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Dear devotees,
\nPlease accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Shrila Prabhupada.<\/p>\n
The Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education (VIHE) was established to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s desire for an educational institute in Vrindavana. Located on the ISKCON Goshala land in Ramana Reti, the VIHE provides an ideal facility and atmosphere conducive for serious sadhana, deep study, development of devotional qualities, association with senior devotees and training in practical skills relevant to management and preaching. The VIHE is conducting a four-level systematic study of Srila Prabhupada’s books envisioned by Srila Prabhupada, i.e. Bhakti-sastri, Bhakti-vaibhava, Bhakti-vedanta and Bhakti-sarvabhauma (to begin soon). Beside that, we yearly organize a number of courses and retreats to help devotees from around the world to strengthen devotional life and enhance their preaching with an unforgettable experience of kirtan and Krishna katha in the Holy Dhama.<\/p>\n
The VIHE functions as a brahminical entity. Although we do request students to contribute to the administrative cost of running the courses, we depend on well-wishers for most of our expenses. We would like to request your support in taking the VIHE a little forward. It has been a few years now that we have been struggling to operate from our current setup, which has simply become too small. Our activities have been expanding. Last year we were unable to admit all the devotees who applied for the Bhakti Shastri course because they would not have fit in the classroom. For Bhakti Vaibhava has also been steadily increasing; we have plenty of requests for the Hindi Bhakti Shastri, which we are only able to facilitate once every two or three years, and we have recently started a Sanskrit grammar course. Applications for the 2015 semesters have already started to come in and we would like to be able to respond adequately. Besides the shortage of classroom space we are also tight with office and storage space, and the accommodation of teachers is often problematic.<\/p>\n
While we would like to develop the institute as a new full-fledged project, complete with 7 classrooms, a comprehensive library, staff and student quarters, temple hall, kitchen, expended offices and gardens, – at this stage however we have decided to only take a small leap forward and set our determination on constructing new rooms atop the present building. Our plan is for two additional classrooms, two rooms with attached bath for teachers, one office and a staircase below which storage space will be accommodated. The work will also include renovation of the washrooms and sewage system.<\/p>\n
Please give some support toward this important educational endeavor. We are in need of contributions in order to accommodate more and more devotees eager to study Srila Prabhupada\u2019s books. It is our hope that we will be able to gather sufficient funds quickly so the classrooms may be ready in time for the new academic year. We would be very grateful for and encouraged by your assistance. <\/p>\n
To send your donations, please contact Damodarashtaka dasa: damodar.vihe@gmail.com<\/p>\n