Archive for June, 2008

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

2008 24 Hour Kirtan — HH Niranjana Maharaja

We’re got the latest pics from the 2008 24 Hour Kirtan Festival, live from New Vrindaban Dham. An unforgettable experience with the Holy Name.
To see and hear us live, check out the New Vrindaban webcam at Krishna.com by clicking here.

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Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Webcam And Audio Focused On 24 Hour Kirtan

Please visit www.krishna.com/nv NOW to view and listen to live audio of the 24 Hour Kirtan Festival.
As I type, the New York Kirtan Party lead by Ananta Govinda Prabhu is singing.
Complete schedule follows:
ALREADY COMPLETED:
8:20 am Opening ceremony at the yajnasala in front of the temple
8:30 am Kirtan begins with group leading, enter temple in procession
9:00 […]

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Saturday, June 21st, 2008

2008 24 Hour Kirtan — HG Bada Haridas, HG Visvambhar, and Friends

We’re got the latest pics from the 2008 24 Hour Kirtan Festival, live from New Vrindaban Dham. An unforgettable experience with the Holy Name.
To see and hear us live, check out the New Vrindaban webcam at Krishna.com by clicking here.

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Saturday, June 21st, 2008

2008 24 Hour Kirtan — Opening Ceremony


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Saturday, June 21st, 2008

The Dark One Is Krishna” by Mirabai

Thick overhead
clouds of the monsoon,
a delight to this feverish heart.
Season of rain,
season of uncontrolled whispers—the Dark One’s returning!
O swollen heart,
O sky brimming with moisture—
tongued lightning first
and then thunder,
convulsive spatters of rain
and then wind, chasing the summertime heat.
Mira says: Dark One,
I’ve waited—
it’s time to take my songs
into the street.
[…]

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Friday, June 20th, 2008

Tentative 24 Hour Kirtan Schedule

Things are hotting up here in New Vrindaban on the eve of the 24 Hour Kirtan tomorrow (Saturday) morning. . . devotees are pouring in from all over the country–senior swamis, young gurukulis, and everyone in between. Catch some of the action live tomorrow on our webcam: www.krishna.com/nv
Kirtaniyah sada harih!
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Friday, June 20th, 2008


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Friday, June 20th, 2008

Ride Share and Yellow Pages

GAS PRICES SOAR
As gas prices have skyrocketed we thought that possibly residents might be interested in ride shares to town to share the cost of gas. We are posting a list via email and in the temple prasadam room that will assist interested parties to connect. Along with this email is an attached […]

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Friday, June 20th, 2008

Kirtanananda Swami Has Lung Cancer — Updated

Apparently the email I got that his tumor was cancerous was premature. Here is a response I received as a forward from Kirtanananda himself:
“All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
“I am glad to hear, and as far as we know at this point I don’t have cancer. The test results finally came back from […]

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Friday, June 20th, 2008

Bahulaban Herd Out For a Stroll

“Human civilization means to advance the cause of brahminical culture, and to maintain it, cow protection is essential.”
SB 1.16.4

The Bahulaban herd is in the section of the pasture behind the barn so can be seen from the road after being in the back pasture for a while. They are sometimes up on Govindaji hill […]

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Surprise Guests

DOWN TO EARTH
News from the Village By Sukhavaha dasi
Last Tuesday morning at 6:30 a.m. I was surprised to see two young local boys (25 years old) visiting the NV temple program. Upon inquiry one boy expressed that he used to come out here often when he was younger and hang out with some of […]

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Dear Lord, Please Deliver Us From Plastic!

Daniel Burd is our hero! In his science fair project at the recent Canada-Wide Science Fair, he demonstrated a technique to break down the polymers in plastic bags-which take over a thousand years to decompose-in just about three months. This is actu…

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Meeting With the Board

After delivering a extended philosophically intricate Bhagavatam lecture, the Temple President announced that he wished to meet with the temple board after the program, in his office. He returned to the office to find that the first person to arrive was an older Indian man, whom he didn’t recognize.
“Pardon me, Prabhuji,” the President said, “I […]

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

New Arrival

Sudevi dasi, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, has moved to New Vrindaban as of Tuesday, June 10th and is living on the second floor of the temple in the Women’s Ashram. She met the devotees briefly in 1968 and in 1970 moved into the Buffalo NY temple and was initiated in 1971. She […]

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

The Temple Turns — The Nam Yajna Burns

The core 24 hour kirtan devotees are striving to provide a quality chanting nam-yajna experience.
In keeping with their mood and desire, the following changes in schedule will occur on Saturday only:
SB Class by H H Jayapataka Swami @ 7:00 am under Lodge.
Greeting of Deities in the temple @ 8:00 am followed by
Guru-puja […]

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