental Throwback Thursday – 04/03/14. Each week we highlight an earlier era of ISKCON New Vrindaban. This week’s challenge: There are twelve devotees who faces can be seen in the photo. How many can you identify? Extra Credit: What occasion was being observed and what festival was being celebrated? Post your guesses on the […]

Vrinda?vana is illuminated by numberless moons of spiritual bliss. It is cooled by the sweet nectar of spiritual love and it is filled with desire trees and many hosts of madly cooing birds. Whose heart will not run to Sri Sri Ra?dha?-Krishna, who enjoy eternal transcendental pastimes in that Vrinda?vana? [Source : Nectarean Glories of […]

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

Vrinda?vana is filled with countless supremely beautiful golden trees as splendid as numberless millions of blazing suns. When these trees appear before the heart they shower a cooling rain of transcendental bliss that immediately extinguishes the burning sufferings of repeated birth and death and grants the rarest and most difficult to obtain spiritual treasure. [Source […]

In Vrinda?vana the leaves on the trees are made of emeralds, the flowers of diamonds, the new flower buds of beautiful pearls, the newly sprouting leaves of red kuruvinda jewels, the many fruits, all filled with various kinds of nectarean tastes, of rubies, the rain of an incessant shower of nectar, and the bumblebees of […]

Greetings….. This past week brought us quite the selection of early spring weather sun, rain, and even snow.  There is always such great anticipation for planting this time of year. The rule of thumb for working the soil is, “if the soil is wet enough that it easily clumps into a ball it is just […]

In Vrinda?vana the effulgent ground is fashioned with many very wonderful colorful cinta?an jewels, the trees and vines are full of blissful spiritual fruits and flowers, the birds make a great tumult by reciting the hymns of the Sa?ma Veda, and the lakes and streams are filled with transcendental nectar. May my heart meditate on […]