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Monday, October 15th, 2007
New Vrndavana Tshirts that should exist (Random LJ #5)
The first time I showed up at New Vrndavana, they still had a few “New Vrndavana Inmate” tshirts. Loved it. Wish I would have bought one. But maybe this is the next best things…
Last year I spent a lot of time at NV and I was feeling rather snarky, so I made some tshirt ideas. […]
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Strange bit of New Vrndavana History
If you’ve not caught on, I’m really into strange New Vrndavana history. And while this item doesn’t take the cake, it’s up there.
In March of 1987, ISKCON officially gave New Vrndavana and Bhaktipada the boot. The reasons were detailed in a “GBC [Governing Body Commission] resolution.” Bhaktipada received the resolution and decided to respond. […]
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Pray before it?s too late!
Last summer, around Radhastami, I was hanging out at New Vrndavana with a few devotees who were into personal prayer. Really into it. It’s not like I didn’t agree, of course, I was fine with it, I just didn’t do it.
We’d be talking about one of my many problems and they’d ask, “Eric have […]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Short New Vrndavana story - a pipe, some robes and typical weirdness
I have a really strange New Vrndavana story. Well, I guess it’s not strange compared to most other ones, but it was really bizarre to me as it was happening.
I had sort of forgotten about this until I was watching Holy Cow Swami, a documentary about New Vrndavana filmed about a year or two before […]