Spring
Sample Spring Semester Bhakti Academy Bhakti-Sastri Curriculum
*All reading assignments are given for the following class discussion.
1/5- Life of Rupa Goswami. Read Nectar of Devotion (N.O.D.) Preface
1/6- Preface: Srila Prabhupada’s Mood & Mission. Read N.O.D. Introduction
1/7- Introduction: Definition of Pure Devotional service. Read N.O.D. ch.1
1/11- Chapter One: Six Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service.
1/12- Chapter One: Six Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service continued. Read N.O.D. ch.2
1/13- Chapter Two: The First Stages of Devotion.
1/14- Chapter Two: The First Stages of Devotion continued. Read N.O.D. ch.3
1/18- Chapter Three: Eligibility of the Candidate for Accepting Devotional Service.
1/19- Chapter Three: Eligibility of the Candidate for Accepting… continued. Read N.O.D. ch.4
1/20- Chapter Four: Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation.
1/21- Chapter Four: Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation continued. Read N.O.D. ch.5
1/25- Chapter Five: The Purity of Devotional Service.
1/26- Chapter Five: The Purity of Devotional Service continued. Read N.O.D. ch.6
1/27- Chapter Six: How to Discharge Devotional Service. Read N.O.D. ch.7
1/28- Chapter Seven: Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles. Read N.O.D. ch.8
2/1- Chapter Eight: Offenses to Be Avoided.
2/2- Chapter Eight: Offences to Be Avoided continued. Read N.O.D. ch.9
2/3- Chapter Nine: Further Consideration of Devotional Principles.
2/4- Chapter Nine: Further Considerations… continued & Review of Chapters 1-9. Read N.O.D. ch.10
2/8- Chapter Ten: Techniques of Hearing and Remembering. Take Home Exam Due! Read NOD ch.11
2/9- Chapter Eleven: Aspects of Transcendental Service.
2/10- Chapter Eleven: Aspects of Transcendental Service continued. Read N.O.D. ch.12
2/11- Chapter Twelve: Further Aspects of Transcendental Service.
2/15- Chapter Twelve: Further Aspects of Transcendental Service continued. Read N.O.D. 13
2/16- Chapter Thirteen: Five Potent Forms of Devotional Service. Read N.O.D. 14
2/17- Chapter Fourteen: Devotional Qualifications.
2/18- Chapter Fourteen: Devotional Qualifications continued. Read N.O.D. 15
2/22- Chapter Fifteen: Spontaneous Devotional Service.
2/23- Chapter Fifteen: Spontaneous Devotional Service continued. Read N.O.D. 16
2/24- Chapter Sixteen: Spontaneous Devotion Further Described.
2/25- Chapter Sixteen: Spontaneous Devotion Further Described continued. Read N.O.D. 17
3/1- Chapter Seventeen: Ecstatic Love.
3/2- Chapter Seventeen: Ecstatic Love continued. Read N.O.D. 18
3/3- Chapter Eighteen: Devotional Service in Pure Love of God.
3/4- Chapter Eighteen: Devotional Service in Pure Love of God continued. Final Exam Due!
3/6 – 3/14 SPRING BREAK (syllabus TBA)
3/15- Sri Isopanisad Introduction. Read Invocation.
3/16- Invocation. Read Mantra One.
3/17- Mantra One. Read Mantra Two.
3/18- Mantra Two. Read Mantra Three.
3/22- Mantra Three. Read Mantra Four.
3/23- Mantra Four. Read Mantra Five.
3/24- Mantra Five. Read Mantra Six.
3/25- Mantra Six. Read Mantra Seven.
3/29- Mantra Seven. Read Mantra Eight.
3/30- Mantra Eight. Read Mantra Nine.
3/31- Mantra Nine. Read Mantra Ten.
4/1- Mantra Ten. Read Mantra Eleven.
4/5- Mantra Eleven. Read Mantra Twelve.
4/6- Mantra Twelve. Read Mantra Thirteen.
4/7- Mantra Thirteen. Read Mantra Fourteen.
4/8- Mantra Fourteen. Read Mantra Fifteen & Sixteen.
4/12- Mantra Fifteen & Sixteen. Read Mantra Seventeen.
4/13- Mantra Seventeen. Read Mantra Eighteen.
4/14- Mantra Eighteen. Review.
4/15- Final Exam. Read Nectar of Instruction Preface & Text One.
4/19- Evening Lecture with H.H. Hridayananda das Goswami.
4/20- Evening Lecture with H.H. Hridayananda das Goswami.
4/21- Nectar of Instruction Preface & Text One. Read Text Two.
4/22- Nectar of Instruction Text Two. Read Text Three.
4/26- Nectar of Instruction Text Three. Read Text Four.
4/27- Nectar of Instruction Text Four. Read Text Five.
4/28- Nectar of Instruction Text Five. Read Text Six.
4/29- Nectar of Instruction Text Six. Read Text Seven.
4/30- Nectar of Instruction Text Seven. Read Text Eight & Nine.
4/3- Nectar of Instruction Text Eight & Nine. Read Text Ten.
4/4- Nectar of Instruction Text Ten. Read Text Eleven.
5/5- Nectar of Instruction Text Eleven. Review.
5/6- Nectar of Instruction Final Exam in the van on our way to the Festival of Inspiration!!!
