{"id":6414,"date":"2008-09-14T07:50:25","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T06:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=6414"},"modified":"2008-09-14T08:18:41","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T07:18:41","slug":"sdsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=6414","title":{"rendered":"Fulfilling ISKCON’s First Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Atul-Krishna das<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When Srila Prabhupada incorporated the first ISKCON temple in 1966, he stated the first purpose of ISKCON as follows: “To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all peoples in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Mayapur Institute’s revised VTE Bhakti-sastri course curriculum, to be piloted in Mayapur this November 9th, deals with the main subjects of Bhakti-sastri in seven distinct units. These seven units reflect the fundamental principles of learning presented in ISKCON’s first purpose and in the VTE (Vaisnava Training and Education) approach to education, wherein students progressively learn knowledge (“spiritual knowledge”), skills (“techniques of spiritual life”) and values (“check the imbalance of values…”) in a systematic manner.<\/p>\n

It is no coincidence that the Mayapur Institute’s Curriculum Development Team is enthusiastically utilizing the vision Srila Prabhupada so intelligently imparted during ISKCON’s infancy to develop this Bhakti-sastri curriculum, which senior ISKCON educators feel will revolutionize the study of the Bhakti-sastras and maximize the preaching empowerment of the Bhakti-sastri graduates.<\/p>\n

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Benefits<\/h2>\n

This approach will benefit our students on the practical and educational levels and will improve the quality of their overall experience in the course:<\/p>\n

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