Mother Yashoda offers ghee lamps to Sri Yamuna and Krishna collects all the lamps

14 May 2026 midday – Glories to the Vaishnavas (English translation) – Delhi, India

Shiva Mandira – Acknowledgments.– Brahma and all the demigods pray to attain Vraja Dhama.– Sloka spoken by Brahma to Krishna in honor of the Vrajavasis: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām… (SB 10.14.32).– Madhavendra Puripada held the Annakuta festival for Govardana for a long time.– On choosing names for children.– On Mother Yasoda’s vatsalya mood.– Lila of Mother Yasoda offering a ghee lamp in the Yamuna River with Krishna.–...

14 May 2026 midday – Glories to the Vaishnavas (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Shiva Mandira – Acknowledgments.– Brahma and all the demigods pray to attain Vraja Dhama.– Sloka spoken by Brahma to Krishna in honor of the Vrajavasis: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām… (SB 10.14.32).– Madhavendra Puripada held the Annakuta festival for Govardana for a long time.– On choosing names for children.– On Mother Yasoda’s vatsalya mood.– Lila of Mother Yasoda offering a ghee lamp in the Yamuna River with Krishna.–...

21 Oct 2025 evening – Dipavali (Bengali) – Gopinath Bhavan, Vrindavana, India

Mention of the various sacred places where ghee lamps are offered. Explanation of the meaning of darkness: lack of knowledge of philosophy and one’s own eternal constitution (soul identity). About self-knowledge and knowledge of the Lord. The questions we should ask: Who is the Lord? Why are we suffering so much misery? About the five types of knowledge explained by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada: pratyaksa-jnana, paroksa-jnana, aparoksa-jnana, adhoksaja-jnana, and apakrta-jnana. About...