Beginning on October 16, 2016 a team of senior devotees will begin facilitating the Krishna Institute’s Bhakti-shastri Course. They’ll share their knowledge and realizations in an interactive, student friendly format, designed to help students address their current needs, similar to the way in which the VIHE experience addressed my needs in the 1980s and 1990s.

The KI’s Bhakti-shastri Course will be a unique experience for most devotees, as our facilitators will offer the workshops using Student-Centered Learning facilitation methods. This means facilitators will emphasize interactive learning experiences with lecturing comprising maybe 30 – 45% of each session, depending on the section of the course being covered and the discretion of the facilitator.

We are confident the Krishna Institute’s Bhakti-shastri Course will empower devotees as preachers, teachers, leaders, parents, lifetime servants of Prabhupada’s mission, and as devotees moving in the world yet remaining strong in  their Krishna consciousness.

This course comprises an in-depth study of Bhagavad-gita, Sri Isopanisad, Nectar of Instruction and Nectar of Devotion. We’ve designed the course for devotees who have been practicing Krishna consciousness for at least a year, and have basic shastric knowledge and understanding. Senior devotees, however, will also benefit tremendously from the course and be able to make valuable contributions during the frequent discussions and group work throughout the course.

Our course has a modular design, which means you can take separate modules spread over a few years to suit your schedule, if you are unable to stay with the course as we are offering it sequentially. A Preliminary Self-study guide will be available for registered students on August 14 to enable you to prepare ahead of each lesson. Most devotees will likely spend 1 – 2 ½ hours per week on homework, depending upon their level of shastric background.

We will announce the two-year course scheduling on August 14. We’ll schedule course workshops (Separate sections for English and Spanish mediums) just before the Sunday program (1 – 4 pm with a 15-minute break midway), with one Sunday off monthly and 2 to 3-week breaks every 2 to 3 months, during which time other workshops may be scheduled.

We will make child care available so that both fathers and mothers will be able to participate.

The following devotees have committed to be part-time course facilitators:

English medium facilitators include Dhruva Maharaja dasa, Nagaraja dasa, Rucira-devi dasi, Samapriya-devi dasi, Sukhada-devi dasi,  Hari Parayana dasa, Janmastami dasa, Nitai-lila-devi dasi, Prana Govinda dasa, and Svaha-devi dasi.

Spanish medium facilitators include Bhakti Prabhupada-vrata Damodara Swami, Nanda-devi dasi and Krsodari-devi dasi.

To register click here.