{"id":25432,"date":"2016-03-15T12:56:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T11:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=25432"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T11:56:19","slug":"2016-vihe-bhakti-shastri-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=25432","title":{"rendered":"2016 VIHE Bhakti Shastri Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-l7bAq_8odRA\/Vuf4NDl9e_I\/AAAAAAAAakg\/mndVsI3Uss0\/s0\/2016-03-15_12-55-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sri Vrindavan Dham, March 15, 2016<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dear Devotees,<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>We are heartily inviting all serious students to this year\u2019s VIHE Bhakti-sastri course. The Bhakti-sastri course is a systematic study of Srila Prabhupada&#8217;s books. Srila Prabhupada wanted all of us to deeply study his books, so that we could become better preachers and teachers, and, very importantly, achieve a clear understanding and application of the beautiful science of devotional service. Shri Vrindavan Dham mercifully provides a unique environment to enhance one&#8217;s taste and appreciation for the treasures of the direct path of bhakti.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This year the English Bhakti-sastri course in Vrindavan is scheduled to take place from July 2, 2016 to Nov 3, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Requirements for the course: Good sadhana, brahminical tendencies, voluntary service, proficiency in English and a 2 recommendation\/character sketch, one from your spiritual master and from a senior devotee who knows you well. Assessment criteria include attendance and personal conduct.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Assessment : Essays and closed book exams accompanied by exemplary conduct and sadhana.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Admissions close on : June 1, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Teachers:<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Bhagavad Gita-<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.H. Bhakti Dhira Damodar Swami<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Laxmimoni devi dasi<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Sarvabhauma das<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Kamal Lochan das<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Praneshwar das<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Adi Purush das <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Nectar of Devotion-<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Adi Purush das<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Nectar of Instruction-<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Aniruddha das<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Anuradha devi dasi<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Isopanishad-<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Prashanta devi dasi<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Deity Worship-<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>H.G. Mukunda Datta das. <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Sanskrit Pronunciation-<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>To be announced <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>For more detailed information please contact:<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>E-mail: vihe.courses.admissions@pamho.net; Web site: http:\/\/vihe.org<\/p>\n<p>Phone: +917060690226 (Damodarashtak das)<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Please kindly post this information on your temple board and tell your friends. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your servants at the VIHE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-l7bAq_8odRA\/Vuf4NDl9e_I\/AAAAAAAAakg\/mndVsI3Uss0\/s0\/2016-03-15_12-55-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Damodarashtak das: The 2016 Bhakti Shastri Course at the VIHE this year is scheduled from 2nd July- 3rd November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-message-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25434,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432\/revisions\/25434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}