Archive for March, 2008
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
In Vrndavana
(Brijabasi Spirit Vol. IV (1977) #4)
Once again the opportunity to behold the transcendental forms of Sri Sri Radha Govinda, the worshipable Deities of New York Yatra, had been bestowed upon me. Kirtanananda Swami had stopped at the quarries in Canarer, Italy on his way to Bombay recently and there he personally selected the finest […]
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Srila Prabhupada Writes About Bahulaban Property Purchase In New Vrindaban
(The following letter is published courtesy of Samba, eldest son of Hayagriva. He has discovered this and about 70 other previously unpublished letters from Srila Prabhupada in his father’s effects. They are written mostly to Hayagriva himself and his wife Shyam, as well as to Kirtanananda and others)
Tridandi Goswami
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Founder-Acharya:
International Society for […]
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The Small Farm Training Center
The Small Farm Training Center is a land-based educational center and hands-on working organic farm, located in the beautiful rolling foothills of New Vrindaban Dham in West Virginia. What’s it all about? Click here to find out
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Breaking News: Over 70 Unpublished Prabhupada Letters To Become Available
I had a very interesting night. I met with Samba, Hayagriva’s eldest son. He has multiple boxes of memorabilia that Hayagriva had stored at his mother’s house. As his grandmother approached the end of her life, Samba retrieved the boxes and has had them for five years.
He has started cataloging the items and amongst them […]
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
The Small Farm Training Center
The Small Farm Training Center is a land-based educational center and hands-on working organic farm, located in the beautiful rolling foothills of New Vrindaban Dham in West Virginia. What’s it all about?It’s about a quiet revolution that is stirring …
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Gaura Purnima 2008!
GAURA PURNIMA FESTIVAL 2008
MARCH 21st –MARCH 22nd
NEW VRINDABAN
Friday 21st of March
Gaura Purnima: Appearance Day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
(Fasting till Moonrise)
Morning Class on Caitnaya Caritamrta
(evening part)
7:00 PM
Kirtan and Gaura Nitai Abhisekam
(Special Abhiseka for children)
Visual Presentation of New Temple of Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur
(RARE PRESENTATION MADE TO GBC MEETING IN MAYAPUR)
Preaching in Hungary – Story of […]
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Another New Vrindaban Sight Unseen From a Car
The day after I returned from my big adventure, the weather gave us a break for a day and the high was in the 60s (16 C) so I caught a ride to the temple and then walked home.
I was surprised to see a harmless and beneficial garter snake laying besides the edge of the […]
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Bahulaban Restoration Meeting
To All Devotees Interested in Bahulaban:
With the approval of the New Vrndavana Board of Trustees, a group of devotee investors, headed by Adi Guru das, NV resident, have formed a non-profit religious corporation, whose purpose is the restoration of the Bahulaban property.
The Bahulaban farm was purchased in 1972 and was the home […]
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
“To Live in the Mercy of God” by Denise Levertov
To lie back under the tallest
oldest trees. How far the stems
rise, rise
………………before ribs of shelter
…….………………………………………open!
To live in the mercy of God. The complete
sentence too adequate, has no give.
Awe, not comfort. Stone, elbows of
stony wood beneath lenient
moss bed.
And awe suddenly
passing beyond itself. Becomes
a form of comfort.
……………………. […]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Satendriya At a Craft Show
Mother Satendriya dd braved the weather Saturday to set up at a craft show at John Marshall High School. This was her first show.
She is an excellent painter and we wish her the best of luck in her new endeavor. Crafting falls into the category of “right livelihood”.
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Seeing Krishna Everywhere
“True sanctity does not consist in trying to live without creatures. It consists in using the goods of life in order to do the will of God. It consists in using God’s creation in such a way that everything we touch and see and use and love gives new glory to God. […]
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Hladini Poem
UNTITLED
By Hladini Devi Dasi
Madhuvana ‘74
O yes!…You know!!!
You know better than I!!
!
But still I feel I must
…make You see!
I know…
You care!!!
You care more than anyone could ever care!!!
But still I feel I cannot
…repay Your love!!!
I can taste Your mercy
…in […]
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Reaching A 21st Century Audience
With dial up, I don’t attempt embedding videos, but do follow the link to see one that is a good example of how to connect to contemporary youth. It’s a video of Radhanath Swami giving a typical old school lecture, but mostly as a voiceover with visual mages.
It’s All Love
This was done by Bhakta Soheil […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Kirtanananda Swami Leaves US, Moves To India Permanently
By Hrishikesh dasa (Henry Doktorski)
Friday, March 7, 2008, New York City: Today Kirtanananda Swami left the United States for good and emigrated to India. He said he doesn’t expect to return again. “There is no sense in staying where I’m not wanted,” he explained, obviously referring to the desertions through the […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
And the cow goes poo…
The Vintage Dairy Biogas Project is a progressive energy outlet, based on the methane gas provided from the dung of our mother cow, that has recently sprung up in Riverdale, California, providing clean, renewable energy to over 1200 homes a day.Click t…