17 Sep 2026 morning – Radhashtami (English) – Christchurch, New Zealand

– Lila of Narada Muni giving blessings to baby Radha and having a vision of Her adolescence with Her sakhis.

– Song: Sri Radha Krpa Kataksa Stava Raja.

– Lila of baby Radha opening her eyes only when child Krishna calls Her.

– The Madhu Smita Sri Radha book discusses tattva-siddhanta, sakti-tattva, saktiman-tattva, Radha-tattva, Durga-tattva, etc.

– Regarding the Durga Upanishad; Radha and Krishna gave Their names to all the demigods.

– Krishna grants dharma, artha, kama, and moksha easily, but prema only to those who are qualified.

– Sloka: vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam… (SB 1.2.11).

– Regarding immersion in brahman and Paramatma. Only demons want to immerse themselves in brahman.

– Regarding four types of liberation: salokya, sarsti, sarupya, and samipya.

– Devotees only accept liberation in the form of the blessing of service to Krishna in Goloka Vrndavana. 

– ⁠A verse about escaping the clutches of Krishna’s Maya-sakti: daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā… (BG 7.14).

– On the Radha Upanishad.

– Radha covers Krishna with Her love.

– Difference between Svayam Bhagavan and Bhagavan.

– Svayam Bhagavan is He who possesses six opulences in fullness.

– Material vision and spiritual, transcendental vision.

– Radha-purna-sakti and Krishna-purna-saktiman.

– On the potency of Radha’s name compared to Krishna’s.

– The different ways Radha appears and born in the material world.

– Lila of Vrndacal, brother of Himalaya, praying to have a daughter more powerful than Parvati, and the birth of Radha and Candravali.