Bhakti-sastri Course - Men - 2011/12 Schedule

Classes will normally run from 10.30am to 12.30pm on each of the days listed below.

Date Unit Section Topic Content Facilitator
Nov 1-4
Nov 6
 

 

Orientation
Opening Ceremony

  Radha Krsna Dasa
Caitanya Carana Dasa
Nov 7 - 19 3

Understanding & Application of Bhakti-sastras

Sadhana-bhakti

Nectar of Devotion
intro – Chapter19

Kadamba Kanana Swami

Nov 21 –26 1 Nectar of Instruction Hanumet Preshak Swami  

Nov 28 -Dec 23

1-2

Understanding of
Bhakti-sastras

Application of Bhakti-sastras

Dharma in Bhagavad-Gita Yoga ladder & Jñana in Bhagavad-Gita

Bhagavad-Gita Chapters 1-6 Atul Krsna Dasa
Radha Krsna Dasa

Dec 26-30
Jan 2-6

4

Ananya-bhakti

Bhagavad-Gita Chapters 7-12

BVV Narasimha Maharaja

Jan 9-13

 

Sad acar / Disciples Course/ / Devotional Counciling

 

 

Jan 16-20

5

Elevation through Modes of Nature

Bhagavad-Gita Chapters 13-18

Bhakti Brhad Bhagavata Swami

Jan 23-27

6

Preaching from Bhakti-çästras

Sri Isopanisad

Radha Krsna Dasa

Jan 30 Feb 3

7

Values in
Bhakti-sastras

Qualities of a Bhakti-sastri

Various Bhakti-sastri Material

Bhakti Rasamrta Swami

Feb 15
GBC Feb 10-21

 

 

Closing Ceremony

 

 

March 8

 

 

Gaur Purnima

 

 

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Bhakti-sastri Course - Women - 2011/12 Schedule

Classes will normally run from 10.30am to 12.30pm on each of the days listed below.

Date

Time

Section

Topic

Content Systematic
(forenoon)

Content Thematic
(afternoon)

Facilitator

Nov 1- 4

Nov 6

 

Orientation

Opening Ceremony

 

 

 

Nanda dasi
Shyamala sakhi dasi
Su-gita Vani
 dasi

Nov 7 - 19

Forenoon

Understanding & application of Bhakti-sastras

Sadhana-bhakti

Nectar of Devotion intro-chapter 19

 

Nanda dasi

Nov 7 - 19

Afternoon

Same as above

Same as above

Nectar of Instruction

 

Anuradha dasi

Nov 21 –29

Nov 28 & Nov30

Forenoon

Understanding of Bhakti-sastras

Dharma in Bhagavad-Gita

Bhagavad-Gita Preface
Introduction,
chapters 1-3

Varnasrama dharma

Shyamala sakhi dasi

Nov 30 – Dec 9

Dec 2

Dec 5 & Dec 9

Forenoon

Same as above

Yoga ladder & Jnana in Bhagavad-Gita

Bhagavad-Gita chapters
4 – 6

Guru principle

 

Yoga ladder

 

Su-gita Vani dasi

Other facilitators

Dec 12 - 30

Dec 14

Forenoon

Understanding of Bhakti-sastras

Ananya-bhakti

Bhagavad gita chapters
 7 - 12

Jnana : Its role in bhakti & levels of knowledge

Shyamala sakhi
&
Other
facilitators

 

Dec 19

 

 

 

 

Gaudiya vaisnava understanding of suffering

 

Dec 21

 

 

 

 

Gita in a nutshell

 

Dec 26

 

 

 

 

Various levels of bhakti

 

Dec 28

 

 

 

 

Qualities of a bhakti-sastri graduate

 

Jan 2 - 13

Forenoon

Application of Bhakti-sastras

Elevation through Modes of nature

Bhagavad gita chapters 13  - 18

 

Su-gita Vani dasi

Jan 4

       

Entanglement
In the modes

 

Jan 9

 

 

 

 

Activities in the modes

 

Jan 11

       

Faith in the modes

 

Jan 16 - 20

 

Application of Bhakti-sastras

Sadacar / Disciples
Course/ devotional counseling

   

Bhakti Brahad Bhagavata Swami

Jan 23 - 27

   

Women in spiritual culture

   

Devaki dasi

Jan 30 - Feb 6

Forenoon

 Same as above

Preaching from bhakti-sastras

Sri Isopanisad

 

Laxmimoni
 dasi

Feb 1

       

Shortcomings
of demigod
worship

 

Feb 3

       

Defeating impersonalism

 

Feb 6

       

Balancing out spiritual and material knowledge

 

N.B. additionally, every Friday ( afternoon ) there will be one session of 1.5 hr to process questions listed in the car park / do a review .