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Friday, May 1st, 2009
New Vrindaban Istagosthi, Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Topic: Krsna’s Cows
At this Istagosthi, 3 main gopas (Balabhadra, Ranaka and Jaya Prabhupada) attended, as well as two temple board members, Varsana Maharaj and 22 other devotees.
*Disclaimer: Although I attempted to take notes to the best of my ability, please forgive me for any mistakes or omissions in correctly replicating what was said. […]
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Caring For The Cows Before The Festival of Inspiration
Subject:
Caitanya Bhagavat is coordinating some cleaning of the cows and the small barn by the temple, in preparation for the Festival of Inspiration.
He will be available at the hours listed below. If you come within the first ten minutes of the posted hours, he will be at the barn and will […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Caring for Tulasi Devi
There are about 30 Tulasi Devis at New Vrindaban. Those who have cared for Tulasi know that actually she cares for us. She calls us, she teaches us, Silently yet profoundly.
Lokadrsti devi came to the movement in 1973 and by 1974 she was asked to care for Tulasi devi. It seemed that […]
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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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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
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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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
News From the Village: Surprise Guests At Morning Program
By Sukhavaha dasi
On a Tuesday I was surprised to see two young local boys (25 years old) visiting the temple morning program. Upon inquiry one boy expressed that he used to come out here often when he was younger and hang out with some of the devotee kids his age. He commented that […]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Baby Announcement
Atma devi dasi and Madhupati das wish to honor their newborn son by announcing his arrival on Sunday night, June 15, 2008 at 9:35p.m. He was born in the Wheeling Hospital weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces and about 21″ long. They are waiting to receive a special name for him from Radhanatha Swami.
Both mom and […]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
New Deity Pujaris
Sometimes we may feel like a fan that has no life. And then we discover that we are unplugged. Just by plugging in that fan and connecting to the source (our heart) miracles can happen. Rupanooga experienced this. He revealed his heart by opening his mouth and making some requests in […]
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
News From the Village — First Prabhupada DVD Night
Last night was the first Prabhupada DVD night and there were a few devotees who attended. We had maha prasadam instead of popcorn and want to plan on popcorn for the next time. In fact, we want to announce that the next time will be Thursday night, June 19th at 5:30p.m. to […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Srila Prabhupada Movie Night
I have 7 of the newest DVD’s from Yadhubhara P with video footage that was not seen before. I have been wanting to watch these DVD’s for about a year, but never seem to take the time and besides that I don’t want to watch a movie by myself. So, I […]
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Blessed Water to Sustain Us
by Sukhavaha devi dasi
Coming from New York City to New Vrindaban is quite a change. Comparatively, New York is so cramped and crowded, so many agitating noises, lack of fresh air, and it costs lots of money for water and twice that amount for disposing of that water (what goes down the drain). […]