PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Course Description: Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu is a general description of devotional service, the regulative principles, and devotional service as the ultimate goal, love of God. Srila Rupa Gosvami was the foremost disciple of Sri Krishna Caitanya, and the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu is his literary masterpiece, a classic of devotional literature composed in Sanskrit and describing the complete science of bhakti-yoga, or linking with the Supreme through transcendental loving devotion.

This course is the first module on the Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu. The later modules of the course will cover the whole book comprising of the other three sections.

The first module will cover the description of the Eastern ocean. Module 2 will cover the Southern ocean. Module 3 will cover the Western and Northern oceans.

Course Contents: Teaching will be from the English translations of the original Sanskrit slokas of the Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu along with some reflections from the Durgama-sangamini-tika by Srila Jiva Gosvami pada and the Bhakti-sara-pradarshini-tika by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti pada.

Course materials: Notes

Target audience: Ages 18 and above.

Assessment Plan: One final test with multiple-choice questions

Course Requirement: Should be practicing devotional service and chanting 16 rounds of the Maha-mantra daily since at least one year.