– Through sadhu-sanga and listening to Harikatha we attain krsna-bhakti and no longer need to return to this world. – By listening to Harikatha and associating with a sadhu, gradually all anarthas leave our hearts and we can practice sadhana and bhajana. – Sadhana is the practice and bhajana means serving the Lord according to your eternal spiritual identity. – Without spiritual life our life has no meaning. – The existing nectars. – In each life we abandon...
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10 Oct 2026 midday – One Vaishnava Purifies the Whole Dynasty (English) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SUMMARY: * The Padma Purana gives evidence that whoever receives the Guru’s diksa-mantra is not just anyone. * Nrsimhadeva tells Prahlada that he has sacrificed his entire life for Him and insists on giving him blessings. * A kanistha-adhikari who has received diksa-mantra and follows the 4 principles is a Vaishnava. * Gurudeva speaks about the generations of father and mother who will be liberated according to the Vaishnava’s level. * Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that when...
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09 Oct 2026 evening – Hari-katha is the Food for the Soul (English) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Does the cage exist for the bird, or does the bird exist for the cage? Therefore, we must nourish the soul, which is like the bird. – The five elements of this body separate when the soul leaves this body. – The conversation between Kapila Deva and Devahuti, where he advises his mother to always associate with sadhus and listen to Harikatha. – All incarnations of Krishna are no different from Himself. – The desire to merge into Brahman is a type of anartha that...
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09 Oct 2026 morning – The Prema of the Gopis Is the Supreme Jewel (English) – Penang, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
SUMMARY – Only those who are nitya-lila-parikaras can tolerate the prema that springs forth in their hearts. – Lord Nrsimhadeva has vatsalya-bhava, and thus Prahlada’s mood is to think that Nrsimha is Bhagavan. – Before reading the Bhagavatam, we should read the Caitanya Caritamrta. – Jambu-nadi is a type of gold that does not remain in this material world, just like prema. – In Vaikunta there is also prema, but mixed with opulence. – Kunti prayed that...
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08 Oct 2026 evening – The Power of Sadhu-sanga (English) – Penang, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– In this Kali-yuga there is only one process to achieve spiritual perfection: chanting the Holy Names. – In the Kali Santarana Upanishad, Sri Vyasadeva explains that the Mahamantra of this Kali-yuga has 16 names and 32 syllables. – The spiritual practice at home was: Satya-yuga/meditation; Treta-yuga/fire sacrifice; Dvapara-yuga/worship of the Deity; Kali-yuga/namasankirtana. – A sloka explaining the benefits of chanting the Holy Names: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ…...
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07 Oct 2026 midday – Hari-katha (English) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
TRANSCRIPT (made by AI and checked by devotees, can contain mistakes) So just I want to speak few words. All you spoke very nicely; how to develop our sadhana and bhajana. What do we do? Sadhana and bhajana. Generally people are saying bhajana and sadhana. But Gurudeva, he says sadhana and bhajana — first sadhana, then you will do bhajana. Sadhana means when you practice the devotional service to Lord, with your limbs and body, and how to attain the [one’ss] one sprinkle of mood of eternal...