Malaysia 2025
05 Oct 2025 evening – Damodara and the Beginning of the Month of Kartika (English) | Kenang, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The two fingers Mother Yasoda was missing to bind Krsna represent our sadhana and bhajana, which require two things: effort and mercy. – Isvara, the Supreme Controller, cannot be bound by anyone except divine love. – Mother Yasoda binds Krsna with her vatsalya-bhava. – Only the gopis bind Krsna completely. – Radha and Krsna are one, but to perform sweet lilas, They separate and become two. – Krsna’s sweetest lilas manifest in the month of Kartika...
03 Oct 2025 evening – Only Mahaprabhu Bestows Prema-bhakti (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Ekadasi is one of the 64 limbs of bhakti, which is very powerful, and a tithi (lunar day) that is very dear to Krsna. – If we observe Ekadasi, Bhakti Devi, just like a mother giving birth to a baby, will manifest in our hearts. – Lord Visnu Himself manifests in the form of Ekadasi. – The perfect way to observe ekadasi, as described in the scriptures, is to eat only once the day before the tithi, refrain from worldly conversations, and spend the night awake, chanting...
03 Oct 2025 midday – Spiritual Perfection Through the Guru – Sampradāya and Loving Service to Krsna (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The distinctions between the philosophy of Madhvacarya and the philosophy of Mayavada. – On the purity of devotion. – Our eternal identity and loving service. – Srimad Bhagavatam is a direct commentary on the Vedanta Sutra. – On the assembly in Jaipur to discuss the worship or removal of Srimati Radhika alongside Krsna, and whether or not She is married to Krsna. – Baladeva Vidyabhusana Prabhu, roaring like a lion, cites extensive evidence from the sastras...
02 Oct 2025 evening – Ramacandra Vijayotsava; Appearance of Madhvacarya (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
– Today is a super-excellent day: Vijaya Dasami. – Ravana kidnapped Caya-Sita. – About the search for Sita Devi. – Vijaya Dasami narrates the day Ramacandra went to Lanka to fight Ravana and rescue Sita Devi. It is not the day Rama killed Ravana. – Today is the appearance anniversary of Madhvacarya. – About the Four Authorized Sampradayas, their founders, and their philosophical specificities. – There is a difference between the jivas. – Story of...
02 Oct 2025 midday – The Four Sampradayas and Their Philosophies (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
– You must receive diksa from one of the Four Sampradayas to achieve soul perfection. – Sri Sampradaya (Laksmi Devi/Acarya Ramanuja); Brahma Sampradaya (Brahma/Acarya Madhva); Rudra Sampradaya (Siva/Acarya Visnu Svami); Sanaka Sampradaya (Four Kumaras/Acarya Nimbaditya). – Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted only the bhakti of each Sampradaya and associated Himself with the Brahma Sampradaya. – All the Acaryas of the Sampradayas defeated the mayavada philosophy. –...