VIHE Kartik Semester 2005

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Dear Devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

The Kartik semester at VIHE, Vrindavan, begins in a couple of weeks. Here is

some information about the courses. You can find more details on

http://vihe.org/kartik.htm

 

October 17 - November 18

KARTIK SEMESTER 2005

 

Courses

Brahma Samhita - Vedavyasapriya Swami

The mind and Krsna's holy names - Bhurijana Dasa

Lalita Devi Smarana - Dravida Dasa

Vedic cosmology; Human devolution; and more - Drutakarma Dasa

The Cosmos - Visuddha-sattva Dasa

Dasa Mula of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura- Madhavendra-puri Dasa

Paradise Lost - Sankirtana Dasa

The Invocation to Srimad Bhagavatam - Prasanta Dasi

Madhurya-kadambini - Siddhi-lalasa Dasi

Ayurvedic self-healing - Doctor Liladhara Gupta

Sanskrit for Beginners - Harivenu Dasa

Hindi for Beginners - Bhakta Demian

Cooking classes - Devananda-pandita Dasa

Hatha Yoga for Health (men) - Trnad-api-sunicena Dasa

To be announced - Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

(Hindi medium) The travels of Lord Caitanya - Devamrta Dasa

(Hindi medium) To be announced - Radha Ramana Swami

(Hindi medium) Sri Sad-goswami Astaka - Kratu Dasa

(Russian medium) To be announced - Vakresvari Dasi

VTE Teacher Training Course One - Rasa Mandala Dasa

VTE Teacher Training Course Two - Rasa Mandala Dasa

VTE Bhakti-sastri Teacher Training Course - Rasa Mandala Dasa

 

Please post this information on your temple board for the benefit of

devotees who are going to Vrindavan.

 

Please see http://vihe.org/kartik.htm for the course descriptions, teachers'

bios and schedule.

 

For inquiry write to: vihe (AT) pamho (DOT) net

 

Your servants at VIHE

 

"In the Padma Pur€Ša it is said, "The Lord may offer liberation or material

happiness to a devotee, but after some devotional service has been executed,

particularly in Mathur€ during the month of K€rttika, the devotees want only

to attain pure devotional service unto the Lord." The purport is that the

Lord does not award devotional service to ordinary persons who are not

serious about it. But even such unserious persons who execute devotional

service according to the regulative principles during the month of K€rttika,

and within the jurisdiction of Mathur€ in India, are very easily awarded the

Lord's personal service." Nectar of Devotion ch.12

 

"Moreover, for those who hear ViŠu-kath€ in this month, each half verse or

quarter of verse yields the fruits of donating one hundred cows; indeed, O

great sage, all other duties should be given up in favor of hearing

scriptures from holy men. Be it for spiritual benefit or with other

expectations, by engaging in Hari-kath€ one uplifts hundreds of his family’s

generations. A person will burn all sinful reactions and gain the fruit of

ten thousand sacrifices for each day of K€rtika spent in the delight of the

scriptures. In fact, Madhus™dana is not as pleased by sacrifices or by

charity of cows and elephants as He is pleased by discourses from the

scriptures during K€rtika. O eminent sage, by hearing Hari-kath€ one can

transcend the distress accumulated in millions of births." (Sanatana Gosvami

"Kartika-mahatmya")