Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Please Help Write History of New Vrindaban Dhama
Did you live in New Vrindaban or visit here when Srila Prabhupada visited the community? If so, I need your help.
Over the years I’ve been asked to develop an oral history of New Vrindaban. This would be an enormous undertaking. But with a new blog I would like to humbly begin this endeavor by first […]
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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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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Looking To the Future Of New Vrindaban
(The following was submitted to the Brijabasi Spirit by a devotee who wanted to remain anonymous. It isn’t really suitable for that site so I offered to post it here for him.)
Dear All,
I wanted to share with you a few thoughts, and I begin with an excerpt from an article on Wikipedia:
“Magis (pronounced “màh-gis”) […]
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Help Write History
Did you live in New Vrindaban or visit here when Srila Prabhupada visited the community? If so, I need your help.
Over the years I’ve been asked to develop an oral history of New Vrindaban. This would be an enormous undertaking. But with a new blog I would like to humbly begin this endeavor by first focusing on Srila Prabhupada’s visits to New Vrindaban. He visited on four occasions in 1969, 1972, 1974, and 1976.
I am requesting devotees to send their remembrances of Prabhupada’s visits here. You can begin with one or two accounts and add more later. A rule of thumb for blog readability is to keep accounts at below seven hundred words. Of course, if you have an exciting Prabhupada account, forget the rules. But don’t forget to mention the year it happened. Also include 2 - 3 sentences about yourself - what your service was at the time and perhaps what you do now. If an account has been posted, don’t hesitate to respond with more insight or information. Submit all Prabhupada accounts to Sankirtanadas@yahoo.com
Will start posting submissions in the next week or so. The site is http://www.prabhupadaatnv.blogspot.com/
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Cow Protection Not Just For Milk
Yesterday I talked of the dead, today, keeping to the theme, I speak of the dying.
Premavatar is visiting New Vrindaban for the temple presidents/GBC meetings and I was taking him on a tour of the winter barn, more commonly referred to as the Big Barn. Several cows that are unable to make the 5 mile […]
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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
A good reason to watch the Simpsons.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/18243/the-simpsons-apocalypse-cow#s-p1-so-i0
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Festival of Inspiration 2008 Schedule of Events
PRESENTATION ROOM ASSIGNMENTS:
(A) Main Conference Room under Guest Lodge
(B) Large Prasadam Hall Adjacent to Temple Room (Behind Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasasana)
(C) Small Kitchen/Prasadam Hall Adjacent to Temple Room (Behind Jagannath’s Altar)
(D) Carpeted Room Next to “A”
(E) Guest Lodge Room 8 on Ground Floor Between Snack Bar & “A”
FRIDAY, May 9th
7:00 am Guru-puja
7:30 am Darsana-arati
7:45-9:00 am Class: Memorizing Slokas: […]
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Peter Crow Lies in the Death Nettles
Back when New Vrindaban had lots more cows than now, we used to plant corn and make hay on what was known to the plough department as the Markonovich place. Now it has been converted to pasture, but when we cropped it, I spent many days there working the fields.
When I took a lunch […]
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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
Trip-trapping along the ridge at New Vrndavana
This morning Madhava Gosh, Soma and I took a walk behind Rati and Dwija’s at New Vrndavana to the Peter Crow cemetery. Now, while this isn’t a devotee cemetery, it was pretty cool.
Gosh knows I’m a sucker for old cemeteries, so when he asked if I wanted to check it out, I jumped […]
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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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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
My Spring Poem
Time passes thru its phases,
what is now and what is not
each shown in different ways:
sensations of cold and hot
off season or we play ball
standard or daylight savings
when love is in full measure,
or lost, replaced by cravings
children home or far away
outer peace or bloody war
seven fat cows manifest
followed by seven thin more
when work is preeminent
or […]
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
The Solar Garden of Eden
Two of New Vrindaban Dham’s dearest devotees, HG Vyasasana Prabhu and HG Loka-Drsti Prabhu, have started up a wonderful home decor and garden business based entirely around solar power. Their website is real snazzy and their environmentally enlightened products are the real deal.
Check it all out here at www.solargardenofeden.com