The members of the Vrinda family in Costa Rica are kindly sharing with us the actual information about their different projects in this little country of Central America.
Radha Kunja Bihari is a Grihasta Temple in Moravia. The responsible for the temple are Prabhu Krishna Kumara and Madre Vrinda Devi. Here is the murti of Srimati Radharani and Sri Krishna. The devotees assist in the Bhagavad Gita class, bhajan, kirtan and prasadam on Saturday afternoons. On Tuesdays they are making a program in the afternoon, where they study holy texts with the help of Prabhu Ranganath. The first Sunday each month, they make a Harinam and distribute prasadam in the recreation park "La Sabana". The new devotees can assist in this place, to be instructed a whole day the art of Sadhana and besides that, a seminary about the basic aspects of Krishna consciousness.
Radha Mandir, is the cultural centre, where they have the murti Srimati Radharani and Sri Krishna. They give classes about vegetarian cooking, karma, reincarnation, they make Nama Hattas, preach over the Internet, distribute prasadam to people who ask for help in the streets, they have a mini centre of communication and information for the devotees. The children Madhava Krishna and Gopi Priya, have a place for sharing Krishna consciousness with other children in their community, they preach and make histories. Prabhu Madhava has transcribed his two stories and stent them with drawings to damodara.de , the web page for children. Radha Mnadir is situated in Betania, and the responsible are Prabhu Caitanya Lila and Madre Antaryami.
Vishnu Priya Ashram is situated in Grecia in San José, and responsible for the ashram are the mothers Adi, Atma and Yasoda. This is a place for studies and devotional service to Guru Maharaj by the three mothers. The murti of Sri Gopalito is in the care of the three mothers. One Sunday a month, they have a program with the devotees, they also have a program in Ayur Veda, among other cultural devotional programs. Besides that, there is the Vrinda International Program, where they give a summary of everything that is going on in the worldwide Vrinda mission.
FUCASACOR - Fundación Casa de la Sabiduría (Foundation of the House of Wisdom) is quite a new project. It is a not-profit company whose purpose consists in improve life quality in an integrated way, trying that those who are searching for help will find a spiritual answer that give more sense to their lives. A process of decision of legalisation is found in the constitution Junta Directiva. They work in projects to develop for instance further training of immigrant women and study socio economy of refugees. FUCASACOR is situated in Grecia, and the mothers Adi, Atma and Yasoda are responsible.
A music project is also going on. It is the bringing out of the first devotional CD with a song to Nicaragua, with the Maha Mantra, with Mother Antaryami participating in the choir, and the responsible is Prabhu Madhava Canta. Vdeos and music from Guru Maharaj's office in Peru, are reproduced and distributing on CDs, in the BBT program. The place is San José and the responsible are Prema Mayi and Prabhu Sadhu Sanga.
Asociación de Cultura Védica (the Vedic Culture Association), is a legal association of the devotees from Costa Rica Yatra, under direction of Srila Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti Swami. For the present, 15 devotees, projects to inscribe new devotees and to note its members. The central motive is to promote the studies of the Vedas and expand Krishna consciousness in Costa Rica, and furthermore to have a legal and juridical support for the preachingand the devotional activities like sankirtan and conferences, for instance.They have their gatherings regularly in San José. The responsible are Prabhu Caitanya Lila (chairman), Prabhu Vrajanat (vice chairman), mother Antaryami (secretary), mother Sundari (cashier) and Prabhu Krihna Kumara (director).
The Brahminic Parlament was founded on July 22, 2002, by Srila Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti Swami. The members are all devotee sons and daughters of Guru Maharaj and all the kindred, approximately 27 persons. They have monthly reunions in San José, to inform about the activities of each program and come together to strengthen the Vrinda mission in Costa Rica. Responsible are Prabhu Vrajanat (chairman) and mother Adi Purusa (secretary).