~ Latest Acquisition ~
New Excavator

A vital piece of equipment, a new and larger excavator, was timely in becoming available to us and moving swiftly it was successfully acquired. Though a sizable investment for the Blue Star, it is needed to proceed with the upcoming developments. Your contributions help us to continue this crucial work in order for Guru to reside here. Together, we are making this beautiful vision a reality!

Fundraising Goal => US $30,000
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Major Milestones

The initial acquisition of 38 acres was purchased during the auspicious period of the Forty Days of 2009 at the heart of the Central mountain range in Trinidad. An additional 13 acres was acquired during the Forty Days of 2012, comprising a total of 51 acres of lush, natural tropical rainforest known as Brasso, for the region of Brasso Venado, Trinidad where it is located.

The Forty Days of 2014 brought another milestone for the project. At the end of the retreat, during the closing Satsang, the name was born. Sri Vasudeva shares;

“At the moment it is called our Brasso project, but today on May 5th 2014 in this Forty Days, the name for Brasso has come to my mind as the Divine would have it. Today I am going to tell you the name for Brasso ... Tapovan. Tapovan will be the name for Brasso. The brow centre is Tapo Loka and Tapo Loka is the place where we perform the spiritual practices that are necessary for making the final journey in the consciousness to the crown, Satya Loka. That is my mission. My mission is to take people across this Tapo Lok to the Sat Lok. That is my mission. That is the mission of the Blue Star.

Tapo is the brow meaning tapas, tapasya, spiritual practice, spiritual purification, and vana means the forest, the wilderness – Tapovan. It is going to be a retreat centre and an eco-centre where we live in harmony with nature. That is the vision I have.”

The evolutions continues in the Forty Days of 2021. Guruji, Sri Vasudeva shares his inspiration:

“The name for our eco-village is no longer Tapovan. Tapas means too much fire; it is the fire of transformation. I used that earlier because it is the sixth chakra that is mental discipline, like what I went through in the Forty Days.

Recently, sitting under one of the big kapok trees and watching the whole thing unfold, I thought, “No, this is joy, this is incredible joy!” Just like what I felt in Ganeshpuri when there was the big spiritual awakening. “No, my sādhana has been joyful. Stressful at times but joyfully so.”

So the new name of our ecovillage is 'Vrindavan.' Tapo means the fire of transformation, but Vrinda means flowers, nature, beauty, and van is the forest; it is nature. So instead of Tapovan, it is Vrindavan. That is where (Lord) Krishna was with the Gopis and the cows and the joyfulness of nature and the melodies of the inner space. That is how our eco-village will be: a centre of joyful transformation, as this Forty Days will also be. Joyful transformation! The beauty of transformation!

So our eco-village, as it centres itself in nature and the beauty of nature, is going to be Vrindavan, the place of joy; joyful transformation in nature where people will come together and joyfully work.

That is how we work in Vrindavan. It is all with the spirit of joy. If you see the teams we have, it is all about joy, so I can no longer call it Tapovan, although it may have a Tapovan space inside it. It is going to be an outlook of joyful energy and beauty – Vrindavan Eco-village.”

Since acquisition, we have been seeking to improve the year-round external access roads to our land, a critical step for all other work in this project.

In 2023, a huge milestone was reached in the development of the Juan Navarro Roadway and the construction of an access bridge along the Mammoral Valley Road. We managed to re-surface the Juan Navarro Road for approximately 2km and construct a needed bridge to be used by all agricultural estates in the area. This boosts food availability for many as it supports the agricultural estates along the Juan Navarro Road. Another major benefit in the road infrastructure is that it allows us to port produce from within our land easily.

Guided Meditation with Sri Vasudeva
in the midst of the forest