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The VTE Bhakti-sastri Course has been designed to enable devotees to complete a major portion of the study on their own before coming to participate in classes on the MIHET campus in Sridhama Mayapur. This approach allows students to spend less time away from their preaching fields and optimize their learning while in Sridhama Mayapur. The Preliminary Self Study Section includes:
The Mayapur Institute’s Bhakti-sastri facilitation team humbly suggests that all devotees planning to attend the 2008 - 2009 VTE Bhakti-sastri Course download the first three units of the Bhakti-sastri Student Handbook here:
Students can then begin preparing for the course by learning slokas and answering the homework questions. All of the Bhakti-sastri facilitators agree that getting an early start on their studies will enable students to get the most out of the course.
After registering and remitting their service charges online students will be prompted to download the complete student handbook.
Please download preliminary study guides for the module you are going to attend:
Or you can download both modules guides combined in one file:
Read each Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavatam and answer the preliminary study questions. These questions will be used to form closed book tests at the end of each Unit during the classes. Some of the analogies listed will also appear on the closed book tests at the end of each Unit.
Prabhupada lecture quotes have been drawn from Srila Prabhupada’s lectures on Srimad-Bhagavatam and can be read along with the Srimad-Bhagavatam texts. These quotes will also be discussed in class.
Verses can be memorized before your arrival in Sridhama Mayapur. See the accompanying list of Memorization Verses for Bhaktivaibhava