The marathon ended today. Devotees were working very hard to keep the temple going for the coming year. December is the only time everyone goes out and the continuation of New Goloka is very much dependent on the devotees who make the sacrifice to go out and collect for Sri Sri RadhaGolokananda! I wanted to read more>>

For a couple days now we have also had the opportunity to have the association of H.H Bhakti Charu Swami. Him and Gurudeva are very close. Gurudeva is especially happy about Maharaja’s association, since he feels the loss of Srila Tamal Krishna Maraharaja so strongly. He was telling the devotees how those devotees who got read more>>

Gurudeva has been staying at New Goloka for a while now, encouraging the devotees who are going out on the marathon. Last weekend we had a big ice storm, and lost power for 2 days… Fortunately Tulasi devi survived and the devotees didn’t get sick. It was a really sweet mood here during that time, read more>>

September 3, 2002 Finally all the excitement from Janmastami is over…. The sad thing is that Gurudeva left for Fiji and Europe and won’t be back until in the middle of October. The devotees in new Goloka have been extremely blessed to have Gurudeva’s association for a couple months and we have also been feeling read more>>

Srila Gurudeva in Finland   Srila Gurudeva arrived in Finland on Wednesday the 2nd of October. During next two days he gave morning classes at the Helsinki temple, talked with devotees and also visited some grhastha couples. On Friday he took a boat to Estonia but we were happy to know that he would come read more>>

Srila Gurudeva came back from his trip to Europe about a week ago. The devotees were ecstatic upon seeing him again. He told everyone here at New Goloka that he feels much younger now. In Europe everyone is so young, and it’s like an old people’s home here! We were upset, but happy to have read more>>

Travel Diary May-June 2002 On May 21st I left New Goloka for a brief trip to Europe. Normally I visit some of the temples in Europe in May and also in September. It looks like this year I will have to forgo my September trip, due to the need for me to visit Fiji again read more>>

Srila Gurudeva left for New Vrndavan on Wednesday May 8th. He will be back on Sunday to give the Sunday Feast class. All the devotees have been happy because Gurudeva has been able to get some rest after his Fiji trip. Ofcourse we would like him to rest more, but his countless responsibilities are calling read more>>

Gurudeva’s visit in Finland May 2002 by Jayananda das. Gurudeva came to Finland on Monday 27th of May. During his visit the following took place: Gurudeva’s ex-disciple who had gone to follow Narayana Maharaja came back and her new name is Vraja Lila dd. Gurudeva gave re-initiation to the author and his name became Jayananda read more>>

April 28: Srila Gurudeva came back from Fiji on Friday. He was exhausted from his trip, but he has been in very good spirits. He has been telling all the devotees here about the very nice unspoiled traditional culture in Fiji. For sure we Westeners have a lot to learn from them. In Fiji he read more>>

%%wppa%% %%mphoto=15387%%   April 2002 Diary   For the last several years I was blessed with the association of Tamal Krishna Maharaja. Previously because our service was in different areas, I did not have so much opportunity to have his blessed association. Because the last few years I was taking care (as the GBC representative) read more>>

Gurudeva has been back from India for couple weeks now. All the devotees were shocked to hear that he was supposed to have traveled to the airport in the same taxi as H.H Tamal Krishna Maharaja, but that he changed his mind at the last minute. Gurudeva has been in a very prayerful mood remembering read more>>

News from Germany by Srinitamba: We went to the Frankfurt airport in the morning to pick Gurudeva up. Unfortunately we got stuck in a traffic jam, so we had to call him and tell him we were late. He was already waiting outside when we came. He was happy and peaceful as always and said read more>>

  South India Trip 2/20/01   Left Mayapura at 4:30 AM. We were planning to leave at 2:00AM but the devotees took a lot of time in getting ready. So therefore we got caught in the Calcutta rush hour traffic.   The bus was supposed to be a luxury bus but was actually about 10 read more>>

Six days after getting back to my home base in New Goloka from Fiji, I was supposed to travel again to Slovenia. This meant that I would have to endure a 14 hour change in time. This is the most difficult part of traveling for me. Flying I find relaxing as there are no phones read more>>