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Friday, May 16th, 2008

Prabhupada Letter December 7, 1969

Tridandi Goswami
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Founder-Acharya:
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
December 7, 1969
My Dear Ranadhir,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated November 23, 1969. I am so pleased to learn of the increased development of New Vrindaban. Please now try to organize a […]

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Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Glimpses of the Festival of Inspiration 2008

Check out these bog posts to a few angles of vision of the FOI.
Rough notes from a Radhanath Swami Mother’s Day lecture:
From the big Saturday night packed house event:
Festival of Inspiration 2008 Nama-Yajna « Hare Krishna.
Impressions of a visitor:
A New Vrindavan Morning
Impressions of a resident:
VedaBase Hint: Copying Large Quotes
and
New Vrindaban Festival of Inspiration 2008
Okay […]

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Sunday, May 11th, 2008

New Vrindaban Web Cam

New Vrindaban now has a live web cam. See it at http://www.krishna.com/nv

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Sunday, May 11th, 2008

North American Temple President, GBC Meetings

Last weekend May 2 Caru Das journeyed to the NA GBC/Temple President Meetings in New Vrndavan, West Virginia. He landed at the Pittsburgh airport Friday midnight, rented a car, dozed at a rest stop en route and arrived Saturday morning in time for a shower and the start of the meetings…
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Friday, May 9th, 2008

In Memory of Gopi Lila

(Ed. note: read Hari Bhakta’s (her husband) blog update here)
by Gokulataruni dd

Two days ago I woke up to a phone call telling me that Gopi Lila passed away. Though I knew that this was coming it still came as a surprise. She was someone that was dearly loved by the devotees in our community, […]

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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

A Drive Into New Vrindaban

Road work on the slip between Tejo’s and Sudhanu.

After the road work is a good view of the pasture at Mahaban.

Parking at the Prabhupada’s Palace and looking up these cherry blossoms block the sky.

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Monday, May 5th, 2008

Prabhupada Letter August 21, 1969

Tridandi Goswami
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Founder-Acharya:
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
August 21, 1969
My Dear Kirtanananda,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of 12 August, 1969, sent along with a package of sandish. I am sorry that I was not able to see how you have nicely made […]

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Sunday, May 4th, 2008

FOI Swap Meet and Registration For Locals

The Festival of Inspiration Transcendental Swap meet is looking forward to a lot of participation……remember, this is for Devotional items only, clothing, jewelry, Deities paraphernalia, sacred books, photos, works of art. Request any clothing to be clean and in good condition. All other items should also be in decent condition. This segment will take place […]

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Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Pujari Department Meeting

Dear devotees,
please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
The Pujari department of the ISKCON Radha Vrindavan Chandra Temple is organizing a pujari meeting on the 8th of May 2008 at 2:30 PM in the templeroom. All interested are welcome to attend and participate with suggestions.
Most of the topics will be related to the […]

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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

The Kidnapping of Hanumanji

by Saci mata dd
This is the story of the day the N.V. management decided to give our beautiful Sita, Ram, Hanuman, Laksman Deities away. It was a gloomy day for the residents of New Vrindaban Dhama. All the mothers (well most of them) were crying, and the morning program was an extremely sad […]

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Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Gopal’s Garden Week 4

On Tuesday April 22nd the kids took a vote on what vegetables they would like to plant in their garden. The following six vegetables were the winners:tomatoes, beans, basil, cilantro, swiss chard and spinach.
After voting. the lkds, led by Bindu and Lalita Gopi, walked up to the garden of Seven Gates to pull out the […]

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The Play’s the Thing

by mrupa
“The thoughts of my pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one another and conversing about Me.” (Bg. 10-9)
Following this central principle plays and dramatic arrangements have always been part of ISKCON’s arsenal in its ‘cultural revolution’ […]

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Monday, April 28th, 2008

Prabhupada Letter August 6, 1969 (Shyama)

Tridandi Goswami
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Founder-Acharya:
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
August 6, 1969
My Dear Shama Dasi,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your nice letter of July 28th, 1969, and I am glad that you are working very hard in assisting your good husband. So my idea of combining you […]

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Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Gopal’s Garden Update

by Bindu Sarovara Dasi, April 15th.
A tour of the garden followed by a taste test of the herbs they observed
constituted the class for Thursday. What did they see and what did they eat?
Tapa-Punja led the kids through the teaching garden to see the infamous Stinging Nettle and the notorious Dandelion weed. […]

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Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Festival of Inspiration Schedule

Check out the Festival of Inspiration schedule of presentations here.

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