Archive for May, 2010
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Seasonal Kitchen Assistant Wanted (non-cooking)
Malati Dasi : Spend your summer in the Appalachian Foothills of West Virginia, New Vrindaban, Land of Lord Krishna!
Our dedicated Kitchen Maintenance Person needs an Assistant who can share the service (and stipend) through the spring-summer months. As this is a non-cooking service, un-initiated persons are welcome. Service hours are […]
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Rise Of The Superweeds
To read the full article from the New York Times, click here.Roundup — originally made by Monsanto but now also sold by others under the generic name glyphosate — has been little short of a miracle chemical for farmers. It kills a broad spectrum…
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
“Today” by Billy Collins
If ever there were a spring day so perfect, so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made you want to throw open all the windows in the house and unlatch the door to the canary’s cage, indeed, rip the little door from its jamb, a day when the cool brick paths and the […]
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
Cow Protection — Theory and Reality
The following is floating around the devotee email circuit: Hare Krishna. Thought you might find this interesting. I just heard a clip from the BBC news service confirming the Vedic injunction that everything about the cow is auspicious and beneficial. It was a piece on research being done in Australia on a particular bacteria found […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Lord Nrsmhadeva’s Appearance Day
See more photos by Jayamurari here.
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
And Sewage Too…
By ROSE GEORGE Published: April 27, 2010 in the New York Times Leeds, England Image by Micah Lidberg ON several quiet streets in Sheffield, a northern English city an hour from here, are street lamps that look like ordinar…
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Dear Mr.President, Go Organic!
From Dr. Walter Crinnion at The Huffington PostSharePost.tracking_pixel_url = { common:”http://core.insightexpressai.com/adServer/adServerESI.aspx?bannerID=160608&script=false&redir=http://core.insightexpressai.com/adserver/1pixel.gif”,…
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Images of New Vrindaban Here and Now
See a slideshow of images from New Vrindaban taken yesterday here.
Our thanks to Jayamurari for taking and sharing them.
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Peonies and Potatoes At Dawn
The potatoes are ready to bloom which means they are starting to make tubers. These will be harvested for new potatoes plus if the yield is good we will have some left for storage. New potatoes are a different vegetable then the ones you buy in the store and no, the small ones they sell […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
New Vrindavan Nrisimha Caturdasi Schedule
aya nrsimha sri nrsimha jaya jaya sr nrsimha
prahladesha jaya padma mukha padma bhringa
Come celebrate Lord Nrisimha’s appearance day this Wednesday evening, May 26th.
We will offer abhisek to Lord Nrisimha’s foot and Sri Salagram sila. Everyone will be able to participate.
Also, if you feel inspired, please bring an offering of flowers, drawings, or a preparation […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Village Life: Our Philosophy, Our Education, Our Lifestyle
By Bhakti Raghava Swami on 29 Apr 2010From ISKCON News Image: scrapetv.com Benjamin Franklin is just one of the many famous politicians of the past who appreciated the virtues of village life. “All living bodies subsist on food grains, which…
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Loons Nesting Cam
Growing up I remember the loud and eerie night time cries of the loon, especially in lake country in Minnesota. While a recorded sound is only faintly indicative of the impact of the real thing out in the woods at night, you can check it out here. Learn about loons and watch one nesting here: […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
Plugging The Integrity Leak: Lessons From The Mahabharata
Ramnath Subramanian is the president and CEO of The Bhakti Center, our wonderful cultural center/cafe/yoga studio/temple, following the in the line of the great teachers of the bhakti tradition of India, right in the heart of the East Village in Manhat…
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
The One Dollar Bill
A one dollar bill met a 20 dollar bill and said, “Hey, where’ve you been? I haven’t seen you around here much.” The twenty answered, “I’ve been hanging out at the casinos, went on a cruise and did the rounds of the ship, back to the United States for awhile, went to a couple of […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
Baby
On June 4th at 5:00 PM, a baby shower for Krsna Balarama’s wife Nicole is being held at the house of Krpamaya and Krsna Bhava.
Any of the ladies of the community who would like to join us for the celebration are welcome.
They are having a boy.