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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
What These College Students Really Thought About New Vrindaban
By Sankirtana Das
Introduction
In October a group of about 25 students, along with their professors, visited New Vrindaban (NV). They were part of the Global Leadership Project at Ohio University. For their fall project, the students broke into groups of three and each group was assigned a devotee to interview and to write a paper […]
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Prahlada Maharaja and Lord Nrsmhadeva
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Asrama Items
by Suchitra devi dasi, as taken from the November Issue of the 1977 Brijabasi Spirit
ITEM: Since becoming the official women’s asrama of New Vrindaban, Madhuban temple has shown a new face. Although an outpost in certain respects, Madhuban’s core has always been rigorous devotion.
For example, after a genuine ice cold shower at 2 a.m. in […]
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Mother Kamalavati’s Health Update
Please accept my obeisances. Jai Srila Prabhupada!
I’m happy to report that Kamalavati is progressing nicely. Yesterday for the first time she was able to wiggle all four fingers on her right hand. The left arm and hand are at about 75% normal mobility and strength. Her right arm and hand are at about 40% normal […]
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Laxsmi Departed Late yesterday
Picture on left was taken yesterday around noon and the close up was taken on Nov. 9th.
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Sri Sri Radha-VrindabanChandra
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Update on Kamalavati dasi from Tapahpunja
Please accept my obeisances. Jai Srila Prabhupada!
This is the first chance I’ve had to communicate via email. Kamalaati is slowly recovering the use of both arms. Each day there’s visible improvement but a lot of pain which the doctors call reinervation, a medical term which means that your body is relearning how to do something […]
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
No Sunday School This Week
Since Govardhan Puja is Sat. evening and I will have ongoing art projects to do in the Sunday School Room for any interested children.
We will also be finishing our projects from last Sunday which are carts for the Hill to fill with sweets.
Thank you, Rama Lila
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Two Sides of Kasyapa (Now known better as Varsana Swami)
As Taken from the Oct. 1978 Issue of the Brijabasi Spirit:
The following was compiled from an interview with Kasyapa dasa wherein we talked about how he came to Krsna Consciousness and about his two major engagements-dressing Lord Jagannatha and driving a bulldozer.
I was always real attached to animals because that was […]
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Poetry (Unnamed)
From March 16, 1975 issue of the Brijabasi Spirit
I must write this down now
As I awaken from my dream
There was Krsna calling me
Through the sunlight’s golden stream
You are back in My Home now
Back in My arms
I am the God you sought
The relief from all harm
It is here on this fertile plateau
Here plant your seeds and […]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Kamalavati dasi scheduled for surgery on Friday
Dear Devotees, Please accept my obeisances. Jai Srila Prabhupada.
My wife, Kamalavati dasi, is en route to Bremen, Germany where she will undergo two major surgeries, one on her lower back and the second operation on her neck. The discs in her lower back and neck are pinching nerves due to deterioration.
The date of her surgery falls […]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Cows
From the July 14, 1975 issue of the Brijabasi Spirit
by Ganendra dasa
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Have you ever had a feeling right down in your bones that something inauspicious was about to happen? Well, last week Bhakta Kurt and I got up at one o’clock as usual in the morning to go and […]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Confessions of the Prasadam Addict: Section 6 (final)
In The Well
My dear readers, it is time to come to an understanding of the motivation behind these articles. We have attempted to be a little amusing and in this respect, there may have been a certain amount of success. But actually what we are trying to do is to describe the process of purification […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Bhakta Seva’s Kacchori Recipe:
by Gokulataruni d.d
In memory of,Bhakta Seva Prabhu, I thought I’d write down and share the kacchori recipe that he taught me many years ago, to the best of my memory it went something like this.
Filling:
2 large potatoes (peeled and boiled)
1/2 head of cabbage (chopped into tiny cubes and fried)
Chaunce:
(Heat a few tablespoons of ghee and […]