{"id":5692,"date":"2008-04-26T12:08:41","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T11:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=5692"},"modified":"2008-04-26T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-26T11:18:59","slug":"open-amissions-to-the-srimad-bhagavata-vidyapitham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=5692","title":{"rendered":"Open amissions to the Srimad Bhagavata Vidyapitham"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gopiparanadhana dasa Adhikari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas,<\/p>\n

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da.<\/p>\n

The \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavata Vidy\u0101p\u012b\u1e6dham in Govardhana, Sanskrit school of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, is inviting applications for new students to enter our three-year Bh\u0101gavata-\u015b\u0101str\u012b Program at the beginning of our next school-year on October 1st. <\/p>\n

The Bh\u0101gavata-\u015bastr\u012b Program, with strong focus on the study of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam and on acquiring competence in Sanskrit, is excellent preparation for future translators, editors, preachers, and teachers.<\/p>\n

With generous support from the Friends of the BBT, and our schools co-director Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da D\u0101sa, we are able to cover all the tuition, prasadam and accommodation costs for our students. Students are only required to meet their travel expenses to come to the school as well as any major medical expenses.<\/p>\n

Candidates for becoming students should be ISKCON members who<\/p>\n

1. are able to commit themselves to a three-year full-time program,
\n2. have experience living in a ISKCON brahmac\u0101r\u012b \u0101\u015brama,
\n3. have by their service record shown intention to serve Prabhup\u0101da’s mission,
\n4. are seriously interested in studying and preaching \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam,
\n5. have good command of English and ability to learn languages,
\n6. have read at least the first six cantos of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam,
\n7. have passed the Bhakti-\u015b\u0101str\u012b exam or be ready to take an equivalent exam administered by the Vidy\u0101p\u012b\u1e6dham,
\n8. are able to live peacefully with other devotees in an \u0101\u015brama and work with them cooperatively.<\/p>\n

At present, the Govardhan campus is only able to accept male students. We have an extension program for both male and female students at our Mayapur campus.<\/p>\n

Devotees who want more information, or preachers and project managers who would like to show this information to potential students, should visit our website at www.Srimadbhagavata.org . The site includes our online prospectus, profiles of staff and students, our photo gallery, and a downloadable application form.<\/p>\n

You can also write to info@srimadbhagavata.org to receive a copy of our prospectus and application form.<\/p>\n

Your servant, <\/p>\n

Gop\u012bpar\u0101\u1e47adhana D\u0101sa
\nE-mail: gopipa@pamho.net
\nPhone +91 (976) 0132046.<\/p>\n

Some Student Testimonials:<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I developed relationships, skills, and tools to help me explore the
\ndepths of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam, the ocean of nectar from all scriptures, and all that
\nwhile living in Govardhana!\u201d
\nD\u0101modara Gop\u0101la D\u0101sa from Canada, age 25, disciple of R\u0101dh\u0101n\u0101tha Mah\u0101r\u0101ja<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to became a humble Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava scholar, if you want to get the association
\nof advanced devotees, completely dedicated to \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da, if you want to get
\nthe mercy of the holy dh\u0101ma; if you are desirous to do something substantial for
\n\u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da, the BBT and the whole ISKCON society; if you want to become an
\ninspired preacher of the message of Lord Caitanya\u2014please don\u2019t hesitate to join
\n\u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavata Vidy\u0101p\u012b\u1e6dham\u201d
\nSarvaj\u00f1a D\u0101sa from Belarus, age 36, disciple of Nira\u00f1jana Mah\u0101r\u0101ja<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Gopi – paranadhana dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u015ar\u012bmad – Bh\u0101gavata Vidy\u0101p\u012b\u1e6dham in Govardhana, Sanskrit school of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, is inviting applications for new students to enter our three-year Bh\u0101gavata-\u015b\u0101str\u012b Program at the beginning of our next school-year on October 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692","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=5692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}