JAPANESE monk His Holiness Srila Bhanu Swami, who has translated 29 books from Sanskrit into English, will be one of the speakers at the Hindu Civilisation and Heritage Exhibition at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Kanhaiya Temple of Devotion and Understanding in Seberang Jaya, Butterworth.
The event will be held from Saturday to Aug 14.
Canada-born Bhanu Swami joined the Hare Krishna movement in India in 1970.
Bhanu Swami will give a talk on ‘Science and Vedas (Unlocking Secrets of Left Brain, Right Brain)’ from 9.15am to 10.45am and ‘Soul - The Last Frontier of Science’ from 8pm to 10pm on Saturday.
Then on Sunday from 9.15am to 11am, he will give a talk on ‘The Yoga Ladder (Science of Yoga)’.
Other speakers are lawyer-cum- author Datuk V. Nadarajan who will talk about Bujang Valley on Saturday (6pm till 7.30pm), Prof Dr Surash Ramanathan on Ayurveda on Saturday (11am to 12.30pm) and Dr Sridevi Sriniwass on ‘Panini and the Discovery of Sanskrit’ on Sunday (11.15am to 1pm).
On Aug 13, Dr Ranjeev Hari will speak on ‘Consciousness before and after Death - Science and Vedic views’ (9.15am to 10.45am) and Dr Suhanya Parthasarathy on ‘Bhakti Yoga, The Incredible Science of this Age’ (11am to 12.30pm).
Cinematographer and motivator J.K. Wicky will discuss ‘Untold Mysteries of the Great Tanjavur Temple’ on Aug 14 (9.15am to 10.45am) and after that, International Society for Krishna Consciousness Malaysia (Iskcon) regional secretary Simheswara Prabhu will talk on ‘Cow Protection’ (11am to 12.30pm).
The exhibition will highlight records of Bujang Valley, Kedah Tua, Gangga Nagara, Langkasuka, the Hindu history of the Angkor Wat (Cambodia), Prambanan (Indonesia), and places in China, Korea, Japan, Australia, North America, South America, Russia, the Vatican and Egypt.
The event is organised by the Bhaktivedanta Science Unit of Iskcon.
Iskcon assistant secretary-general Santhira Kumar Madhavan said the exhibition would also feature records of contribution and discovery by Hindu sages with scriptures in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Metallurgy, Astronomy, Linguistics, Architecture and Culture.
“The exhibition also aims to promote the scientific contribution of Hindus in various fields in Malaysia and all over the world,” Santhira said in a press statement yesterday.
For more details, contact Kalesa @ Lim Kok Chye (019-4411008) or Dr Surash (013–4357649). Admission to the event is free.
Source:http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2016/08/03/monk-among-speakers-at-expo/
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