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ECO-Vrindaban Board Meeting Minutes 10-27-2013

Mission Statement: ECOV is dedicated to cow protection and self-sufficiency — all centered around loving Krishna, as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON New Vrindaban.

Participating Members of the Board of Directors:  Anuttama, Chaitanya Mangala, Krpamaya, Madhava Gosh, Navin Shyam, and Ranaka.

Advisors present: Jaya Krsna

1. Manure for Garden of Seven Gates

WHEREAS: The ECOV Board wishes to promote the agricultural production of the New Vrindaban community.

RESOLVED: The Board authorizes up to a grant of up to $2400 for transporting approximately 30 loads of manure from the Valley Barn area to the Garden of Seven Gates, subject to the following conditions:

1)      The manure be spread in a timely manner;

2)      The project is approved by relevant INV management.

2. Grapple hook for temple firewood

WHEREAS:  The ECOV Board wishes to improve the efficiency with which we are able to perform heavy labor, including processing of the temple’s firewood.

RESOLVED: The Board authorizes up to $4K for the purchase of a tractor grapple hook, with the understanding that INV will contribute half of the cost, either in one lump sum or in installments over the next year.  Ownership, maintenance & operation will be with ECOV.

3.  Integrated auxiliary of ISKCON New Vrindaban

ECOV submitted an application to the IRS.  In about one year, we will either receive approval, or will be asked more questions.  Until that time, we can function as an integrated auxiliary.

4.  Flowers / Trees and berries

Flowering shrubs still need to be planted this season, as well as bulbs, which Mukunda Dasi will likely help with.  Work is also progressing on the meditation garden near the temple.

5.  Temple / Lodge foundation beds

The trench alongside the temple is finished.  Edgers need to be purchased.  Brikasanga, who was to help with this, is tied up for now dealing with securing the temple’s winter wood supply.

6. Solar Equipment

A reserve will be maintained for installing a small system at the G7G cabin.

WHEREAS:  The ECOV Board wishes to allocate funding for projects as needed, rather than tying up funds indefinitely.

RESOLVED: The Board reduces the budget allocated for solar equipment to $2K.

7. Valley barn roof repair

Expected to be completed in November.

8. Gopal’s Garden newsletter

A newsletter is still in progress.  Ranaka will remind Ruci that this does not have to be long or complex.  It is more important that it come out regularly to help make people more aware of the school in New Vrindaban.

9. Bottle Filling Stations

More than 19,000 bottles have been filled using the lobby station over the last 1 ½ years, and since May 2013, about 11,000 bottles have been filled at the lodge stations (8,000 at the one closer to the temple, and more than 3,000 at the other).

The water filling stations already approved for outside Govinda’s restaurant and at Srila Prabhupada’s Palace will be installed before next year’s peak pilgrim/tourist season begins.

10. Signs for water bottle distribution

A major remodeling occurred at the restaurant this past year so no bottle display was made, but one is potentially planned for next season.  Also next season, the lassi barn may begin operation again as a snack bar, in which case they would also make bottles available.  We will check back on both in April 2014.

11. Bahulaban pink building

Varsana Swami’s 100 hours of work were not originally detailed, but, upon request he itemized his time, and it was spent on preparing the field where the rubble would be dumped, creating a road for trucks to reach the site, and repairing the dam on the road to the old Vrindaban Farm, among other tasks.

12.  G7G cabin opening / Bahulaban barn closure ceremonies

About 20 devotees, many of them younger members of the community, attended a closure ceremony for the Bahulaban barn.  They shared stories, and were invited to take home parts of the barn as memorabilia.

A group of half a dozen people attended the grand opening of the G7G cabin.

13.  ECOV brochure

Gosh has seen a need for this for some time.  Jaya Krsna suggested that it could be part of a unified presentation of NV in that ECOV could highlight that it focuses on two of the five instructions Srila Prabhupada gave for NV, namely cow protection and self-sufficiency.

WHEREAS: The ECOV Board wishes to publicize our projects and attract more support, financial and otherwise.

RESOLVED: The Board authorizes up to $2K for the design, layout, and writing of a brochure.

14. Bi-annual joint board meeting

The bi-annual joint board meetings will be held from November 8-10 in New Vrindaban.

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Hare Krishna Mantra Concert – West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge November 2013

Indradyumna Swami: The other day myself and Giriraj Swami did initiations in the courtyard of the sacred samadhi of Srila Srinivasa Acarya. May Srila Prabhupada bless all the initiates! Read more ›

Tomorrow, Sunday 17th Nov is our annual sweet festival. This sweet festival includes an amazing presentation on yoga knowledge by international traveller and monk, Devamrita swami. Tomorrow nights topic will be all about the reality of reincarnation and changing bodies. Sounds cool … Sunday 5pm ..   Why a hill made of sweets? I hear [...]

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1968 November 16: "We know they are a bogus humbug without any substance, why should we bring them prominence by criticizing them? Very soon we shall surpass all missions, asrams and yoga societies. Simply we have to push on the Sankirtana party."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1970 November 16: "Without being jolly, one cannot make tangible progress in Krsna Consciousness. And without strictly following the regulative principles and chanting the prescribed number of rounds, nobody can become free from the unhappiness of this material world."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 November 16: "Vibrate these transcendental sounds everywhere continually, it will pierce the ears and enter the hearts of such materially absorbed persons and their natural attraction for Krsna will be revived."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 November 16: "The recent upheavals is finished. I do not think you will find any more these politics. Remain pure following the instructions of the Spiritual Master and there is no chance for maya to enter."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 November 16: "Maya and Krsna, always side by side. Either one is serving Krsna or serving Maya. Maya is always peeping, ready to take advantage. This full schedule will save you from engagement elsewhere."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1972 November 16: "If we fall down in following the regulative principles such as rising before four, chanting 16 rounds, like that, if these things are not strictly observed - then maya will enter and spoil everything."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 November 16: "These books and magazines are our most important propaganda weapons. The more we produce and distribute our literature profusely all over the world, the more we shall deliver this world from it's suicidal course."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 November 16: "If we ourselves are above suspicion, others will automatically respect. That is cooperation. And we must exist on such cooperation, otherwise if we go on fighting over small things - the whole thing is doomed."
Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

There is need of a clue as to how humanity can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity with a common cause. Shrimad-Bhagavatam will fill this need, for it is a cultural presentation for the respiritualization of the entire human society.

-Srimad Bhagavatam, 1^st canto, Preface

895 2349 Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.24 by HH Prahladananda Swami in Timisoara 1 August, 2012. from Lilasuka Das on Vimeo. (English only)

SB 01.13.24 Matter Dressed Up 2012-08-01

Regulate one’s sense gratification so that one can become free from sense gratification.

Be detached from the material results but be attached to results for Krishna.

2350 Bhagavad-gita 4.10 by HH Prahladananda Swami in Belgrade, August 1, 2012 from Lilasuka Das on Vimeo.

BG 04.10 Fear of a spiritual identity 2012-08-01 Serbian

895 2348 Bhagavad-gita 4.9 by HH Prahladananda Swami in Timisoara on 31 July 2012 from Lilasuka Das on Vimeo.

BG 04.09 Find Fool Number Two 2012-07-31 Timisoara, Romanian, Book Distribution

895 2347 Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.23 by HH Prahladananda Swami in Timisoara on 31 July 2012. from Lilasuka Das on Vimeo. (Book Distribution)

SB 01.13.23 Methods Of Speaking 2012-07-31

People are living in this world to feed their false ego.
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.

BG 15.08 Channel Krishna with no Interference 2012-04-18

Lecture – Bhagavad Gita 15.8 Channel Krishna with no Interference 2012-04-18 Rome (Italian) AKA

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SB 07.15.78-80 Putting ourselves in Krishna’s hands 2012-03-12

Lecture – Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.78-80 Putting ourselves in Krishna’s hands 2012-03-12 Bhaktivedanta Manor

"A devotee can very peacefully chant the holy name of the Lord by behaving more humbly than the grass, being tolerant like a tree and offering respects to everyone, without expecting honor from anyone else. Such qualifications make it easier to chant the holy name of the Lord."

Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.23-24

The other day we visited a quiet and isolated place in Vraja up the Yamuna river. Nanda Ghat is where Krsna’s father was caught by a servant of Varuna for bathing too early in the morning. Devotees loved hearing the pastime how he was rescued by Krsna. The people of the village were curious seeing [...]

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The Heart of the Bhagavad-gita – Part VI by HH Prahladananda Swami from bhaktivedanta on Vimeo. Croatian Summer Camp (Serbian)  BG8.5- (History)

The Heart Of The Bhagavad Gita Pt6 – 2011-07-01

The Heart of the Bhagavad-gita – Part V by HH Prahladananda Swami from bhaktivedanta on Vimeo.  Croatian Summer Camp (Serbian)

The Heart Of The Bhagavad Gita Pt5 – 2011-06-30

The Heart of the Bhagavad-gita Part IV by HH Prahladananda Swami from bhaktivedanta on Vimeo. Croatian Summer Camp (Serbian)

The Heart Of The Bhagavad Gita Pt4 – 2011-06-29

Verse 4.27: Others, who are interested in achieving self-realization through control of the mind and senses, offer the functions of all the senses, and of the life breath, as oblations into the fire of the controlled mind.

If you follow any major news outlet in North America, you've probably heard one name come up quite consistently in the past few weeks - Rob Ford. I bring up this personality today to use as a case study as to what could potentially happen when one does not control their mind and senses.

Mr. Ford, as many of you might know, is quite unbelievably still the mayor of Toronto. After repeated denials, he has finally admitted to binge drinking, smoking cocaine, buying illegal drugs and...well, I'll leave it at that as you can find out more by just Googling if you really want to.

One of the biggest lessons I've learned as an aspiring bhakti yoga practitioner is the fact that everything can serve as a lesson. In this instance, we can learn a great deal from the above-mentioned personality - specifically the consequences of leaving the mind and senses in charge.

One of the greatest benefits of practicing yoga, and specifically mantra yoga, is the increasing ability to control the mind, which is the leader of the senses. The mind, which is constantly accepting and rejecting ideas is perpetually active. That activity, however, needs to be harnessed. And that harnessing power can only come from the intelligence.

It's like a team. All members of a team may have great ideas and in their excitement may start talking over one another. But if the leader of the team is there to harness that energy and creativity, then great things can be accomplished. Without a capable leader, there is potential for frustration and disturbances to arise.

That's exactly what happens if the mind isn't controlled by the intelligence. It spins out of control. This is why discipline and regulation are foundational elements in the practice of yoga. They serve to keep us on track and when the mind starts to wander, the intelligence kicks in and reminds us of the greater goal - to truly connect with ourselves, each other and the Supreme.

For some of us, we've left the senses and mind play the leader for too long and neglected the intelligence. To reverse that situation takes great strength and determination. The key to keeping the inspiration to do so is not expecting results over night. Rather, by approaching every situation as an opportunity for practice, we start to become more aware of our habits and behaviour. It is that awareness that will help us put our intelligence back in control again.

The Heart of the Bhagavad-gita Part III by HH Prahladananda Swami from bhaktivedanta on Vimeo. Croatian Summer Camp (Serbian)  BG 9.34 purport 18.65 ‘history’ ‘book distribution’

The Heart Of The Bhagavad Gita Pt3 – 2011-06-28

The Heart of The Bhagavad-gita _ Part 2 – by HH Prahladananda Swami from bhaktivedanta on Vimeo. Croatian Summer Camp (Serbian)

The Heart Of The Bhagavad Gita Pt2 – 2011-06-27

The Heart of the Bhagavad-gita Part I by HH Prahladananda Swami from bhaktivedanta on Vimeo. Croatian Summer Camp (Serbian)

The Heart Of The Bhagavad Gita Pt1 – 2011-06-26

CC Adi 05.042-51 Do Not Blame The Allowance Giver 2011-10-15

Lecture – Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 5.42-51 Do Not Blame The Allowance Giver 2011-10-15 Bhaktivedanta Manor

The Honorable Mayor of Baroda, Sri Bharat Shah, Standing Committee Chairman, Dr. Hitendra Patel, and a number of Baroda (Vadodara) Municipal Corporation elected representatives visited us this past October on the night when the VMC unanimously passed a resolution "varying" TP scheme 14, granting ISKCON exemption from land increment laws (where we would have had to surrender more than an acre of our present property). Read more ›

Bhagavad Gita 10.10 by HH Prahladananda Swami (Malaga 6 October, 2011) from Lilasuka Das on Vimeo.

BG 10.10 Five Euro Receipt 2011-10-06

Lecture on the Srimad Bhagavatam 10.3.46 by HH Prahladananda Swami (Malaga, 6 October 2011) from Lilasuka Das on Vimeo.

SB 10.03.46 Anesthetized to Consciousness 2011-10-06 Malaga (Spanish)

From Dilip Singh

For two different individuals ,different actions (but maintaining same disposition),creates confusion in their minds and to answer their confusion is again more difficult. World perceives the doer thru his actions & not disposition. Typical eg. is Bali and Sugriva. So prabhuji, need your explanation to get rid of this confusion.

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