Author Archives: New Vrndavan, USA

Prabhupada’s Palace Rose Garden Springtime Pruning Workshop By Lilasuka dasi “I’m really happy to have all these people out here helping us prune Prabhupada’s Palace Roses at this workshop. It’s a big job!” smiles Gopalasyapriya dasi, who has been heading up the Palace Rose Garden crew for about 13 years. Her steady, regular garden workers […]

By Madhava Smullen Nearly 40 New Vrindaban residents and board members gathered for a community dialogue on March 14th, 2015 to discuss starting a Village Council, which could provide residents with a voice and facilitate a more comprehensive community governance. After a sweet kirtan and introductions all around that created a mood of warmth and […]

Everyone is invited! Palace Rose Garden Pruning Workshop Saturday, April 11, 2015 at10:00 am Paul Zimmerman, an expert rosarian who is helping the Palace Rose Garden become organic, will be leading a pruning workshop in the Palace Rose Garden. You can check out his website: Paul Zimmerman Roses.com. He is traveling up from South Carolina […]

New Vrindaban Members Appreciate Each Other in Moving Ceremony By Madhava Smullen  March 15th saw the second installment of a new tradition for New Vrindaban – holding “service appreciation ceremonies” in honor of devotees who have contributed their valuable time and effort in the development of the community. During the first, at the ISKCON New […]

As ISKCON approaches its 50th anniversary in 2016, ISKCON News is increasing its coverage of both the latest plans for the 2016 celebrations, as well as looking back on the early years of ISKCON and how Srila Prabhupada’s worldwide society developed. This article is part of a series connecting New Vrindaban, established in 1968 as ISKCON’s […]

Below is an excerpt from the introduction to “Nava Vraja Mahima,” a nine volume series on the glories of Sri Vrindavana Dhama, written by His Holiness Sivarama Swami. ——————————– Among Srila Prabhupada’s many innovations is the concept of “farming communities,” of which the first was New Vrindaban. The instructions that Srila Prabhupada gave the leaders of New Vrindaban were […]

Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes Simple Living, Cow Protection, Engaging Oxen, Local Agriculture, and above all, Loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Bhima, Chaitanya Mangala, Kripamaya, and Ranaka. Participating Advisors: Jaya Krsna, Radha-Krishna, Sri Tulasi Manjari Participating Managers: Mukunda Recording secretary: Jordanna 1.  Refining ECO-V Mission Statement […]

Presentation created and given by Sankirtana Das. The Program this Saturday at Prabhupada’s Palace starts promptly at 5:45 PM, beginning with kirtan followed by the “Presentation” at 6:00 PM, shown for your pleasure and education with open discussion afterwards. The evening Aroti will be followed by prasadam. “Voyage to the West: Why & How the Hare Krishna Movement Came to […]

     The board members of ISKCON New Vrindaban and ECO-Vrindaban humbly invite all New Vrindaban residents and well-wishers to participate in the upcoming weekend activities. Weekend schedule: Friday, March 13th. 7:00 to 8:00 pm: Dinner Prasadam with Board Members & GBCs (at Radha Vrindaban Chandra’s Temple) Saturday, March 14th. 9:45 am to 1:30 pm: Department […]

“Therefore, I may once more request you to try your best to construct New Vrindaban an exact duplicate of Vrindaban, and that will give me the highest pleasure.” – Srila Prabhupada, 1970. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

by Lilasuka dasi The New Vrindaban 2015 Gaura Purnima festival on March 5 was very special. It is said that “You can’t buy a ticket to Vrindavan – you have to be invited by Srimati Radharani Herself.” It seems that Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra of New Vrindaban gave out special mercy invitations to those […]

Ya, I know, it doesn’t look like much now…but it has “Great Potential.” Great Potential @ New Vrindaban by Vyasasan das In some of my previous posts entitled Ox Barn Project and the Eco-Village I have been chronicling some of the positive changes that are beginning to happen here at the New Vrindaban Farm Community in West […]

“I am always thinking of your New Vrindaban. The milk which we are taking here is not at all comparable with New Vrindaban milk.” – Srila Prabhupada, 1969. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Here are the 8:00 A.M. Srimad Bhagavatam Class Speakers –week of Feb. 28- March 6, 2015 Sat 28th –        HG Kripamaya Prabhu Sun 1st-          ? Mon 2nd –       HG Gopal Hari Prabhu, visiting from Boise Tu 3rd–         HDG Srila Prabhupada Wed 4th –         HG Malati Prabhu? Th 5th-             Gaura […]

   Dear Brijabasis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! As we do twice a year, the board members of ISKCON New Vrindaban and ECO-Vrindaban are organizing a weekend of open presentations, discussions and tours. We humbly invite all New Vrindaban residents and well-wishers to participate. Weekend schedule: Saturday, March 14th. 9:45 […]

Everyone is invited to GAURA PURNIMA FESTIVAL in New Vrindaban. Thursday March 5, 2015 5:00 AM                 MANGAL  ARATI 5:30 AM                 NRSIMHA PRAYERS 5:45 AM                 TULASI PRAYERS 6:00 AM                 JAPA 7:30 AM                 GURU PUJA 8:00 AM                 GREETING […]

“To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all people in the techniques spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world.” Srila Prabhupada, Seven Purposes of ISKCON, 1966. Click here to read the other purposes at the ISKCON.org website.

“I am sure this Prasadam attraction will make our neighbors friendly and surely they will come in number in future so that New Vrindaban will be ideal place for visiting from the neighboring provinces [&] counties.” – Srila Prabhupada, 1968. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Palace Renovation By Nityodita das Recently there was a flurry of pictures online of the Grand Opening of Srila Prabhupada’s Palace, 1979.  The memories evoked from those photos reminded me of the wonderful years spent rendering concrete (pun intended) service there and the community momentum that was built alongside its construction.  In 1980,  I, along with […]

by Vidya dasi Wouldn’t it be nice to fix up the play ground at the New Vrindaban Home School Co-op, Gopal’s Garden? Wish they would do that! Wait! Who’s “they”? It’s me!   Us! What could I do? Well I’ve been part of some great projects in the past at New Vrindaban. Why not try something […]

Written by Madhava Smullen. Archival Research by Chaitanya Mangala. New Vrindaban, August 31st, 1972 – Just as he had three years prior in 1969, Srila Prabhupada arrived at New Vrindaban in a black Lincoln Continental, winding down the country road towards the excited group of waiting devotees. But this time, the group was much larger, […]

Eco Village / Plain Living and High Thinking by Vyasasana dasa There has been an ongoing discussion here at New Vrindaban about the possibility of establishing a Vedic or Eco Village, where people would be able to live simply, and practice Krishna Consciousness. Establishing cottage industries based on agriculture, dairy, arts and crafts, etc., and […]

Salagram-Sila appears at New Vrindaban by Henry Doktorski (Hrishikesh dasa) During May 1977, the first Salagram-Sila appeared at New Vrindaban. Salagram-Sila is a Vaisnava murti in the form of a spherical, usually black-colored stone found in the sacred river Gandaki, a tributary of the Ganges and one of the major rivers of Nepal and India. […]

“Go on acquiring the surrounding lands and in this way we will establish a local self-governing village and show all the world a practical example of spiritual life as Krishna Himself exhibited in Vrindaban.” – Srila Prabhupada, 1973. Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Mission Statement: ECO-Vrindaban promotes a simple, sustainable lifestyle centered on the care and protection of cows, local food production and the loving service of Lord Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban. Participating Members of the ECO-V Board of Directors: Anuttama, Bhima, Chaitanya Mangala, Navin Shyam, Kripamaya, Madhava Gosh (partial), […]

“To erect for the members and for society at large a holy place of transcendental pastimes dedicated to the personality of Krishna.” Seven Purposes of ISKCON – Srila Prabhupada, 1966 Click here to read the other purposes at the ISKCON.org website.

By Madhava Smullen Friends and family are remembering Srimati Sankara devi dasi — known for her deep love of her children and quiet dedication to Krishna’s service — as the 30th anniversary of her passing approaches on January 25th, 2015. On that day, the Sunday Feast program at ISKCON New Vrindaban will be held in […]

“It may be an ideal village where the residents will have plain living and high thinking.” – Srila Prabhupada, June 1968 Click here to read the rest of the letter at the Vanipedia website.

Brief Memorial Service in Honor of the 30thAnniversary of the passing of Her Grace Sankara dasi   Sankara dasi-January 5th, 1946 – January 25th, 1985 When:                 Sunday Jan. 25, 2015 Time:                   1:30 PM, Before the Sunday Feast Where:               RVC Temple Room If you had the honor of knowing this very sweet Brijabasi, Sankara dasi, […]

Our final week’s challenge (at least for a now): Who is this Brijabasi? Bonus challenge: What’s the occasion connected with this photo? What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook page.

“The exact adjustment is in Vaishnava philosophy, which is called Yukta Vairagya, means that we should simply accept the bare necessities of our material part of life, and try to save time for spiritual advancement. This should be the motto of New Vrindaban, if you at all develop it to the perfectional stage.” – Srila […]

This week’s challenge: Who is this striking young man? Bonus challenge: What is he doing and when was the photo taken? What to do: Post your guesses on the “who, what, when, where & why” in the comment section at the New Vrindaban Facebook page.