My caring father Bir Krishna Goswami Maharaj visited Finland this September. I live on the countryside, in a place called Vihti. Usually when he is here I drive to Helsinki to see Gurudeva, but this time I was on sick leave after an operation in the hospital, and not allowed to leave my home. Well, read more>>

by Nandarani dd Srila Gurudeva in Finland Srila Gurudeva arrived in Finland on Wednesday January 29th. On Wednesday and Thursday nights he spent visiting his disciples and on Thursday morning he gave a Bhagavatam class at the temple. The verse (2.6.20) as well as the purport were quite straight ones so we were waiting with read more>>

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>>

Dear Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obiesances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. namah om vishnu padaya krishna presthaya bhutale srimate bir krishna das goswamin iti namine namo hamsa nikasaya prabhupada priyayate sudridha suddhi nistabyam tasya vakyanuvadine brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija (C.C Madhya 19.151) “According to the thread of their karma, the read more>>

Dear Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obiesances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. namah om vishnu padaya krishna presthaya bhutale srimate bir krishna das goswamin iti namine namo hamsa nikasaya prabhupada priyayate sudridha suddhi nistabyam tasya vakyanuvadine brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija (C.C Madhya 19.151) “According to the thread of their karma, the 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>>

We arrived in Asheville on Thursday the 25th. Gurudeva had also been planning to come there on Saturday, but there had been some urgent circumstance in Hillsborough, so we weren’t sure what was going to happen… We called Gurudeva from a phone booth, and he happily stated that he would be in Asheville on Saturday 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>>

April 8, 2002 Gurudeva left for Fiji this morning. All the devotees were very sad to lose his association again, but this trip was very important, since he went there to help Tamal Krishna Maharaja’s disciples. Maharaja has probably close to a thousand disciples there… Gurudeva was in good spirits when he left. He had 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>>