– 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...
Kuala Lumpur 2025
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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...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Kuala Lumpur 2025, Malaysia 2025, Brahma-samhita 5.38, Ramachandra-vijayotsava 2025, Vijaya-dashami 2025, Madhvacharya, A Guru and His Disciple Vaishnava Dasa (Panir Dasa) in a City Where All Products Cost the Same, Bhagavan: God never ages, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), Radha: Gauri, sampradaya: Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya
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...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Kuala Lumpur 2025, Malaysia 2025, Dhritarashtra and Sanjaya, Guru-parampara, Sampradayas, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), behavior: shuddha-sadachara, body: bodily conception, book: Hari-bhakti-vilasa, mayavada and shunyavada: difference, prema: eyes of prema, religion: Buddhism, sampradaya: Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya, sampradayas: four sampradayas, shunyavada
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. –...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Kuala Lumpur 2025, Malaysia 2025, Narayana and Narada Rishi Discuss the Month of Kartika, Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya, Kartika-vrata 2025, chanting: counting the number on the phalanges of the fingers, chanting: outloud with Gurudev, Kartika: guidelines, Kartika: importance of reading Srimad-Bhagavatam, Kartika: what books to read, Kartika: what mantras to recite, Kartika: what songs to sing
02 Oct 2025 morning – Guidelines for the Month of Kartika (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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...