Malaysia 2025

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02 Oct 2025 morning – Guidelines for the Month of Kartika (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

October 2, 2025 7:00 AM

– Confidential conversation between Narayana and Narada Rsi about the month of Kartika. – On the exceptional importance of reading Srimad-Bhagavatam in the month of Kartika. – In the month of Kartika, it is essential to maintain a fixed number of recitations of the Mahamantra. Chant aloud and then only in your mind without moving your tongue. – In the month of Kartika, it is very favorable to chant the mantra: Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. – Explanation of how to...

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01 Oct 2025 evening – The Meaning of Love (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

October 1, 2025 6:00 PM

– Hari-katha knows no bounds. – Song: Dhira Samire Yamuna Tire. – Jayadeva Gosvami is the most rasika Vaishnava. – Bhavi-viraha, bhavana-viraha and bhavya-viraha. – Akrura invited Krishna and Balarama to participate in Kamsa’s dhanur-yajna. – Verse: Paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām… (BG 4.8). – Krishna and Balarama proceeded to Mathura. The gopis were grief-stricken (bhavi-viraha). – Krishna married 16,108 wives in Mathura. – The...

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01 Oct 2025 midday – Upadeshamrita, Verses 1-7 (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

October 1, 2025 12:00 PM

– Upadeshamrita gives direct orders on how to follow the rules and regulations of the shastras. – Verse: śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi-pañcarātra-vidhiṃ…(Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.2.101). – You should chant the same number of rounds of maha-mantra every day. – Verse: saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ kālāvasānī-kṛtau…(Shad-gosvami-ashtaka 6). – You can speak about Hari as much as you like, but please limit your other conversations. – Sita-devi and Draupadi did not...

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01 Oct 2025 morning – How to Chant Mantras (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

October 1, 2025 7:00 AM

– Chant the maha-mantra and the Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya mantra every day, and your mind will not be disturbed. – The ‘Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya’ mantra has its own melody and is chanted out loud. – How Haridasa Thakura chanted the holy names. – There are three ways to chant mantras: loudly (ucchara), in a whisper (upansa), and in the mind (manasika). – We should chant the gayatri-mantra, the gopala-mantra and the krishna-mantra in our minds, and...

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30 Sep 2025 evening – Have Firm Faith (English) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

September 30, 2025 6:00 PM

– About the Gopi-gita being the heart of Srimati Radhika.– Some very important songs from Srimad-Bhagavatam: Venu-gita; Bhramara-gita; Pranaya-gita; Yugala-gita; Gopi-gita.– Pranaya-gita describes when the gopis hear Krsna’s flute and leave their homes to meet Him on the banks of the Yamuna.– The different melodies for the Gopi-gita, with kanak-manjari-chada being the highest, and their meaning.– About the Yugala-gita and its meaning.– ⁠The Bhramara...

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30 Sep 2025 midday – The Nectar of Instruction (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 30, 2025 12:00 PM

– Explanation of the 4th sloka (verse) that instructs devotees on how to develop friendship for the Lord.– First: How to give and receive.– Feeding the Vaisnavas and receiving their remnants.– Second: How to ask confidential questions to the Guru and the Vaisnavas.– On the confidentiality of bhajana and sadhana.– Quote from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Bengali song.– Offer your heart to Gurudeva and Krsna and do not take it back.– Story of...

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30 Sep 2025 morning – Hari-katha (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 30, 2025 7:00 AM

– Can conditioned souls have different destinies?– When conditioned souls manifest from marginal potency, they already harbor a potency in their hearts, and through association with a sadhu (sage), this potency manifests.– If you plant five types of seeds on the banks of the Ganges, different fruits will grow according to the potency of the seed.– Through association with a sadhu, anarthas are removed, and in sthayibhava (the state of stability/fixity), the mood will not...

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29 Sep 2025 evening – Krsna and His Avatars (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

September 29, 2025 6:00 PM

– The six opulences of Krsna. – Verse: rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu… (Brahma Samhita 5.39). – Krsna’s incarnations and expansions are non-different from Him in tattva-siddhanta. – Verse: barhāpīḍaṁ naṭa-vara-vapuḥ karṇayoḥ karṇikāraṁ… (SB 10.21.5). – Verse: kṛṣṇera yateka khelā sarvottama nara-līlā… (CC Madhya 21.101). – The devotees of Vaikuntha, Ayodhya, Dvaraka and Vrndavana have different...

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